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Nia and Embodied Social Justice

I’m so thrilled to share with you the most recent episode of the @madnesscafepodcast (with Jennifer Moorman Bolanos and Raquel Howard). In it Teresa Myers & I share our work with Nia and Embodied Social Justice. We discuss how being embodied is not only beneficial for us as individuals but how it helps us afford…

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Best Tips for a Healthy Body and Mind: Tea with Li

It was a special treat for me to sit down with my friend Li Koo who is Toronto based Realtor on her “Tea with Li” pod/webcast. We had a warm and candid conversation about personal autonomy and disrupting limiting and oppressive norms. It was honestly one of the best conversations I’ve had in quite some time, and…

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Can You Exercise Too Much? Discover a Better Way

I was recently interviewed by Steven Sashen on The MOVEMENT Movement Podcast. It was a great experience! We talked about the dangers of exercising too much, Nia, functional movement opportunities and more. The MOVEMENT Movement features some of the brightest thought leaders in natural movement who dispel myths, confusion, and sometimes outright lies about how people…

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Living life on purpose in my midlife!

I was fortunate to be featured by Sara Smeaton on her “Power Profiles” series.  Sara is an amazing coach who helps people discover the joy and power in midlife while navigating transitions on your own terms. She’s my kind of person! The original post can be found on her website here.

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Breaking Body Biases: Can Exercise be Harmful? Orthorexia with FitPro Jennifer Hicks

I recently had the honour of being interviewed by Christine DiFilippis of Breaking Body Biases.  Breaking Body Biases is an anti-diet and joyful movement podcast which amplifies the voices of fitness professionals, dieticians and health practitioners promoting HAES (Health At Every Size). How wonderful to talk with Christine about diet culture, privilege, choice making and…

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Exercises to Do in Bed: The Nia Way

Recently I was in the hospital for a kidney infection (and learned a new word – pyelonephritis = kidney infection). It was not pleasant but I’m grateful for the excellent care I received. Keep Moving While I was being pumped full of fluids and antibiotics I knew I had to keep moving. How did I know…

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My healing was ignited through joyful movement

Since I started teaching Nia in 2006, I have been in a process of recovery. Healing from adult onset anorexia and an exercise addiction was not easy. But it sure helped that I had the medicine called “joyful movement” through Nia. Now, almost 15 years later, I have been teaching Nia through a body/fat positivity…

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Wake up! How I learned to feel more alive through Nia Technique

Have you ever been insecure about your cognitive abilities?  If you have, then you’ll know that it’s really, really stressful. For as long as I can remember, I’ve felt like something was a little “off” with my mind.  Like I needed to simply wake up.  I felt that way about school, music lessons, sports, social…

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