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Should I go away for my yoga teacher training or stay home?
I've been teaching for over 20 years now and I get students who ask me on a very regular basis about how to become a teacher and how to...

Jessy
Dec 12, 20233 min read
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When the student becomes the master
A few years ago, on a mentoring call with one of my teachers, I was asked about a training program I had gone to the previous week and I...

Jessy
Sep 27, 20232 min read
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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...

Jessy
Aug 31, 20223 min read
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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...

Jessy
Apr 22, 20226 min read
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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...

Jessy
Mar 16, 20223 min read
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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...

Jessy
Jan 27, 20222 min read
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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...

Jessy
Dec 5, 20213 min read
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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...

Jessy
Oct 22, 20213 min read
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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...

Jessy
Aug 9, 20213 min read
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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....

Jessy
Jul 19, 20212 min read
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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...

Jessy
May 5, 20213 min read
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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...

Jessy
Apr 20, 20213 min read
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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...

Jessy
Mar 24, 20214 min read
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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...

Jessy
Feb 24, 20213 min read
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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...

Jessy
Jan 26, 20213 min read
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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...
Samantha Kemp-Upton-Thomas
Jan 20, 20212 min read
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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...

Jessy
Dec 18, 20203 min read
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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...

Jessy
Dec 1, 20182 min read
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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...

Jessy
Sep 1, 20182 min read
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