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Catherine Reid
Meditation and the Monkey Mind
The video below features Mingyur Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist Master, explaining meditation and training your Monkey Mind. Breathe in. Breathe Out. Repeat. Too often the demands of our day-to-day lives pull us away from the time we need to spend on...
Yoga for Gardeners
Creaky back? Tight hips? YOGA can help! Learn new ways to be comfortable while gardening. No previous yoga experience necessary. Book Catherine for this 3-part series today. Contact Catherine via e-mail or call (250) 898- 8414 to set up classes for you and a few...
Feeling Overwhelmed?
One of the best ways to feel less overwhelmed is to be fully present with one thing at a time. You might be thinking, “One thing at a time? I would WIN a multi-tasking competition!” While there’s a time and a place for being efficient, we must explore how time...
To Relax is to Heal
This 10-minute video explains a bit about why relaxation techniques such as yoga can help your body repair and heal itself.
Late 2015 Autumn Schedule
MONDAY September 14 - December 14 6 – 7 p.m. Hatha 1 @ Lewis Centre ...
Bring Yoga to Life
How do we transfer the yoga bliss created in a class environment into daily life? Last week in a class I asked people if the current series was meeting their needs. (On the night of the first class I gave them a survey so I'd be clear on how they wanted to benefit...
How Can I Possibly Take Time to Meditate?
If your busy life feels like a treadmill, and you're ready for some ideas on how to press the Pause button, here's something you can try. When people ask how you're doing, perhaps you respond with, "Oh, busy". Has it become your standard response? No doubt you're...
God’s Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine (Book Review)
Maybe you can remember a doctor in your youth making house calls, or maybe you’ve heard an older relative speak of those days. This book is not advocating a return to “those days” in any way but one: seeing the art of medicine practiced in a way that respects the...
Merci by Christine Rabette
Watch this video if you're having a mid-afternoon slump, and thinking of coffee or chocolate. No side-effects, except possibly a sore belly from laughing.
AcroYoga
This is a beautifully-done video. We will only be doing a few of these moves in Monday night's outdoor yoga class! Maybe the rest will happen on Friday morning....
Portlandia Yoga Fail
This is why we close our eyes when we meditate.
Did you know that 2 billion people did yoga on International Yoga Day (June 21)?
Photo Caption: Hundreds of people attend a yoga session on the square at the foot of the Eiffel Tower on June 21, 2015 in Paris, France. 192 countries join in for a mass yoga session to mark the first International Yoga Day. (Frederic Stevens/Getty Images) Yep, on...