The other day on our daily walk, we noticed that our neighbor had just cut back her roses. These are the roses we stop to smell together every morning. Pink, red, white, yellow and — our favorite — mauve, which gives the most incredible scent.

Well, this morning there lay a pile of stems, flowers, petals, leaves. My son was sad, looking at this pile as he questioned why they were cut off. It’s not like he hasn’t seen this before, but at each stage of his life he sees it with a new set of eyes.

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Whoa! Are you feeling the shifts?
I certainly am. My attempts to keep myself grounded have been like dust in the wind,

The days are flying by like particles. Particles that I cannot grasp and, on the off-chance that I do grasp a few grains, it’s only momentarily before they fall out of the palm of my hand. (more…)

My little one has a habit of saying “I need this Mummy”, and I always shift it by reminding him to say, “I would like this please” or “may I have this please?”.

I ask myself where and how he captured the word “need” in his vocabulary? It’s a very strong statement to make. (more…)

Have you ever had to make decisions and choices that affect others’ wellbeing?

Not easy, is it?

I just realized recently that I have been blinded yet again in my life. Maybe not so much blinded, but I’ve put blinders up on either side of my head so that I could not use my peripheral vision. (more…)

That is what my three-year old asked me the other day when I told him that we were finally going to take a vacation together. I realized at that moment that in the three years of his life we had never taken a vacation. It’s actually been three and a half years since I’ve taken a break from work. (more…)

We’ve been having a wonderful time with our friends and their two children from Edmonton. It’s their first visit here, so we’ve had fun spending time with them and showing them around our beautiful city – even the weather has been cooperating with our sightseeing expeditions. (more…)

I had a revelation the other day. I was invited by some friends to join them for an event. I thanked them and replied that I had a very full schedule with the upcoming Virtual Yoga Conference, which is less than a week away. (more…)

My little Zen Master of two-and-a-half woke up the other morning and said, “Mummy, no work please.”

I gently informed him that I had to work as the team was waiting for some things from me, but I promised that after 7pm I would be all his. That is how our average day is spent. Well, this was not acceptable to him this time. He whimpered again and said, “please, no work.” Not his usual self.

If you are a parent, I am sure you know how that pulls on the heart strings. How helpless you feel when you know you still have to go on with your work day. I am fortunate as I work from my home office so I do get to spend in-between time with him, but others may have to leave their children for the whole day. (more…)

So the weeks continue to fly by.

My son is now two years old. No more Mommy and Baby yoga together.

I wish I’d had many more opportunities with him in those yoga classes as he developed. I also wish I had more time to attend classes myself. Funny how life’s daily occurrences alter our paths. (more…)

I never thought my yoga practice would come to this.

As the days go by and I am still not able to make it to a yoga class because I’m literally snowed in, I am managing to find innovative ways to keep up some form of my physical yoga practice. (more…)