Feminist reflections on fitness, sport, and health
CW: mention of BMI and body weight in a medical study on laughter yoga. Since yoga took off in North America, teachers and studio owners and social media hopefuls have trotted out every possible variation to make it more attractive to more people. I’m not talking about Kundalini yoga, Iyengar yoga, etc. No, in this… Continue reading Laughing while doing yoga: gimmick or tool?
When it’s cold outside, and I’m lying on my couch in a Wordsworthian mood, I think about my summer fitness activities. Doing yoga outside for the first time was one! Over the years I’ve done yoga almost exclusively inside (including stretching in my bathroom). What I remember about inside yoga: Get there early to get… Continue reading Yoga Outside
I just returned from a fantastic yoga retreat weekend at Camp Queen Elizabeth up in Ontario’s Georgian Bay. I have some lower back/hip flexor muscle tightness (as does virtually everyone who works in an office job), and the time that I spent for a full hour each morning stretching and sending out blessings to the… Continue reading Attempting Bathroom Yoga (Guest Post)
We’re officially into that weird point of December where no one seems sure what day it is or what’s open or what they are supposed to be doing. And the range of Covid restrictions in various places is amplifying the confusion this year. All of that adds up to even more reason to try and… Continue reading Making Space: Day 26
Recommended soundtrack: Voice of Baceprot’s cover of Testify. Really though, give it a listen and notice how it being performed by 3 Muslim women makes an old song completely new. I’m well into my work from home pandemic routine life. There’s comfort in the weekday cycle of coffee, dog walk, eat, work, eat, walk, work,… Continue reading Nat ponders the dilemma and delight of routines
When we have a lot on our metaphorical plates like many of us do right now, we tend to put our heads down and just try to plow through our lists. These Making Space posts are intended to encourage you to look up every now and then and try to find ways to take care… Continue reading Making Space 2022: Day 18
Do you ever have the kind of day where working from home seems to put you to sleep? The home office set-up isn’t great so you have migrated to the comfy couch. You have no physical meetings to attend, so you just sink deeper and deeper into the upholstery. No-one ever seems to schedule breaks… Continue reading Quick Hit Dance Workouts to Keep You Awake
(I initiated this “Dear Fieldpoppy” advice column a few months ago; today’s questions were so rich I did it in two parts; read part one here) Dear Fieldpoppy: When I do any exercise at all, I sweat. Like everywhere. From my head, my knees… everywhere. As in my underwear are also soaking wet. I can… Continue reading Ask Fieldpoppy: March edition (part 2)
Woman with black hair in a ponytail. She’s wearing a coral coloured t-shirt and holding her abdomen.
As yet another alarm went off on my phone this morning, I started thinking about our support systems and how you might make good use of them as you build your practices. Note: every time you see the words should or shouldn’t in this post, please imagine me rolling my eyes and sighing it out… Continue reading Go Team! January 21: Support Systems
