I enjoy sports, I really do, but I got tired of always being the last one picked into a team in gym class, which ruined my love for sports. Thank goodness, after grade 10 in high school, Phys. Ed is no longer a requirement. However, I ended up choosing yoga as one of my extracurriculars…
Self-care. What pops up in your mind when you read that word? If you have been corrupted by chick-flicks and Facebook articles like me, a picture that would accurately sum up what flashes through your mind would be this: or this: While doing yoga on a beach and drinking tea in mysteriously clean robes are…
Yoga has got to be one of the longest-standing health fads out there. It can be traced back to India around the sixth and fifth centuries B.C., and is definitely the only one listed as an Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. The word yoga in Sanskrit roughly translates to “union,” and the activity is based…
Keeping up a structured fitness schedule is hard enough as it is, finding to pull yourself out of bed and haul your butt to the gym or the treadmill is a huge feat in itself, and on top of that, maintaining the motivation to push yourself to really make that workout effective is also challenging. I…
BALANCE. EMPOWER. ACTION. MOVEMENT. These are the principals of BEAM. Are you free this Sunday? Then you have no excuse not to attend BEAM Festival! Created by the founders of Little Hippies Kids Yoga, BEAM is a full-day event for teens ranging from 12-18 focusing on mindfulness and mental health through music, yoga, and the arts. Does Little…
I first heard about local organization Little Hippies Kids Yoga while reading the “giving back” section in issue 2 of Dote Magazine and the idea behind it immediately caught my attention. Since its conception in 2013 by Jenna Galloway and Chloe Dusser, the local organization has become known for its charitable work in providing free yoga classes…
{Original Image} This is it! The moment I have been waiting for! The 10th instalment of this series. You have no idea how truly beautiful this moment is to me. Thank you, to those of you who have stuck out with me and this series for these past 10 weeks (probably more considering I didn’t…
I feel like once winter starts to come around, everyone starts to get a little stressed. In school, midterms are either completed or on their way, and then suddenly after Christmas break, finals roll around. Mixed with holiday get togethers and preparation, the next few months are some of the most stressful in the year…
Mindfulness means being in the moment, and not being on what what would be called an “automatic pilot” mode. Since we are all so busy with our lives, we are not fully conscious or aware of what we are essentially doing. By being a mindful person, it would mean that you would be present in…
Youth Week 2014 is FINALLY here! In order to celebrate this truly momentous occasion, I will be breaking down every event for this year’s Youth Week! Please check out last week’s post for the breakdown of the early bird events, weeklong events, and opening day events. I will repost weeklong events here, just as a…
So this summer, I spent one unforgettable month at Carleton University in Ottawa. It is virtually impossible to express every moment that made this experience out-of-this-world in one blog post, but here goes. First of all, what is Shad Valley? A program whose motto “Drive, Stretch, Dream” is synonymous with “Live, Laugh, Love”. A…
The word yoga means “union” in Sanksrit; the union of the mind, body, and spirit. There are a ton of great yoga places around Calgary which offer this stimulating activity! Group yoga, hot yoga, outdoor yoga…
I started practicing hot yoga about a month ago and have seen how great its benefits can be. I have never sweat so much in my life, but it is calming and relaxing activities while still getting a great workout. Our lives are very stressful with school and exams, but everyone need that chance to…
The last weekend of August is one of world culture, as you can head to Mexico, Spain, Scotland or India without ever leaving the city. Friday to Sunday Expo Latino Celebrate Hispanic culture this weekend at Prince’s Island Park. Expo Latino features Latin dance, music, food and art. Advance weekend passes are $15 at Co-op…