Blog by Megan and Alana
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A yoga teacher meet cute
A yoga teacher meet cute or the story of how Alana and Megan started working together.
September book reviews
September ends with the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, so this month I always make it a goal to read more books by Indigenous authors or about the Indigenous experience living in Canada.
Why I start classes with a land acknowledgement
If you’ve been to my classes, you’ve heard me start off with a territorial acknowledgement. It’s nearly the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation here in Canada, which has me reflecting on the importance of honouring the land we occupy.
You should take a functional movement class
Megan teaches restorative classes with a zillion props. Alana teaches ridiculous flips in aerial classes. We both play with high-drama poses in rocket yoga.
These are cool things to do, but at the end of the day, they don’t necessarily help you live a pain-free, efficient life.
Lesson one: doing what you love comes with the unexpected side-effects
An unexpected discovery: moving away from my full-time office job gave me the mental capacity to explore who I am outside of the parameters of my professional identity.
Anatomy of a restorative yoga mat
“Restorative poses are for those times when you are feeling weak, fatigued, or stressed...”
August 2023 book reviews
My dad died at the end of July. That meant that August was a month of firsts.
Why I love rocket yoga
I took my first rocket class in 2016. I thought I was going to pass out.