Do not worry! We have not branched out into the match-making business! But as yoga instructors, we are often asked, “What should I look for in a good yoga mat?”  Depending on your yoga practice, you may be spending time on your yoga mat every day, as well as bringing it along wherever you go. Hence, the importance to find the perfect mat(ch!)

​What initially lured me to spend the summer in a small village located on the south shore of the St-Lawrence, in Quebec, was the chance to be closer to my family and to be in a scenic setting far away from the city's distractions. It was also an opportunity for me to take a step back from teaching yoga, which I have been doing now, on a full-time basis, for the past eight years. 

Meditation does not have to take place in a perfectly quiet space. In fact, one of my favourite method of meditation is the one where we focus on ambient sounds. The idea of an ambient sound meditation is to simply notice the sounds surrounding you without developing a narrative around it. Notice them, hear them, and let them be part of your experience.

​Full disclosure: before I took my yoga teacher training, I injured my lumbar spine - from doing yoga. It all started with some workshops on practicing Upward Facing Dog, an advanced backbend. Although my teachers described this back-bending pose in depth, I was doing it wrong and I kept pushing for "more", to "feel more" and to "backbend more" (whatever that means!) I started experiencing some low back sensations but misinterpreted it as "going deeper into my pose", so I kept at it.  ​