Namaste Dear Nurse, “Namaste” is defined as “bowing to the divine in you” in Hinduism. While I bow to the divinity in you, I acknowledge your struggles with the world we live in today. With so much suffering it can often feel hopeless and painful as your heart fills with anxiety. Does it stop you from achieving what you hope to achieve? Does it make you feel like avoiding the world, your loved ones, your…
Nurses are ministers and witnesses to suffering. The practice of centering is where we always begin. The practice of yoga, the practice of finding your divine inner self and connecting with one another. I truly believe that I’ve connected with every one of my YogaNurse students through divine intervention. I see you. I am honored to be present with you, share your pain and your joy as we traverse through our common interest in changing the world of…
Yoga is a teacher and most of all it is a compassionate, loving and forgiving presence in our lives. As you can tell, I’m feeling sooo much love for this ancient eastern wisdom today and everyday. Okay, most days. Haha. I know, we all feel tired sometimes and resistant to our practice. What makes you feel resistant to practicing yoga regularly? You may start your journey into yoga with many fears about your appearance or…
Since you are here reading this, I want to play a little guessing game! I believe that you are a nurse. 👩⚕️ I sense that you love yoga! 🧘♀️ I know that you searched for “yoga” and “nursing” and you found us! Your YogaNurse tribe! 🤭 How did I guess? A nurse never reveals her secrets! 🤐 Here’s a better question. What made you search for such a curious combination of words? “Yoga” and “Nursing” sounds…
Wow! It’s 2020! Whippee! The World Health Organization has designated 2020 as the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife”, in honor of the 200th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale. This certainly feels like the year of the nurse for the yoganurse tribe. We are finally launching our very own YogaNurse Yoga Teacher Training (YNYTT) made specifically for nurses by nurses! We want to thank all of the nurses who enthusiastically enquired about the course. Please…
The holidays are here and almost everyone is taking a pause. People are buzzing with joy, party vibes, travels, fun, family, friends. And for more and more folks, there is the other side of joy. Work, stress, pain and suffering. Nurses do not get to pause. Medical emergencies and sick patients do not wait for Christmas to pass. To make things worse, the holidays brings with it a higher rate of casualties from drunken brawls,…
You are a beacon of light in a very dark world, darling nurse. You are caring for people who are suffering. This is truly a noble profession. We have greats like Florence Nightingale and we can only hope to go down in history as a pioneer and a caring problem solver. Even if it’s only among our own patients, we want to know that we made a difference. Except…we can’t always achieve this due to…
I recently experienced a power outage in Montreal, Canada. It was so bad that the mayor had to cancel Halloween. The winds were wild, the storms were unforgiving and the power outage kept me apart from my much beloved cuppa coffee. I couldn’t cook, I was struggling to stay in touch with my team and I was salvaging every last drop of battery power on my phone to try and finish up some of my…
The Struggle: Dodge the Lawsuit. What does your day as a nurse consist of lately? Paperwork, sacrifice and skipped lunch breaks? Ringing phones and chronic staff shortages? Paperwork. Damage control. More paperwork. It’s almost like we’re playing “dodge the lawsuit” daily. We’re so far removed from the primary function of a nurse – caring for our patients. We imagine we’d get time to talk to our patients, get to know them, form a trusting relationship…
It is spooky month and everyone is dressing up as a vampire this Halloween! They aren’t the blood sucking types but they still feed on you. They come from nowhere and everywhere and they feed on your energy. Sometimes they can even take the shape of an object or a life event or a place or memory. It doesn’t even need to be a tangible thing, energy vampires are everywhere. Nurses are especially vulnerable to…
