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Baby Harvey Alexander arrived on June 14th, 2017. Everyone is doing well, though sleeping little, in this transformative time. Kathryn will return to a part time teaching schedule in September.

The 2017 Summer Yoga retreat to Shanti on Wolfe Island is sold out!
Watch for 2018 details so you can reserve your place for next year.

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@intelligentedgeyoga

Tips for Teachers: Balancing Your Students’ Wants and Needs - exploring teaching methods for expanding your teaching repertoire.
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Link in bio, or read on here: https://yogainternational.com/article/view/balancing-your-yoga-students-wants-and-needs
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I’m over the moon to share my first piece published with @yoga_international, and so grateful for the editorial team there. They are smart, savvy yogis and editors and we arrived at greater clarity because of their thoroughness and patience.
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#yogateacher #teachyoga #yoga #yogainternational

On beginning.
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A few days ago, mom and I were in a shop where Harvey attracted a lot of attention. Newborns generate a lot of friendly chats, and the shop owner engaged us enthusiastically while I swung Harvey in his car seat to quiet his mumblings before they were roars.
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Still aware of my postpartum aches and feeling fatigue that wraps itself around your eyes and brain and slows down all synapses, I was happy she did most of the talking. She cooed at him, looked at me and said, "Is he just the most magical thing you've ever done?" It took me several moments before I uttered a drawn out "yes". The more experienced mothers exchanged knowing glances and concluded the first six weeks are challenging.
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The next day I thought of it and smiled to myself thinking what it may be like to go up to a student halfway through their first long meditation, or maybe during plank pose in their first class just to whisper to them, "don't you just love the journey to freedom and ease? Isn't this the most magical thing you've ever done?"
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In the beginnings of great, profound, possibly magical changes, we get glimpses between the effort. New babies and new yoga journeys share a lot in common: they are both visceral and spiritual, they have long stretches of struggle, doubt and chaos, as well as being punctuated with just enough glimpses of magic that you keep going.
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If you're beginning something, like your yoga practice, a teaching practice, or whatever it is that makes you grow, seek out people who sparingly give compassionate advice, help you in unglamorous ways, and cheer you on even when you feel your wins seem tiny. They are the signposts that you are on a path to mastery and magic, if you keep going.
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#yogamama #teachyoga #yogateacher #yoga #beginning #practiceyogaeveryday

Harvey Alexander arrived on June 14th as my newest teacher. Like the others, he reflects back to me my strengths and the places I could improve. I am proud of my resolve and resilience through labour, and of Alex's incredible support. (I am grateful to have a kind, present man committed to co-parenting.) In trying moments, I witness myself parenting with all the skills yoga has helped me cultivate. And in the even tougher moments, just when I think Harvey may be wishing he hadn't been incarnated to such amateurs, we dig deeper with patience and compassion until his needs are met and sattva (calm, sweet energy) returns.
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#yogamama #practiceyoga

Chilling. Blue Agate for confidence and clarity from @malacollective and kale chips from @labelle_verte because my culinary joys are few. (The heartburn is real.)
#prenatal #babywaiting

It's believed in Ayurveda that preparing food in copper vessels and drinking water from copper cups (left overnight for transference) supports the lymphatic system. Our 100% copper cups (not lined or mixed) are on our nightstands for morning drinking. Copper is antimicrobial and leaving tap water to sit evaporates chlorine, so at worst it's a pretty way to filter water while you dream.
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#Ayurveda #yoga #holistichealth #holisticliving

Yoga explores the faultiness of perception, and Ayurveda provides the path to maintaining sensory perception, clarity of thinking, and ease of vehicle (body) for our spirit, but we are often still wrong. Preferences, limited experience, lack of opportunity, systemic bias – all of these coalesce to cloud our vision. For our pursuit of self-awareness and clarity of perception, there are three ways we can know something... ________________________
Read on: http://intelligentedge.yoga/journal/2017/6/4/how-to-know-something (link also in bio)
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#yogaphilosophy #yoga #yogajourney #yogablog

I don't feel this baby is late or overdue. They're not in a hurry, and that's fine - I'm loving the time with Alex to read, write, catch up on accounting, and organize those cupboards that were not well attended the last several months.
I'm happy to allow, rather than force, so we're still percolating over here. #prenatalyoga

Psychology research at The New School in New York City published research in 2013 that connected reading fiction to improved empathy skills, which is another reason this beautiful gift from my yoga teacher training winter program is so generous. It's a basket of books for the baby, selected by each student with love... more evidence that learning to care for ourselves and each other is a practice, and commitment to education can give us community in unexpected spaces. __________________

#teachyoga #yogateacher #yogateachertraining #ytt #compassion #readbooks

Yesterday there graduated a group of kind, intelligent yogis who demonstrated incredible compassion, discipline, and openness over the last four months together. I will miss this particular time, but so look forward to seeing what they do. Congratulations, yogis - you were a privilege to teach. __________________

#teachyoga #yogateacher #yogateachertraining #ytt

Today we cover one of my favourite days: Business of Yoga. We weave into philosophy and goal setting to be clear in action and intent. __________________
Were there any questions your #ytt didn't cover you were curious about?
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#teachyoga #yogateacher #yogateachertraining #businessofyoga

Wherever there is enough nourishment to provide the minimum conditions for growth, it will spring forth. Offer your offerings - there is development to be done.
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#teachyoga #yogateacher #practiceeveryday

Free, downloadable + printable, lovingly designed yoga teacher resources are always being updated on the site.
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Today someone downloaded from
Dominican Republic, continuing the resources' trip around the world. They've been downloaded on every continent except Antarctica! Maybe the penguins will eventually be yoga teachers, too... _____________________
http://www.intelligentedge.yoga/store
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#yoga #practiceyoga #teachyoga #meditation #goalsetting #yogateacher #ytt #yogateachertraining

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