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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”

The Beginner Yogi Course

Launching January 31st 2024 – circle your calendars! 🗓️ Hello 👋 and welcome to Yoga for Beginners. Next week the new paid mini course is launching. 🥳 We start from the ground up in a 10-minute yoga class, with a wee little debrief before we begin. I’ve simplifed the “What you need to know” inContinue reading “The Beginner Yogi Course”

The Long Day Meditation

So you’ve had a long day – let’s meditate it out together. Connect to the breath, reflect on & release the day and then melt into the present moment. Enjoying the here and now you find yourself in. Thank you so much for practicing with me. I make new meditations every Monday. You can requestContinue reading “The Long Day Meditation”

Yoga 101 | Do I Need to be Flexible to Do Yoga?

When you think of yoga – does a pretzel shaped person in stretchy pants appear in your mind? The true goal of yoga is linking breath and movement, and this requires zero flexibility. The beauty of yoga is that it does increase your flexibility (& mobility!) with time and practise. However, the ability to standContinue reading “Yoga 101 | Do I Need to be Flexible to Do Yoga?”

Meditation Monday | Five Minute Five Senses Check In

This Guided Meditation takes only five minutes, and walks us through our five senses as a quick reset. Enjoy the meditation via Spotify or YouTube, or just read along below if that’s your vibe! Meditation Monday: Five Minute Five Senses Check In This is one of my personal favourite meditation types. It’s so simple andContinue reading “Meditation Monday | Five Minute Five Senses Check In”

Nice to Meet You

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”

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”

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”