One year later: how mindfulness and yoga saved my life.
Namaste everyone, I hope everyone has had a good and restful week. The summer seems like it has just flown by! With the fall schedule just around the corner, things are […]
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A Mindful Weekend to Remember
We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which does not forsake us even in our soundest […]
Monday’s Mindful Moment: The Bonds of Family
If someone were to ask us, “Has the best moment of your life arrived yet?” we may say that it will come very soon. But if we continue to live […]
Thank you, Constable Woodall.
These are all the words I could find to describe how I felt as I stood amidst thousands of my fellow citizens who had lined Edmonton’s downtown streets to pay […]
Mindfulness teaches us all to stop, breathe, and smell the beautiful roses.
It’s 11:30 p.m. and I can feel the heat penetrating my condo. It’s 25 degrees outside. I can feel a light breeze from the window. It usually isn’t this hot […]
Sunday’s Mindful Moment
The Energy of Mindfulness Will Protect You The energy of mindfulness is something concrete that can be cultivated. When we practice walking mindfully, our solid, peaceful steps cultivate the energy […]
To Broga or Yoga? That is Not the Question.
This weekend, during a post-yoga class discussion, I was introduced to the term “Broga Yoga”. People were debating the merits of this relatively new approach to yoga pedagogy tailored specifically […]
Om mani padme hum: a simple but powerful mantra for mindful living
Recently, I was introduced by my yoga instructor to the mantra: Om mani padme hum. I had not come across this mantra before in my previous reading on the topic […]
Book Review: The Awakened Introvert by Dr. Arnie Kozak
The Awakened Introvert by Dr. Arnie Kozak (licensed psychologist, Clinical Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, University of Vermont College of Medicine and a Lecturer in the College of Nursing and Health […]
The mindful bloom of San Diego
I’ve just returned from a wonderful week in San Diego. I went down to celebrate the eight month mark of my mindfulness journey, and also to hang out with my […]
Breath Waves 