2020 I had a vision that didn’t really come true. I didn’t travel to Bali, didn’t get to participate in my Meditation teacher training, and wasn’t able to see my friends from far away. Instead, I said at home, was forced to turn inward, and look at the parts of myself that still need healing….
Oh my. What a season. What year. And what a GOOD time to be alive. What if this is not the end of you, but the (uncomfortable) start of a your becoming? (Hint: imagine cultivating joy and embracing calm amidst the storm. Oh wouldn’t that be something to look forward to?) A good reminder As…
So much has changed over the last few months and yet here I am – still me but somehow different than I used to be. When I think of my GOOD life, today, it’s simple. Slow. It’s gathering in a nourishing community that welcomes me in my fullness. It’s embracing myself as I am. Being…
I’ve been digging deeper into the origins and consequences of trauma and how it impacts our nervous system lately, so I want to share what I’ve discovered so far. What is trauma? Trauma is not just about the things that happened to us that should not have happened. It also includes what DIDN’T happen to…
In the space between the ‘no longer’ and the ‘not yet’ she remember who she was. And so she started living again. Nila The space “in between” also known as liminal space (or gap) is the place where the threshold for uncertainty is tested to its limits. It’s where we are between who we once…
It can be easy to get busy believing that we are problems needing to be fixed. That we are broken in need to become better, wiser, whole, complete. That we are not enough and in need to become a new person. This can be driven by shame. Driven by the idea that in and of…
In this post you will learn: what habits are, how to break old and establish new habits, why true behaviour change is identity change, and what you might have been doing wrong all this time. Why new year’s resolutions rarely work Every year, millions of people resolve to make positive changes in their lives. We…
Have you ever felt like a social chameleon? Always changing your colors depending on what environment you’re in? Never feeling that you belong?Yeah, me too. I used to be afraid of being me. I learned to be a perfect chameleon. Never standing out. Never wanting to be seen or noticed. All I wanted was to…
I believe that every human beings has the desire to be seen – without judgement, heard – without advice, and loved – without conditions.
A couple of days ago, I sat down on my mat and got really still. Like more still than my normal meditations (that are already deep, believe me). I was asking myself this question over and over again: “Nila, what does Yoga mean to you?“ And here’s what came out of the silent.. What I’ve…