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Spiced Apple Almond Muffins

January 17, 2019

Simple Spiced Summer Oatmeal

August 16, 2018

Ayurvedic Chai: My Favorite Recipe

August 16, 2017

EVENTS + WORKSHOPS

Urban Ayurveda: A self-guided course with Insiya

June 1, 2021 @ 8:00 am - June 1, 2022 @ 5:00 pm
Meditation for Canadian Governmental Departments

July 12 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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It all starts with a strong foundation. Feel the h

It all starts with a strong foundation.
Feel the hard edge of the earth beneath you.
Press into it with width and integrity.
Then feel the exchange of energy in your body.
As we root down, we allow prana to flow in and up. The fingertips press, the hands enliven and awaken.
Prana moves up.
We roll the thighs inwards, creating more space in the pelvis, entire back body, the inner legs - and we release stagnation, stuckness, malaise.
Finally raise one leg up as though you are about to fly, but maintain an earth connection.

Feel expansive, feel integrated. Feel light. Feel bliss.

Carry this through your day. 💖💖💖🌊🦋☀️

Ps. Bali peeps dm if you want to come to live classes w @theblissologist and myself this week on!!! 👍🏻✨🙏🏼

#howtoyoga #yogabeyondasana #breathe #adhomukhasvanasana #blissologyyoga #insiyayoga #blissedandblessed #baliyoga #iloveyoga #asanatips #asanalab #beachyoga #iloveyoga #bodymjndpsychotherapy #yogaismytherapy #howiteachblissology #blissarmy

In a world where quick fixes are still the norm, I

In a world where quick fixes are still the norm, I’m here to tell you that they don’t work.

Botox will fade away - you will just have to inject more of it.

A water or juice fast can be a reset (sometimes) but it’s not going to help you to lose weight.

A diet built for someone else is not going to work for you long term. It will just make you feel deprived!

What does work is this:

1. Get to know yourself - unflinchingly, with honesty and compassion. If we start to recognize ourselves we can start to ask for help where we need it.

2. Listen to how you feel. I mean pause after eating something, check in. Pause after spending time w people you may or may not want to be around, check in. Connect the lines of understanding- when I do this, I feel like this...

3. Commit to small, incremental changes. In other words, baby steps!!! They will take us there.

4. Keep showing up. If you fail, start again; this is how we learn resilience and determination and put it into practice. In Sanskrit we call it tapas. It’s what gets us into our yoga mat even when we don’t “want” to.

5. Nourishment is the opposite of guilt - in all aspects of life. If you have a bite of rich dark chocolate cake, savor it with all your senses - do not, for one moment absorb it with any guilt. Guilt does not let us digest our food or sensory food well and creates stress in the body.

It’s the last day to get my urban Ayurveda course at 20% off. Use the code blissworldoceansday and support our work restoring coral reefs in north bali. Link in bio. We’ve been showing up here for 6 years and it is amazing to see the changes!!!

Happy Saturday!

#oceanactivist #yogamom #mompreneur #yogue #blissology #blissedandblessed #modernayurveda #growth #transformation #insiyayoga #ayurveda #realayurveda #urbanayurveda #onlinelearning #teachable #naturalbeauty #holisticwellness

Morning light and a mandala fashioned from sea gla

Morning light and a mandala fashioned from sea glass, shells, stone and other found objects...

Remember that the world is full of beauty even when the news tells us otherwise.

Remember that even though we are capable of acts of unspeakable cruelty, we have the capacity to show up with kindness, love, compassion and respect.

Remember that nature supports and celebrates diversity, why shouldn’t we?

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Deeply saddened by the recent acts of violence in London, Ontario; Canada. So many thoughts come to me but right now what I am focusing on is Sending prayers for the young boy who is the lone survivor in his close family; and hoping that with the help of community and love he can somehow transcend the suffering of his life experience at this tender age of 9. 😢💖🙏🏼

#london_ontario #islamaphobia #canadalife #community #love #compassion #kindness #growth #yogaoflife #transcendingsuffering #yogaincanada

What will you make space for today? In your body?

What will you make space for today?

In your body?
In your mind?
In your spirit?
In your heart?

Consider it. Reflect upon it. Lay it down gently.
Smoothen the edges. Don’t worry if they blur a little.

Life is not linear . We are not meant to live in straight lines. Nature does not live in straight lines... We grow where and when the edges bleed just a little. Where flowers emerge from the cracks on a concrete pavement. In the trill of a song bird; in the hum of coral.

Today. Listen for it.

#love #life #growth #spiritualpath #insiyayoga #myyogalife #bythesea #blissology #blissedandblessed #baliytt #eoinfinn #joy #bliss #reverence #blissologybaliyttnov2021

How can we inspire the next generation to care for

How can we inspire the next generation to care for our oceans, our forests, our land, all creatures that make up our cosmos?

We love world oceans day because it is a perfect time share our love for the planet! When we inspire awe, it creates reverence, which in turn shows up as respect; and makes us want to protect our natural environment..

How do we create reverence for the ocean? Through play!!! through reveling in the experience of snorkeling and diving and playing and relishing the bliss and joy of being in it fully. Of feeling it’s magic!

Yesterday @theblissologist and I traveled up to north bali w our son and a bunch of his school mates for WORLD OCEANS DAY via our @ecokarmafoundation

We learned about the ocean and coral reefs and why we should protect them, we meditated by the beach early this morning; and wrote love letters to the ocean w our kids; we picked up trash from the beach front, helped build an artificial reef and transplanted baby coral. Finally we got to dive into the blue seas and experience the healthy reef with all the colorful fish we learned about... call it experiential, immersive learning... I call it sharing what we love and spreading that love to the next generation.

