
yoga + body image
I've been teaching yoga full time for 9 months now. I'm learning about myself on a whole new level as this role called 'yoga teacher' is now my career defined self. There are so many pangs of guilt and insecurity surrounding this role as I struggle with my relationship to my eating disorder, body image and how close knit this all is to my yoga practice. Scroll through Instagram, check out local studios websites and banners on their front doors - how yoga is portrayed is not w

rest & digest - the learning to love retreat
Just over a week ago I returned home from co-hosting my first retreat as a yoga instructor. We shared delicious, beautiful meals family style, followed noble silence, sat in meditation, relaxed under many blankets, shared reiki in the rain and expressed ourselves wholeheartedly with compassion, working towards understanding the concept of self-love. It's amazing to think how far I've come in a year with the idea self-love in mind. On and off disordered eating patterns, travel