Uncategorized

11 Jun

For the last couple of weeks, like many of us, I’ve been paying attention. After the brutal murder of George Floyd (over a $20 bill) in Minneapolis, and the increased media attention to the Black Lives Matter movement, it would be impossible not to. The real problem though lies in that many of us were not paying enough attention before – and what remains unknown is whether we will continue to pay attention going forward.  What...

08:23 / Uncategorized
16 Aug

Yoga is a wonderful practice for connecting the mind and body, calming the nervous system and increasing feelings of well-being. That's what got me hooked more than 20 years ago. That high I felt after a yoga practice. And so I practiced and my mind felt clear and my heart felt open. But too much of a good thing lead me to physical imbalances.  No single movement practice contains everything and my body was craving the movements...

10:39 / Feet / Healthy Back / Hips / Knees / Strength / Uncategorized / Whole Body Movement / Yoga
11 Jul

If you’ve been to any of my classes or workshops you’ll know that I absolutely love learning about anatomy, alignment, biomechanics and how it all relates to the practice of yoga. Over the years my understanding of the purpose of alignment in yoga or any movement practice has changed. Significantly. I recently taught a workshop on this topic as part of a 200-hr. Yoga Teacher Training program and was inspired to share some insights here. When I...

00:03 / Feet / Healthy Back / Hips / Knees / Strength / Uncategorized / Whole Body Movement / Yoga
08 Apr

This year we decided to enter the Northwest Territories Recreation and Parks Association’s (NWTRPA) Walk to Tuk challenge as a family. With two adults and 2 kids (ages 6 and 8) we would need to each walk an average of 7km each day of the 2 months to complete the 1658 km journey (and get our t-shirts!). Less than a century ago walking that distance daily or more would have been normal but in our car-driving,...

13:32 / Feet / Hips / Uncategorized / Whole Body Movement
03 Jan

I’m not a supporter of New Year’s Resolutions. The start of the New Year can be a great time for self-reflection and evaluating if the direction we’re headed will take us where we want to go and there are many ways to approach the process of self-reflection. Unfortunately New Year’s Resolutions tend to be self-denigrating – we beat ourselves up for how we behaved over the holidays, or maybe even the previous year, and promise...

21:40 / Uncategorized
17 Jul

Recently I posted this picture about my kids and their new roll-up beds to the RePose (and my personal) Facebook page and it generated a lot of interest surrounding our family’s decision to transition (slowly) to a furniture-free home. CBC North picked up on the post and published this article. They also put a clip of our interview on TV and invited me in to our local morning radio show. And it was shared nationally via the...

05:00 / Furniture-Free / Healthy Back / Hips / Knees / Uncategorized / Whole Body Movement
26 Dec

Welcome to the RePose blog! This blog is where I’ll share movement tips, exercises, ideas, information and reflections on creating a movement-based lifestyle. I’ll also post photos or videos of practices that I personally LOVE and want to share with you! I’m a body geek and am always trying to learn new things so you never know what you may find here. However, there are some movement themes that I more commonly explore in both my...

20:32 / Uncategorized