Working out: the unexpected bonus.
Wanna hear me read to you? Click here! I am an avid and regular exerciser. Every time I say that I get this little buzz. My own secret thrill. Here’s why: I was the most sedentary child, teen and adult you could find. Slow moving for much of my life, my favourite activites were reading, […]
Are you holding yourself back with your mind?
We had a holiday this Monday – Family Day – (great opportunity to sleep in, hang with my crazy gang, and skip school lunches!). The next day I mistakenly arrived for my regular Monday 10.00am Moksha yoga class. But it wasn’t my usual Moksha crowd in the studio. They looked young and looked supremely athletic, and the […]
This winter is the perfect time to become a regular exerciser
Exercise is on my mind. I’m talking movement on purpose this snowy cold winter. I used to hibernate, clothed in multiple stretchy layers, telling myself it was too cold to move, and then panic in spring when I finally delayered, to discover that my muscles had turned to mush and none of my clothes fit? […]
You get what you work for.
My youngest daughter is an excellent gymnast. I can’t remember a time when she didn’t spend almost every spare moment practicing and perfecting her skills and routines. She is completely self-motivated. Determinedly persistent. Inspiringly thrilling to watch. She does not get this from me. People comment on how talented she is all the time. I suppose she […]
You can become a regular exerciser – easily.
I almost knocked a woman over today. I was rushing out of my kids’ school on my way to yoga. Just dropped lunch off (yep. again) and I had twenty minutes before they close the door. “Sorry!” I yelled behind me “rushing to yoga” “Wow that’s amazing” she said admiringly. And I took a moment […]
How can you use your creative mind to lose weight?
Here’s one brilliant way: Bev I thought about you after my run yesterday and wanted to tell you that your blog post about riding your bicycle when you were a little out of shape really inspired me to get my own mojo going. I’ve gained some weight too. At least five pounds and I […]
How do you become a regular exerciser?
This may surprise you: It’s all in the language you use. Your wording influences how you feel. I spent the last two summers in Miami. The first week, I started swimming forty laps each day while my kids were playing. I called it my “Daily Forty”, and soon my kids were joining me (I like […]
Got any rules you want to deconstruct today?
I went shopping for a bikini yesterday. Honestly. I never thought that would happen in this lifetime. It started with my upper arms. I had a rule that I couldn’t wear sleeveless tops because my upper arms were fat and soft. But summer is short here in Toronto, and I always yearned to wear tank […]
Got any stories that have outlived their ‘best by ‘ date?
YOU: Do you like your gym? ME: The best part of it is that it’s 2 minutes away. I can leave my house at 9.20 for a 9.30 class. If it was 5 minutes further, I just wouldn’t get there. I totally believed this story. And it kept me at a gym I really didn’t […]
How do you make sure you stick with your new exercise plan?
Laura* comes to hot yoga every day. Possibly twice a day – she’s there whichever class I go to. She’s out of shape and overweight. She doesn’t look like someone who exercises strenuously every day. And she doesn’t. Exercise strenuously. She spends most of the class on her mat Lying flat on her back in […]