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Getting back to your mat after a break
We all know THAT feeling. You took a break from your wellness routine, maybe because of an injury or maybe because it was summer and...
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Jessy
- Apr 22, 2022
- 6 min
Make Your Yoga and Workout More Eco Conscious
Happy Earth Day! It's a great day to reflect on each of our roles in protecting this beautiful world we live in. While the single best...
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Jessy
- Mar 16, 2022
- 3 min
Why You Need to Understand Progressive AND Regressive Loading
I have so many students (and I have done this myself as well) who believe that they have a bad knee, a cranky low back, computer neck or...
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Jessy
- Jan 27, 2022
- 2 min
Acknowledge Your Pain
'I've got it so much better than some people do.' 'I don't know why I'm feeling short tempered lately.' 'It is what it is.' 'I don't know...
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Jessy
- Dec 5, 2021
- 3 min
There goes a layer of conditioning
I've been struggling lately. I've intentionally cleared time in my schedule because I am wanting to build a yoga teacher training. I love...
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Jessy
- Oct 22, 2021
- 3 min
What is good movement?
I remember, many years ago, running the Toronto marathon. The route took us down a road for several kilometers before turning around and...
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Jessy
- Aug 9, 2021
- 3 min
Cultivating a long-time practice
The other day I had a talk with a friend and asked him why he left his former job...a job that I would call a dream job. His answer was...
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Jessy
- Jul 19, 2021
- 2 min
Why I Stopped Worrying About Moving the Right Way
I've always loved the details of movement. Watching how different bodies do the same movement in their own unique way is amazing to me....
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Jessy
- May 5, 2021
- 3 min
What Lifting Weights Taught This Yogi
I've always been into trying all of the ways that I can move my body. When a CrossFit gym moved into my small town, I wanted to try it...
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Jessy
- Apr 20, 2021
- 3 min
How I Celebrate Earth Day Every Day
I'm writing this in honour of Earth Day, which is coming up this week. Earth Day is important to me as an opportunity to take a moment to...
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Jessy
- Mar 24, 2021
- 4 min
What Lead Me to Become a Yoga Therapist
When I was a baby, my mom tells me, I used to suck on my toes and put my foot behind my head while on the change table. Naturally, she...
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Jessy
- Feb 24, 2021
- 3 min
If it hurts to squat, not squatting won't fix it
If you hurt your _____ (fill in body part name) and it hurts to do any movement (here I used the example of a squat), your body is most...
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Jessy
- Jan 26, 2021
- 3 min
For the 1st time, I didn’t reach for the ice...
So I had one of those epic falls on the weekend. Trust me, you would have stopped to see if I was ok, and if you’re my sister, you’d have...
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Samantha Kemp-Upton-Thomas
- Jan 20, 2021
- 2 min
My Number 1 mantra for my yoga practice and how it has allowed me to release negativity
You know, all those successful people smashing their goals, taking new steps, eliminating toxic relationships and overall just really...
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Jessy
- Dec 18, 2020
- 3 min
What I learned in 2020
Well 2020 was not at all what ANY of us had planned, but there were some good lessons I learned along the way that I want to share with...
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Jessy
- Dec 1, 2018
- 2 min
Here I go to do the scary things...
In the last 6 months I’ve taken my yoga off the mat and into new territory. I’ve really spent time in svadhyaya (self study) as I’ve gone...
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Jessy
- Sep 1, 2018
- 2 min
Make the most of this moment
I struggled a lot this summer to be productive in a traditional sense. I had a lot of bookkeeping and planning projects that I just...
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