REVERE. RESPECT. PROTECT #ecokarma

It’s been a powerful journey and I feel like our work is just beginning.

Swipe right: a beachside mandala for our morning meditation w @theblissologist; lion’s love letter to the ocean, eyes bright taking it all in! ✨🙏🏼💖

To learn more about our eco karma project pls visit blissology.com/ecokarma 🌊👍🏻✨🙏🏼💖☀️

#ecowarriors #yoga #blissology #ecokarma #karmayogis #blissedandblessed #yogalife #parenting #sevengenerations #sustainableyoga #sustainablekids #balikids #openflowlearning #bliss

We’re working on a new project over @blissology

We’re working on a new project over @blissology and I got nostalgic when I was looking through old photos. (Swipe right to see my love @theblissologist) I am smiling also because in so many ways we’ve always been ahead of the curve. We were creating digital content when many of the current ig “superstars” were babies... and we filmed our yoga in gorgeous, natural settings, like the scenes here from “the pursuit of happy hips” set to the backdrop of whistler.

But it was never only about the locales - our goal was always to offer up challenging yet inspiring and balancing yoga practices that were timeless...

I think we succeeded because we get emails from so many of you telling us you have been practicing to these videos for years!!! :) and I hear, “hot chocolate” still kicks your butt! 😀

Stay tuned because we are bringing it all back but in an exciting new way! And say hi if you’ve ever practiced to a @blissology yoga dvd back in the day!!! 🥰
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Let’s keep connecting our yoga to this life and make it a little more beautiful you all! 😍

#gratitude #nostalgia #dvds #yogalife #yogateacher #iloveyoga #growth #health #wellness #myyogalife #blissology #whistleryoga #canadianyoga #yogacouple #digitalyogis #yogaincovidtimes

A whirlwind of a year. Time slow and time fast. I

A whirlwind of a year.
Time slow and time fast.
Injuries, illness, yet also joy and radiance
From not knowing how we would continue our work in the world...
To finding a new way.
From being skeptical of feeling energy transfer through a screen;
To hearing birds sing in synchronicity across continents, through the ether.
Words found... emerged through me and you;
Intention mixed in w thoughts to heal.
A community thrived.
We shared our medicine...
Now, it’s all shifting once again...
Yet,
How grateful I am for this medicine.
This yoga.
This practice of showing up.
Observing.
Letting go.
Recalibration.
And trust...
Again
And again.

If there is anything that has held me through this last year, it is this...

Ps. This pic from Bombay my hometown, because right now... I MISS my family a lot 💖✨🙏🏼

#yoga #yogalife #indianyogini #canadianyogini #yogamama #yogateacherlife #mumbai #yogue #blissedandblessed #blissology #iloveyoga #growth #healing #wellness #yogamom #evolution

Warning. Trigger…. Residential Schools. (Read mo

Warning. Trigger…. Residential Schools. (Read more on my blog/ lnk in bio)... 😰

If you’ve heard the news about the mass burial site uncovered last week at the Kamloops residential school in British Columbia, Canada; you have no doubt felt shock, sadness, turmoil and confusion.

It has rocked me to my core. Not because I wasn’t aware of the harsh past of Canada’s founding - but because I’ve been trying to understand and process the weight of these recent findings.

You see, it doesn’t matter that we bring these atrocities to light, if we don’t shift our belief systems and how we live in our current world.

The world we have inherited is a violent world. We have internalized the western, rational, patriarchal view that life is a battle, that we must overcome not just hardships, but also whatever we don’t understand, what is different; and what we are scared of.

We do not live in harmony with anything.
We sanitize our life. We sanitize our religion. We fight our illnesses. We suppress what is not like us. And we keep doing it over and over again.

The residential schools in Canada much like in other colonies, were an arm of Christians “supposedly;” but really they were an extension of power hungry colonists who knew that if they suppressed the core beliefs of the local culture; they would win.

This has resulted in decades of dysfunctionality amidst the First Nations people in Canada - because when your past is erased - and you are told it is worth nothing - your soul is scarred - and it takes immense bravery, courage and determination to re-find your wholeness once again.

I don’t claim in any way to understand the depth of this pain. I share only an insight that has been crystallizing for me – that may provide a way in.
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Read more on my blog link in bio...

Artwork by @morning.star.designs

Please follow these accounts for ways forward @morning.star.designs @yogaoutreach @oneyogavictoria and also @maggie_reagh

#residentialschools #survivors #trauma #collectivetrauma #healing #diversity #canada #kamloopsschool #dtes #vancouver #yogateacher #decolonize

Bloated, tired, anxious or overwhelmed? You may be

Bloated, tired, anxious or overwhelmed? You may be feeling the effects of imbalanced digestive fire or AGNI.

When Agni is in balance, you have a glow and inner radiance that emanates; as you are absorbing food easily and well - you are gaining optimal nourishment and how you are eating suits you. In other words you are living in harmony with the fire element - and allowing its radiance to fuel you.

When we are not working with our Agni, we suffer.

I’ve struggled with digestive issues for years - a huge reason why I turned to Ayurveda.

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I love sharing simple ways in which you can use Ayurvedic wisdom in your life, so head over to my blog (yogue.ca / lnk in bio) where there’s a new post up on how to cultivate good, vital AGNI!!! I share simple, practical tips you can use, everyday.

And if you have any questions at all, dm me!
May our food, all the food of life, nourish us and may we digest it with the blessings of AGNI.

NAMASTE 🙏🏼

#namaste #yogalife #ayurveda #healing #digestion #realayurveda #modernayurveda #urbanayurveda #yogateacher #foodismedicine #health #herbalhealing #vedicmedicine #holisticwellness #wellnessblogger

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