Unconditionally Yoga

Tomorrow is what I am coming to think of as my re-birthday. I feel like that is a better name than the anniversary of my brain bleed. ...

I'm pretty sure I haven't written about this in my previous 2 entries. (In case you are confused, I went to write a post on Sunday only...

I want to do something with you. I want you to think about how you would describe yourself. Pretend with me here that you are filling...

We all have a default way of thinking. That proverbial glass half empty versus glass half full. But it is more than that. It is the...

In my previous life, pre brain injury, I worked in a special needs preschool. The children we supported had a wide variety of needs,...

Last time I wrote it was about setting an intention, maybe for your yoga practice or for your day or week. But what happens when you...

Have you been in a class, possibly mine, where the teacher says something along the lines of "If it is in your practice to set an...

It is that time of the year again. I started this blog about two years ago, and my first post is here. This still is so true for me,...

So many people have said to me how strong they think I am, in coping as well as I have with my recovery. I don't actually think that I...

I am at this part in my healing where things are settling, my condition is becoming more stable. In case you don't completely know my...

I'm sure glad that I didn't promise to do one of these a week, because I would not have come even close to keeping that promise. And...

This weekend marks the one year anniversary of my brain bleed. When everything changed. I was having a hard time coming to terms with...

The fourth yama is brahmacharya, or non-excess. This has easily been the biggest change for me since my brain bleed. The goal posts...

I've been thinking about this post for a few weeks now. I think this might be the hardest of the yamas and niyamas for me post brain...

In my second instalment of brain injury and yoga, we are going to talk about the second yama, Satya or truthfulness. When I examined...

When I started teaching yoga, and this blog, I did a 10 week program on the yamas and niyamas. The yamas and niyamas are observances,...

I think about it all the time. The 3 weeks I spent in the neuro- rehabilitation unit. The people I met, the conversations, their...

I once was in a challenging yoga class, one that was very physically demanding. Towards the end of class we were doing some heart...

So it turns out that up to 60% of people with a brain injury suffer from anxiety afterwards. I may have been told something like this in...

If you are friends with me personally on facebook, you might have seen a post I made last Sunday about shovelling my driveway and how...