An Uplifting Experience
Do you gauge your practice by the number of poses you can add to your asana repertoire? I enjoy the back-to-basics Yoga: simple sitting, simple standing, […]
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Pilates and older adults
For us of the older generation, staying fit is essential, but so many exercises can be hard on our bodies. Pilates offers a great way to stay in shape without stressing your joints, improves balance and actually reduces the risk of injury while it helps you build muscle.
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Strengthen and lengthen with Pilates
A great workout for every body Looking for a way to liven up your fitness routine and de-stress while you build flexibility, core strength, and
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Breathing In, Breathing Out
I’ve been doing yoga since I was a kid, tagging along to my mum’s occasional classes. I started taking the practice seriously three years ago
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Connecting Our Mind with Our Body
In today’s world, it can be hard to feel comfortable in our own skin. This is, in part, due to a growing plague of diet
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Bend the Rules of Exercise
While Whitehorse’s newest yoga studio True North Massage and Yoga just opened, it’s already setting itself apart from the other offerings in town. The yoga
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Fun and Games After School
According to Darwin Murray, after sitting in a desk all day, it is fun to get up and run, play games and meet new people
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Learning to Fly
Jonathan Henkelman lies on his back on a yoga mat, legs lifted and bent, the bottoms of his bare feet facing the ceiling. I am
Boost Your Bone Health
For most of our Canadian lives, we are told that lasting bone strength is a glass or two of milk away. This is reflected heavily
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500 Moments of Mindfulness
Think this whole mindfulness meditation thing is just woo-woo mumbo-jumbo that could never really do anything for you? Do you scoff at the idea and
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How Yoga was Practiced in the Ancient Past and Today
The yoga practiced today is not at all like it was practiced in the ancient past. Faeq Biria, a well known Iyengar Yoga teacher in
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The Walking Monk Comes to Whitehorse
“I have always had a fascination with the North.” I am on the phone with Bhaktimarga Swami, a 63-year-old monk in Toronto. We are talking
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Keep Your Bus on the Road
Mindful breath in, mindful breath out, mindful breath in why did he say that to me what a jerk I can’t believe he blamed me
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Managing Health with Meditation
Today many people practice meditation for stress relief and to improve their overall quality of life. However, is there evidence that meditation is effective? If
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A Passion for Yoga
There are numerous ways to get into yoga – just ask any of the instructors at the newly-opened Soulstice Yoga Studio in Dawson City.
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Yoga Through the Summer
Dawson City – get ready for yoga with Sabu Chaitanya. He’s on his way to instruct a full one-month intensive in the Klondike. The course
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Laughter Yoga: Heal Yourself Laughing
It is well-known that laughter is the best medicine. However, do we laugh enough in a normal life to get any benefit? Scientists say to
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Namaste, bro
Some people like to “hit” the gym, to “pump” iron for those “ripped” abs. See a theme, there? Yoga, on the other hand, is all
Do I look Enlightened to You?
I recently heard the term “supermarket spiritualism” to describe folks walking down the proverbial aisle picking and choosing bits and pieces from every spiritual practice
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Harnessing Your Chi
The ancient martial arts and those who master them are often praised for their speed, power, and feats of incredible strength. Most people will likely
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Writing to be wild
“developing the hypothesis that we are all artists with a deep love of nature” the project results in recorded song and a lot to think about.
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Yoga for Youthfulness
It’s just after 6 a.m., and 14 men and women are stretched out on their yoga mats. They’re partaking in one of Sabu Chaitanya’s month-long
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Vocalizing your Yoga Practice with Kirtan
Our first instrument is our voice. For those who are closet singers such as myself, Kirtan, a form of sacred chanting, is one of the
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Transforming Tears to Laughter
During a recent conversation with a friend, she told me how she cleared emotional energy during a workshop. After decades of holding emotional childhood trauma,
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To Prop or Not to Prop
In the early 70s, when I began Hatha Yoga at the local Whitehorse YWCA, using props was not an option. We all bumbled as long
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Igniting the Third Chakra
The words that come to mind when I think of the third chakra are fire, transformation, will, power, energy and control. We are all on
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Yogini Heal Thyself
Within these two past days, there were two vehicle collisions. There was a murder reported. From where I’m looking, it is difficult to discern whether
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An Evolutionary Journey of the Earth through Asanas
Anodea Judith, author of Western Body Eastern Mind, wrote that the Earth is the “universal ground for all that we do. Our bodies are the
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Where Has All the Time Gone By?
Yoga is not a “one-size-fits-all” activity. A Yoga practice should reflect where we are in our life. As we age, we become less resilient.
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