Have You Ever Felt Like You Left Your Centre?

There are moments in life when something subtle—but unmistakable—happens.
You’re still here… but not quite here.

I remember one of the first times I felt it.

As a child, sitting in a chair while my father spoke to me—gently, but with a kind of disappo...

Movement Practice for Spring: Let It Ripen, Don’t Force It

When I check into my body in spring, I often notice a kind of lethargy.
A density. A lack of immediate interest in movement.

The instinct can be to override that feeling — to do more, to move harder, to cleanse out winter as quickly as pos...

One of the most meaningful spring reset experiences I’ve had was during a virtual retreat with Dr. Mona Warner. What stayed with me wasn’t anything extreme or rigid—it was how gentle and doable it all felt.

Before the retreat, we were asked to choose just one thing to add, and one thing to subtr...

Spring Reset: From Stagnation to Response

This is a three blog series. In this first one, I talk about qualities of Spring and start with Digestion 

Spring will affect you whether you pay attention to it or not.

The question is—do you work with that shift… or do you drag behind it?

I’m ...

You don’t need to be good!

There is an idea that has been growing in me lately: showing up is good enough.

Not heroic. Not perfect. Not optimized. Just truer.

We often think of practice as something we are meant to master, refine, and eventually get right. But the more I watch myself and...

Bringing Practice Into the Conversation

In sharing ideas about practice, I sometimes wonder if it is more helpful to show the details of how I choose, rather than offering general guidelines. Not as suggestions to follow, but as an example of how a mind can learn to notice what is needed and wor...

  When I don’t pause to notice my state and name the qualities present — tired, rushed, heavy, scattered, bright, steady — I can feel it in the food I make. The meals come out less satisfying, harder to digest, sometimes too dense, and the flavours lack their usual lift. I jokingly call this kind of...

Winter in Ayurveda is dominated by Vata (air + space) and, depending on climate, a dose of Kapha (earth + water). The gunas (qualities) of winter are: cold, dry, light, rough, subtle, mobile, and often dark or dull. You don’t need to have Sanskrit words for this — the body already knows these words....

Winter sadness isn’t a pathology. It’s a reasonable nervous system response to cold, dark, contraction, and reduced sensory input. Less light literally changes serotonin and melatonin. Less movement means less circulation. The world gets quieter, smaller, more internal. Of course mood drops. Of cour...

Tofu Puffs with Green Peppercorn Sauce

This is what I consider a deeply satisfying comfort meal

This is one of those meals that hits all the right notes for me: rich flavour, varied texture, and that good feeling you get when food actually nourishes and comforts at the same time. It’s hea...

Sometimes a recipe is created because the body asks for something specific. In this case, I wanted to make a treat for my husband that wouldn’t flare his joints — something less inflammatory, deeply nutritious, and still genuinely delicious. These little raw cookies (or bites, or slices… I still hav...

In your body, there are four “domes” that work together like a soft, internal support system: the perineum, the diaphragm, the larynx/pharynx area, and the inside of the crown of the head. When these domes are supple rather than braced, they guide breath, posture, and movement with far less effort.