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My Inner Child is a Spiritual Warrior

Oct 9, 2019
1 min

My Inner Child is a Spiritual Warrior

“I put my wounds in a shoebox, taped it shut, bubble-wrapped it, taped it again, and then hid it in the back of a closet. Then, I moved a couch in front of the closet so I’d have no way of getting in there. But that wound, that little hurting me, was still in there asking to be let out and heard.” This is my most raw and real article to date. Thank you to Elephant Journal for publishing it. Please click the link below to give it a read. Like it. Comment on it. Follow me on th

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Read this if you’re Feeling Overwhelmed

Sep 26, 2019
4 min

Read this if you’re Feeling Overwhelmed

I invite you to stop whatever you’re doing. Take a seat. Take a deep breath. Take a moment to absorb what you’re about to read. You deserve it. Relax the space between your eyebrows. Soften the little muscles around your eyes. Unclench your jaw. There you go….feel a bit better? I’m no expert in the art of letting go, but I’ve acquired some really simple and powerful tools for relaxation as a Yoga and Meditation Teacher and Student. These practices – which I’ll get into in a

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5 Reasons to Journal

May 10, 2018
2 min

5 Reasons to Journal

I kind of feel like a hypocrite as I write this because – much to my surprise – it’s been 5 months since my last blog post. I know how healing journaling can be, whether it takes shape online, in a lock-and-key diary or some type of recording. I also know how challenging it can be to keep up with it. I took a little time off from my blog during a recent transition in my life, favouring a beat-up paper journal I’ve poured my thoughts into on and off for many years. I needed to

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A Different Definition of Success

Dec 22, 2017
1 min

A Different Definition of Success

What does real success mean to you? When all is said and done, will you look back on your life and measure your achievements based on your bank account? Your fitness? Your business ventures? I think true success has little to do with external riches and everything to do with internal wealth. I’m talking self-actualization. Being your true, best self. That’s success to me. Check out my latest post for Sivana East to read more… https://blog.sivanaspirit.com/different-definition

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Turn Challenge into Opportunity

Aug 17, 2016
2 min

Turn Challenge into Opportunity

All of our experiences come with opportunities, we just don’t always see them. That’s because our brains are too busy categorizing and defining these moments as either ‘good’ or ‘bad,’ to be able to see the bigger picture. When we jump out of the present, we block our ability to see potential opportunities that can come from it all, especially the challenges we face. An awesome way to open ourselves up to possibility in times of upheaval is to remember that we’ve also been g

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4 Ways to Create Mindfulness

Jun 24, 2016
2 min

4 Ways to Create Mindfulness

Support mindfulness & mental health by purchasing one of my mindful partner’s wicked tanks. Outta donates 10% of proceeds to mental health initiatives. We must have an awareness of something in order to change it. It’s just that simple. We can’t create shifts in our lives if we spend most of our time in the dark. Enter: mindfulness. The ‘M’ word is taking over the world, one industry and community at a time and I’m loving it. It excites me and ignites my drive to keep foster

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My Mental Health Journey: Raw & Uncut

Jan 28, 2015
3 min

My Mental Health Journey: Raw & Uncut

I’m taking the opportunity today, on Bell Let’s Talk Day, to share the unfiltered, raw version of my mental health story. I absolutely love that this conversation happens nationally each year on this day, but truly, we need to be talking about mental illness openly 365 days a year. Nevertheless, I open myself up to you today with a little fear and a lot of gratitude for how far I have come since I was consumed by sadness and worry. I was a nervous child and was heavily preocc

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2014: A Year of Change

Dec 31, 2014
2 min

2014: A Year of Change

New Year, new Buddha 🙂 I think there’s real value in reflecting on the past, not only for the sake of creating New Year’s resolutions but in order to see what’s shaped you, who you’ve been and where you need to go. 2014 was a crazy, rocky, beautiful and transformative year for me. I went through a lot of major life changes and I’m really proud of myself for rolling with the punches–you know, going WITH the flow, not against it. This time last year I had just left my career a

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New Beginnings

Nov 21, 2014
3 min

New Beginnings

New Beginnings I can’t believe it. I’m sitting here in our new apartment, absorbing the beautiful view from our office/yoga room. A light dusting of snow is softly covering all the rooftops in view and the lake, seemingly within my reach, is icy and breathtaking. I’m enjoying a break in the clouds for the first time in days, watching the sun warm up every surface it touches. I’m finally here, in reality, embodying a fantasy I once had: to start fresh in a new city, with ample

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What’s Your POV?

