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Early Bird Bonuses Expire Soon on Our Breathing & Mindfulness Series! Apr 08, 2024

If you've ever held your breath when stressed or found yourself out of breath when exercising, you know what it's like to finally take a big breath of fresh air and feel the tension leave your body in a big way.

Our breath holds the key to keeping our body and mind happy and healthy, yet we...

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April's Classes Bring You Fun Adventures! Mar 31, 2024

April's showers might bring May flowers, but April's classes will bring you fun adventures!

See our huge lineup of online live and in-person classes to help you gear up for spring's outdoor fun - including 2 new class series that have never been offered in person before: "How to Yoga", a beginner...

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It's Time for the Inner Peace, Outer Glow Workshop! Mar 19, 2024

It's almost here! The Inner Peace, Outer Glow workshop is here to help you learn easy ways to manage stress and anxiety in your body and mind.

It's happening in person at North Dundas High School on March 24, 2024, from 1:00-3:00 PM.

You'll learn simple breathing and mindfulness practices that...

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5 Biggest Meditation Myths - Explained Mar 30, 2023

So you have heard about how amazing meditation can be for your health, and you've probably also heard quite a few rumours or myths surrounding meditation that might have made you wonder - what's with that?

Here, we go into the 5 biggest myths we see here from our students at HealthGirl, and...

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That Time I Almost Had a Breakdown in the Grocery Store, and This Thing Saved My Bacon Mar 17, 2023

I have anxiety. You know it, I know it, most people who come to the blog or my classes know it. Grocery stores in particular are hard for me, and cause very serious anxiety attacks.

One day I was trying to shop, and hubby had asked for ham (I know I said bacon in the title but this is easier),...

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Inner Peace, Outer Glow Beginner Workshop is Here! Mar 06, 2023

You’ve asked, we’ve worked SO hard to bring you this 2-hour workshop.  

In it, you’ll learn how to calm your mind, help your sleep, and transform your health with beginner breath work and mindfulness meditation. All are welcome, this online workshop is going to help...

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Motivation Monday - Constant Busyness Isn't Productivity, It's Trauma Feb 13, 2023

“Feeling the need to be busy all the time is a trauma-based response and fear-based distraction from what you’d be forced to acknowledge and feel if you slowed down.” - Maxine Carter

Isn't this the truth? Unfortunately, I do speak from experience. It wasn't until I slowed down...

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Self Care Saturday - Present & Deliberate Feb 11, 2023

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Self Care Saturday is important. 

Self care every day is vital, really. 

Your physical and mental health depends on it. 

And it doesn’t have to be much. 

Today’s self care looked like a slow morning with my journal, my Daily Stoic...

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A New Month is a Reminder You Can Start Again Feb 01, 2023

This is a transcript from the video, I hope you enjoy it!

Hey friend, Happy February 1st, I'm sitting here doing my journaling, and it got me thinking.

It's a new month, and if months are allowed to start again, if weeks, days, hours and even minutes are allowed to start again, Maybe so can you?

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Move to CELEBRATE Your Body, Never Punish It! Jan 24, 2023

Movement is natural, we do it as children without thinking.
We run and play and dance and hop and smile without thinking about how it looks, or what others think.
We just move because it feels good and we are unconsciously celebrating our life.
Because our bodies and minds are worthy of...

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