This practice is an opportunity to begin again, go back to the drawing board, abandon all perceived notions of who you have to be and what you should be doing and instead, just LISTEN.

With big change comes big growth!

Welcome to my new beginning and all the beautiful messy-ness that comes along with it! As I spend the next few months moving my life from Vancouver BC to Queenstown NZ, my hope is to share with you the inevitable ups and downs that such a shift will dig up and this new site will allow me to do just that. This will be where my words spill out, the movements and meditations that are grounding me in this new life will be shared and the eventual details of what’s to come will be revealed.

Thank you for being patient with me as I navigate this all and I cannot wait to share it with you!

Jazz

5 Mornings For New Beginnings • • Coming up next week (and my last week of classes 😳) I’ll be teaching Sept 23-27th 630-8am @sempervivayoga on Broadway and Maple City Studio • • Each morning will hold space for meditation, movement and reflection on these transitions that fall, back to school, life in general has us stumbling through. • • Day 1: Gratitude Grows Gratitude – Playful Flow for the Fun of it • Day 2: See the cycles – mandala style flow • Day 3: Look Within-Blindfolded Yoga Practice • Day 4: Burn away the old to make space for the new – An inner fire focused practice • Day 5: Rest to Receive- A restorative practice ••• Check my website or sign up via @sempervivayoga website ♥️ 📸 @elorab 🤗
Ramblings on the work in-between Part 2 ••• I have been learning a lesson on the importance of planting my feet firmly in the ‘in-between’ times... In high school, running back and forth from basketball practice to theatre dress rehearsals, being scolded by both coach and play director no matter how I managed my time, made me believe that in order to succeed I needed to sacrifice all of myself fully to one cause. So I have lived by wearing my role or job or sport as an identity so heavily that it becomes a shield to deflect any question of how committed or determined I am. I pour in everything I have to the point of exhaustion and my loyalty freezes me in place even when the situation pushes me to run. When you spend years acting out a role that isn’t fully you, the lines blur between who you know you are and who you have been portraying. It becomes dangerous when part of the daily routine is to ignore the mild discontent that creeps in. It’s like leaving a cup under a leaking tap thinking ‘well it’s not bad enough yet...’ and silently wait for it to burst before taking action. At a certain point you gotta wonder what would happen if I just fixed that friggin tap!! When we stubbornly uphold an image of ourselves to the world without checking in to see if it’s still ‘us’, we risk being lost in loyalty to an idea rather than actually living our truth. For me, this is why the work “in between” is so so so important. Yes, being in-between one thing and the next means that I’m not fully committed to anything at all and that’s what feels so unnerving but those times taken in between jobs, in between relationships, in between goals are to give me the chance to remember who I am. Who am I beyond all expectations, all commitments and all labels? So here I am in a bright moment after a big weekend remembering that beautiful things can still happen in those in-between times ♥️ Thank you for the moment @dani.houston 🤗
musings on new beginnings PART 1 •••• When I became a yoga teacher at 21, I experienced the first hit of what purpose felt like. I felt like my gift to share with others was slowly taking shape. Now at 31, my purpose is feeling a little murky, awkward and unknown. I am being asked a lot about where, when and what I will be teaching when I settle into life in New Zealand... and I finally said out loud to class last night my truthful answer ‘I don’t know if I want to keep teaching’. —- I don’t know if what the world actually needs is more yoga...or more people becoming yoga teachers, or more studios opening, or more retreats. I don’t know what my place is in any of it. I have lost myself in an attempt to fit a certain mold and fill the role as a ‘teacher’ and all the demands that come with that in this city. —- I’ve been saying for awhile now that I need a break and so I am planning to do just that. We are literally moving to a blank slate, a patch of dirt to do whatever we want with and build from the ground up. A true new beginning. —— What is so wild about this all is that this leap feels like the pause before a crash landing into exactly where I meant to be. I have never trusted a free fall more in my entire life. It’s from knowing a shit load more about myself that I did at 21. It’s having the most incredibly grounded and supportive partner I could have ever asked for. It’s knowing that jumping in with everything I’ve got is the only option. The biggest part of it is trusting that all the growth I have experienced in the last ten years is coming with me ♥️ • • • 📸 @elorab
Soooo not to alarm anyone (read: ME, I AM ALARMED) but FYI 🇨🇦 ✈️ 🇳🇿 •••• #theendisnear #peaceout #seeya #aurevoir #seeyalateralligator #inawhilecrocodile #toodaloo #buhbye
Coming up next weekend! An extra special few days focusing on fun flow, cultivating creativity and playing in the mountains 🏔 DM for more details ☝️☝️☝️☝️ A Vinyasa Immersion Friday Sept 6th - Sunday Sept 8th Schedule: 7-9am practice, 11-3pm Lecture + Sequencing Lab Investment: $300 Location: @thealchemyflow , Revelstoke BC We will be covering the following: - creative sequencing formulas - building to a peak pose - making 'advanced' poses accessible - philosophy for sequencing to a theme/feeling - storytelling through movement - tips and techniques to refresh and refuel your practice
60 days!?! That’s how many days left here in this house, in this city and in these studio walls that feel like home. 60 days to enjoy summer (before I land in another summer 😆) 60 days to see and hug and thank all the people I love in Vancouver. 60 days to plan, pack, clean, purge, repack and ship our life across the world to NZ. 60 days to freak the F out, question everything, doubt this move, doubt myself and panic about this all. BUT ALSO 60 days to make the most out of each day, show gratitude for everything this place has taught me and offer up a blind trust that this next adventure will be the best one yet ♥️ ••• A few ways to find me in the next 6 months.... Sept 6-8th Creative Vinyasa Immersion in Revelstoke BC @revelutionfityoga Nov 9-16th Maui Run and Yoga Retreat @retreat_golden Feb 14-March 1st Vinyasa Teacher Training in Tofino @tofinobotanicalgardens ••• 📸 @elorab 😘
Maui Run & Yoga Retreat Nov 9-16 in Paia @nalukailodge ••• When I arrived at my first @retreat_golden running retreat this spring, I felt so uneasy, intimidated and had convinced myself that I would stay behind as the group went on their daily run. ‘I am not a runner’ kept playing over in my mind, making my legs feel like lead. Then as I listened to @magiscallion and @_haleyhudson_ explain the terrain, the distance for each group and the goals for the day, I felt my resistance soften. They make everything so accessible, light and fun with a reminder that running in a group is more a chance to have FUN and explore new places together with the added bonus of moving the body. I came away actually excited to run again! So looking forward to this next adventure! This retreat will take us on trails through volcanic craters, lush mountain trails, beachside roads and so much more. Ocean swims, local cuisine and chillaxing yoga are of course included as well! Not to mention Paia is THE MOST adorable beach side town and an ideal location foe exploring the rest of the island. Link in my bio for more details or DM me and let’s chat!