Oct 6, 2014
2 min

What’s Your POV?

Try shifting your perspective up 🙂 Perspective gives us a road map of how to behave in and learn from certain situations. It urges us to look past immediate concerns and into future implications. Without perspective, life appears somewhat meaningless and harsh. With this larger view, however, life appears to make sense, have a flow and rhythm to it–meaning. There was a time I didn’t let perspective into my world view, or maybe I didn’t know how. Sometimes it seems we can’t s

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Nature’s Healing Powers

Sep 1, 2014
2 min

Nature’s Healing Powers

It’s tempting to want to stay indoors, all cozy with the comforts of home, but the outdoors are calling and they have something good to offer: a major health and happiness boost. Researchers are now studying what’s being called “green therapy” or ecotherapy, which involves immersing people with depression outdoors to alleviating their symptoms. It’s been proven that being outside reduces depression. A study from the University of Essex found walking in nature reduced depressi

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The Importance of Rest

Aug 28, 2014
3 min

The Importance of Rest

Sometimes I take a leisurely stroll down to the lake to watch the boats and ducks, when I want to relax a little. When your to-do list keeps growing and you’re juggling more responsibility than ever, taking a rest may feel like the last thing you should do. However, pausing to rest and restore when you’re busy is actually the first thing you need to do. Besides, if you want your body to take you all the way to the top, you better treat it with care and compassion. I’ve always

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How Thoughts Impact The Body

Jul 22, 2014
4 min

How Thoughts Impact The Body

Wheel Pose or Urdhva Dhanurasana opens my heart, and as it does I tell myself to let love in and sprinkle it everywhere I go. Our thoughts affect our bodies, whether we’d like to believe it or not. On a very basic level, our emotions and thoughts trigger physical reactions. We might just think about an upcoming evaluation at work or exam at school and notice that our stomach starts churning immediately. We pick up the rotten trash scattered across the lawn, thanks to a menaci

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Start Fresh Every Day

Jul 14, 2014
3 min

Start Fresh Every Day

Start fresh with a quick morning meditation. I know what it’s like to get stuck in a rut–in fact, we all know what it’s like. An event takes place in our lives that we choose to view in a negative light–we lose a job, go through a breakup, become overwhelmed by debt, or obsessed with worrying about the future. During these testing times it can be easy to allow one rough day to roll into the next. We can go to bed worrying about a fight we had with a family member and wake up

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What Happened to Playtime?

Jul 8, 2014
3 min

What Happened to Playtime?

My awesome Color Me Rad partner, and former rock bandmate Kevin and I post-run. When I was a little kid I lived and breathed for recess at school. As soon as the teacher would let us break free, I’d run down the hall as fast as I could to get to the playground before my friends. I’d use my elbows, shoulders, knees or any painfully bony part of my little body to push kids out of the way so I could get to the swing set first. The goal? To claim my spot on the swinging tire so I

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Body Love: My Story

Jul 7, 2014
4 min

Body Love: My Story

After puberty, when I was around 13 years old, I saw a big change in my body. It literally felt as though, overnight I had grown hips, wider thighs, breasts and a butt. All of a sudden my body felt foreign to me. I started to get attention from men for having curves, and felt really uncomfortable in my own skin. I became self-conscious of wearing bathing suites and started comparing myself to all of my friends. They were skinnier, prettier, funnier than me– I thought. I devel

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