Welcome to WLE. A place where breathwork, meditation and accessible yoga can be found. WHO I’m Esta. I grew up in the West coast of Canada and moved to the prairies over fifteen years ago. I love it here, even when it’s super cold, there’s sunshine. 🌞 I started learning yoga online over a decadeContinue reading “Nice to Meet You”
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The WLE Weekly
Why Meditate?
What are the real life benefits – and where are my sources? While my personal relationship with meditation will look different than another’s experience with meditation … there are tangible benefits to practising meditation for anyone – including you! Here’s Why I Meditate Meditation isn’t the goal to simply “empty the mind”. The mind willContinue reading “Why Meditate?”
Meditating Through a 40 Day Kriya
Why I chose meditation as my practice to show up to for 40 days straight, and what’s a kriya anyway? Let’s start with, what is a kriya anyway? Kriya is a Sanskrit word meaning “effort” or “deed” – commonly translated as “a completed action”. It’s a self discipline exercise really: the showing up to theContinue reading “Meditating Through a 40 Day Kriya”
Multitasking Meditation
I’m here to argue that you don’t need to be in a perfectly still folded leg seat, to reap the benefits of meditation! Meditation to me, is simply being present. Tuning in to the breath, or the sounds/smells/sights around you is a moment of meditation. Sure, you can get all fancy with different patterns ofContinue reading “Multitasking Meditation”
Where to Start with Meditation
Train the Puppy I learned early in my years of meditation, that the mind wanders. It’s natural. It wants to problem solve, ruminate, forecast, report the weather. Practising meditation is like training a puppy. Know that the puppy will run around all over the place. It will get distracted. Redirect the puppy with all theContinue reading “Where to Start with Meditation”
Find a Comfortable Seat
When settling in for a meditation, or starting off a yoga class. The yoga teacher may ask you to “find a comfortable seat”. What does that mean? How do you find this comfortable seat? Picture your pelvis as a three legged stool. You want to balance the weight of your body evenly between the frontContinue reading “Find a Comfortable Seat”
YTT 200
Feb. 1st 2021 I signed up for Brett Larkins Yoga Teacher Training Course. It was an inspired decision and she popped out of the woodwork for me. I did my research mind you. Explored her website, the program itself, downloaded the brochure, looked up real people’s reviews. Brett even has a video explaining how toContinue reading “YTT 200”
with love , Esta 