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The Path to Ease Starts with Awareness
Developing awareness of our inner experience is a simple yet profound practice. Before I started writing this, I took a moment to close my eyes and to check in with myself. I noticed some swirling thoughts about what I was going to write, interlaced with some residual chatter about a conversation I’d recently had. As I paid attention, the thoughts began to settle slightly and I noticed some feelings of guilt around a commitment that I had forgotten that day and a slight feel

Alice Bentley
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How Yoga can Transform Negative Emotions and Maternal Stress
Motherhood is full of conflicting emotions—joy, fierce love, deep connection, and gratitude co-existing with guilt, fear, loneliness and resentment. These light and shadow emotions are natural given the wonders, responsibilities and challenges of motherhood, however it can feel as though we aren’t allowed to acknowledge our shadow emotions. Social pressure can make us feel that if we admit to anger, boredom, frustration or being unfulfilled then we must be bad mothers. It is

Alice Bentley
6 hours ago


Befriend Yourself
Our self-talk has a big impact on our experience of life, our well-being and therefore our children's. The good news is yoga can help us establish healthier self-talk! Many of us suffer from negative self-talk, where our inner dialogue centers around negative messages and beliefs about ourselves. While reflecting on past experience and behavior can be a necessary pre-requisite for making positive changes, negative self-talk is harmful in a number of ways. It reinforces negati

Alice Bentley
6 hours ago
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