For most of my life I felt uncomfortable in my body, lugging around an extra 30 or 40 pounds begrudgingly; believing my body to be a traitor, an inaccurate reflection of who I knew I was. Regardless of how I ate or exercised, the weight wouldn’t budge and I kept offering up an apology for how I looked.
Somehow I found my way to the …
I recall the moment. Over 12 years ago; I was sitting in rush-hour traffic at the Windsor Street Exchange, on my way to work, like I did for hundreds of days before. And I thought “there has to be more to life than this”. I had no idea of what I truly wanted for my life; I just knew the cookie-cutter mold …
Continue reading the articleYoga has been in my life for almost 10 years now. It has been a dream of mine to spread the love for a while now. I finally took the leap and registered for the Yoga Teacher Training this past August. It has been and continues to be one of the most life changing experiences I have ever had.
Teaching my first Karma Class was a …
Transition-change or passage from one state or stage to another
By definition, it sounds so simple. Why then do many of us have so much trouble with it?
As part of my personal work in Halifax Yoga’s Teacher Training Program, I’ve been thinking a lot about transition and my reaction to it, both on my mat and in my life.
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After years of playing basketball and being a lifelong gym rat, I was reluctant to try yoga. I was extremely inflexible and thought that there was no way I’d like an activity that was so quiet, and what I thought would be boring. 7 years ago, my sister dragged me to my first class. I went to one of Sherry’s classes and was pushed in …
Continue reading the article“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
My name is Jane and I am part of the Halifax Yoga Outreach Program. I have had the privilege of teaching Yoga once a week at Laing House, a peer support organization for youth living with mental illness.
The minute I walked through the …
There was a time when I was new to Kundalini Yoga. I remember my first experiences in class. It was the only yoga class on campus that fit my schedule and so I went every week. I hated it. I had made a choice to do yoga no matter what, but this strange, challenging and uncomfortable yoga filled me with resentment. One day in class …
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Deck the halls with a down dog, prayer twist or bow pose and you will be on your way to holiday peace!
What comes to your mind when you think of the Holiday Season? Is it family, friends, turkey dinner, decorating the tree, sitting around the fireplace with all of you loved ones dressed in their very best singing all of those beloved Christmas …
Transitioning from a long career as an Army officer to yoga teacher was a major life transition – one which I didn’t plan or ever expected I would make.
Yoga – not for me….
As a hard charging, determined and driven Army Officer; taking a yoga class wasn’t even on my radar screen. In response to a friend’s request to attend a yoga class, …
Recently I was in a workshop where the teacher asked if anyone in the room had back pain. I raised my hand, I have had back pain for a very long time. The teacher then looked at me and asked if it was chronic or recent? I paused, like really paused. I didn’t want to say the word. It carried too much meaning. Chronic is …
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