Join me for this short and sweet guided meditation. Recorded at a local water fountain in my neighbourhood, this pause and savour the moment meditation is just the mini-break you needed. Deepen and slow the breathing, work the muscle of the imagination and find a pocket of calm in YOUR day. Live on both SpotifyContinue reading “The Fountain Meditation”
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Celebrating One Year of ‘With Love’ and 500-Hour YTT Graduation
This weekend marks a whole year of my “With Love” project AND is the weekend I celebrate graduating my 500-hour yoga teacher training. 🥳(and yes, it really WAS 500 hours of yoga and learning and classes and teaching and boy did I love every minute!) As the OG WLE family – I must give aContinue reading “Celebrating One Year of ‘With Love’ and 500-Hour YTT Graduation”
Sun Salutation
an ancient practice that has stood the test of time. ☀️ This week, our yoga pose breakdown series culminated into the Surya Namaskar | Sun Saluation Yoga flow. Watch the talk through video below: As I step away from creating on social media platforms for a bit, and hone in on my studies… I leaveContinue reading “Sun Salutation”
Social Media is Fake
But yoga isn’t. 😉 I am loving the trend going about, in which people “expose” themselves on social media, reminding us that the curated feeds and touched up photos aren’t anyone’s real life. Yoga is not about a matching pastel LuluLemon set (not that I don’t love me some Lulu) and you don’t need aContinue reading “Social Media is Fake”
Channel Check Meditation | Revisited
Happy #meditationmonday 💗 Today on the #WLE channels we are revisiting an old favourite #guidedmeditation of mine. 🙏 📻 The Channel Check Meditation got a little remix. As I’ve learned and grown with this little meditation series, I am finding new ways to make things just a wee bit more polished. ✨ This meditation wasContinue reading “Channel Check Meditation | Revisited”
Reasons to Try Meditation
Meditation has been gaining popularity over the past few years; here’s a list of reasons why you might consider trying it! One might come to meditation to: This list is by no means exhaustive. There are so many reasons to meditate, and ways to do so! I hope today’s blog post gave you a biggerContinue reading “Reasons to Try Meditation”
Yoga: The Cheat Code
Alt Title: Yoga Gave me the CTRL+Shift+C to Life* Stepping back into “The Seat of Awareness” might sound like a complicated yogic pass time, but here’s a quick way to experience the essence of this idea and then use it in a practical way in your life: Take a seat. Become aware of the body.Continue reading “Yoga: The Cheat Code”
The Magic Really is in the Showing Up
Alt Title: How My Yoga Every Day for 40 Days is Going We talk a lot about “direct experience” in my Yoga Teacher Training, the idea that one can only teach from a direct experience especially. My yoga practice every day for 40 days is a physical manifestation of that. Teaching to myself in whateverContinue reading “The Magic Really is in the Showing Up”
“No Pain, No Gain” Isn’t Welcome Here
How Yoga Helps You Know Your Body Better. Practicing yoga poses should always be done mindfully. The goal is to connect movement and breath. Every pose is entered and exited with care and attention. With these goals in mind, yoga becomes a self-awareness practice. One of the first things I tell a new yoga studentContinue reading ““No Pain, No Gain” Isn’t Welcome Here”
Starting Over (With Love)
I Missed Day 15 of my 40 Day Kriya 😖 And herein lies the opportunity to practice what I preach: Come back to the mat, with love. Honestly, I could have lied and said I did my 40 day Kriya. I could have done it twice today and told myself that was good enough. WhoContinue reading “Starting Over (With Love)”
with love , Esta 