I hated my body for a long fucking time

Before we get into the details of my story, It's important that I acknowledge my privilege. I am white person living on Haudenosaunee, Wendake-Nionwentsio, and Mississauga land. I have never been discriminated against because of my skin colour, or religious practices nor have I faced systemic rac... Read More

How to build an anti-diet yoga practice

You've spent your whole life moving your body for weight-loss, to earn food or to punish yourself. You've spent the last few years recovering from your history of disordered eating and exercising (even into ED territory), but you're not really sure how to kiss and make up with movement. If this s... Read More

How much is 'enough' yoga?

When it comes to leaving diet-culture, there are a few similarities in the roadblocks that we all face. Not like it's an exact science, but there are some common themes among those of us who are recovering from eating disorders and diet-culture. One of those themes is figuring out how much exerci... Read More

What does 'listen to your body' mean?

Have you ever been in a yoga class and the teacher says something like 'listen to your body', and you just think 'what. the fuck. does that mean??' Whether you have or haven't, let's talk a bit about it. Our bodies and our brains are really smart, and are often working the best they can to protec... Read More

I'm non-binary and here's why language matters

On Friday I posted a short reel on Instagram where I just stated my name, pronouns and language that I like to use. For those who don't know, I'm non-binary, and pansexual. I go by they/them, or she/her pronouns. I identify and like the term 'woman', but not 'lady', or 'girl'. It was a pretty sim... Read More

Implicit Anti-Fat Bias

A couple of days ago I tried on a new outfit: it's a long pair of yoga pants, and a yoga tank that showed a sliver of my belly. They're from a company I won't name yet because I'm not sure if I like them, but they're a sustainable brand that's not lulu. So anyway, I tried this outfit on before te... Read More

Feel at home in your space & your body

This weekend my partner and I spent some of our time rearranging furniture. Specifically, setting up a few new book shelves, moving stuff around so that there is more light, less clutter and it feels homey-er. This means I got to spend time reorganizing my books which is the best. If you want to ... Read More

What is mobility and why is it important?

The Monday morning workout class in the Club have become a mobility workout over the last month. I started off by introducing bits of mobility into the workout class, and everyone loved it so much we decided to make the whole workout mobility focused. What is mobility?'the ability to move or be ... Read More

Change & Rejection

Happy Friday! This week's episode of the podcast focuses on change and rejection. It's an episode that we actually recorded at the end of 2022, but is very fitting to be releasing this month. At the beginning of the month my business changed quite a bit, narrowing down my offerings from about 8 d... Read More

What is Diet-Culture?

We talk a lot about diet-culture and similar terms so I thought I'd take a moment to talk about what it actually is.Diet-culture is a system of beliefs that favour body size, and appearance over physical, psychological and overall well-being. It favours thin bodies, and demonizes fat bodies. It p... Read More