winter news and checking in...

hey everyone,

Its always so funny to me to find out who reads my blog. Every now and again someone from the yoga studio will be like "hey I really love reading your blog, keep posting." Its always the people who never comment on anything too, so its always a total surprise, pleasant surprise I should say (hahaha). The winter is going well, after my two weeks in Mexico I have finally settled back into being at home, teaching all the time and hitting all sorts of yoga classes. I'm planning on going back in March which will be great, but I will for sure miss the packed evening classes at downward dog! I'm leading a few lululemon girls through a group cleanse at the moment, I'm so proud of my little litter of cleansers, they are doing so well... or so they say. Its wonderful to be able to teach a small group of fun ladies about all the foods I love so much. Here is a little recipe that I have been making all the time, its a cleanse friendly lunch or dinner  recipe (today I ate it for both lunch and dinner hahaha) and its nice and simple.

1/2 cup cooked jasmine brown rice
1/2 avocado
1 small tomato
handful of raw chopped kale
2 tbsp hemp seeds
2 tbsp sunflower or pumpkin seeds
1 tbsp raw tahini
squeeze of lemon juice
sea salt
olive oil

I like to keep all the veggies raw, even the kale. I use organic black kale, and I chop it up into tiny pieces so it blends right into the other foods. I like to just throw it all together, it keeps well in a tupperware container, so it makes a great lunch on the go. Packed with complete protein, essential fatty acids, enzymes, and its super simple and wonderful.

A fun little bit of news, I'm doing a free talk at energyXchange yoga studio on the first saturday of the month, February is going to be a talk on superfoods, how to use them, what they are, where to get them etc... It's going to be really fun and its free so come out and join us! www.myenergyxchange.com

Sadly Marla has hurt her foot in Thailand, so I will be teaching her Saturday morning 9am level 1/2 for the duration. Hope she gets better sooner than later, but I'm glad they picked me to hold down the fort, such a great group on Saturday mornings!

So what are my favorite things to eat right now?? 
I have been making a superfood morning cereal which consists of...

2 tbsp hemp seeds
2 tbsp raw cacao nibs
2 tbsp goji berries
1 banana
handful of frozen grapes
cinnamon
organic natural yoghurt

I have had this every day for the past week or so, it keeps you going for longer than anything else! No coffee or tea needed when you have a breakfast that is jam packed full of minerals, antioxidants, protein, magnesium etc... amazing, try it! If you are really keen you could even put a few drops of marine phytoplankton in there... You can find all these ingredients at your local health food store, I get everything from 4 Life in kensington market, its on Augusta, great health food store!

xoxo
kby

new teaching schedule

Home sweet home! Our trip was amazing, but I always love coming back to my own house, friends, yoga studio and city. If you are thinking of coming to Mexico in march with the downward dog crew, I recommend coming, I'm going to be back down for the first two weeks and there are some amazing people joining me. Now that I'm back in town, I have my new schedule all worked out and I'm really excited to share my 2011 plans with everyone. I feel so blessed to have been given many teaching opportunities as of late and I'm very excited to watch some new classes grow. Earlier last year I was a bit at a loss for what I was going to end up doing when school came to a close. Part of me wasn't sure if I was going to be able to find enough classes to teach, which was worrying me big time because I'm really not the type to just sit around. The best part is a couple new studios approached me about teaching, rather than having to go apply for jobs, I guess all these years of practice and practicing teaching have paid off! Come join me for a class or just come practice at downward dog in the mysore room, hope to see everyone out and around soon!

Here is my new schedule, there are a couple new studios, check out my links for websites and info.

REGULAR CLASSES
Tuesday:
1pm level 1/2 @ energyXchange (queen and broadview area)
4pm level 1 @ downward dog yoga downtown (queen and bathurst area)

Wednesday:
12:15 ashtanga @ LiV (liberty village area)

Thursday:
1pm all levels @ energyXchange (queen and broadview area)
4pm level 1 @ downward dog yoga downtown (queen and bathurst area)

Friday:
1pm all levels @ energyXchange (queen and broadview area)

NEAR FUTURE SUBBING
Saturday: for 3 weeks in january
9am level 2 @downward dog yoga downtown (queen and bathurst area)

Sunday: for the next 4 weeks
11am ujjayi pulse level 2 @ downward dog yoga downtown (queen and bathurst area)