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Choose Freedom Yoga

Name: Choose Freedom Yoga
Address: Whitby, ON, CA
Telephone: +14034311982

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I am a Vinyasa Flow Yoga Teacher based in Whitby Ontario. This page will keep you up to date on where and when I am teaching, and future workshops :)

01/01/2024

💜2023💜

Thanks for being a pretty incredible year. Although, I could do with a few less hospital visits next year.
#2023 ❤️

09/16/2023

It’s a girl! 💕💕

Stella Elizabeth Gray. Born Friday September 15th at 4:52 am weighing 8 pounds 9 ounces. Mom and dad are over the moon, and big sister Norah can’t wait to meet her today. 💜

09/13/2022

9 months (plus 1 day)

Our sweet sweet girl is changing everyday.

Norah babe can crawl like a big girl now and she loves toilets, shoes, and the dishwasher 🤷‍♀️

My day is full of chasing her around making sure she doesn’t get hurt and feeding her bottles, meals, and snacks.

She pulled herself up to standing twice today 🙈 and we feel like she will be walking before we know it.

I wish I could make time slow down at least a little bit.

06/13/2022

6 months plus 2 days 💕

Norah has 4 teeth 🙃 and started solids a few weeks ago. We started solids early to help her sleep better at night and it worked!

In the last month we have done some bottle training and she is doing a lot better with that now she can feed herself. Norah is also a full on car baby now and a lot of her naps these days happen on the go.

She’s changing every day and definitely keeps me on my toes. My girl knows what she wants and what she doesn’t. Never change lil momma ❤️

06/07/2022

My hardest lesson in emotional intelligence:

What makes someone emotionally resilient is the ability to navigate bad feeling emotions and know they will be okay. It’s not about making bad feeling emotions not happen.

This lesson is just as hard as a parent. Something that is near and dear to my heart is I want Norah to feel emotionally supported. I want her to know that her feelings are valid, and that I will always be there to love her no matter how she feels.

These desires can very easily lead to fixing. Norah is a breast fed baby, exclusively breast fed despite our efforts to get her to take the odd bottle. As all breast feeding momma’s know- we aren’t just their food source but nursing is also their great comfort.

Norah got to the point where she won’t sleep day or night without being nursed to sleep, or that is what I told myself anyways. What I really mean is that she will cry and fuss if I don’t nurse her to sleep. Every time I tell myself I am not going to just nurse her to sleep I get so uncomfortable with her emotions and do it anyways.

If I nurse her she will stop crying. If I know how to make her stop crying shouldn’t I just do that? Am I being a mean mom if I don’t?

I am totally okay with my little baby needing me, but I also know deep down that I am not creating healthy sustainable habits that will benefit Norah in the long run. So today for her first nap, I didn’t nurse her to sleep. I had to go in and out of the room several times, and hold her, rock her, sing to her, and yes listen to her fuss and cry for about 20 minutes. I cried a little too.

As we both processed our emotions I kept reminding myself I am still supporting her even if I am not using the quickest method to get her to stop crying. It’s not my job to make sure she never cries, but it’s my job to help her understand that her big emotions are okay.

P.S. this is an old photo of when she was about 2 and a half months 😩

05/14/2022

5 months and 2 days.

Norah is amazing. She rolls and chats all day. I couldn’t get her to lay down to take this picture!

In terms of important updates, Norah started laughing in the last week and dare I say it…she isn’t hating the car these days!

I love you more each day bubs ❤️❤️❤️❤️

05/12/2022

5 months out
(Cute pic of Norah on her “isn’t she lovely” sheet still to come)

I had a thought today before going on my run while looking in the mirror, “I hope I look better by the time Norah is ready for her 9 months in and 9 months out photo.”

I saw a very good friend of mine, share a 3 month postpartum bare belly picture yesterday and it was triggering. As much as I am happy for her, I couldn’t help but be jealous that you would never know by looking at her that she’s had a baby.

The last few months I have focused on eating better and moving my body. When I started I was only able to do a fraction of what I could before, and in just under two months my mobility and strength are 10 times better. I try to remind myself how I feel is more important than how I look, but when I don’t see much progress it can be frustrating. Will my body ever be smaller again?

I know I am very blessed.

I know this body has done something amazing.

I am grateful that this body gave me a beautiful and healthy daughter. She is worth every pound and stretch mark.

I wouldn’t trade the skinniest version of me for any part of my life now.

I have been hiding this body. So here it is.

04/12/2022

4 months (plus 1 day) 💕

It left like this last month was a big one for Miss Norah Marie. She now has two teeth, can roll on her belly, and had her first road trip! We have hit the 4 month sleep regression, so I’m focusing on enjoying the extra night time cuddles.

Norah seems to have a love hate relationship with the car, as she either sleeps or cries. A lot of people tell me their babies grew out of hating the car, and I’ve got plans of us having some adventures this summer, so here’s hoping!🤞

Norah seems to change a little everyday, and so does our lives, but she continues to be the best thing that’s ever happened to me. 💕💕💕

Scroll to see Instagram versus reality while taking these pictures! 🙃

04/11/2022

I haven’t spoken about manifestation before.

Not because I don’t believe in it, and not because I haven’t learned about it, but because I didn’t think I was very good at it, so I didn’t focus on it.

In a world that is focused on facts and evidence, it’s hard to wrap your head around dreaming up something that you desire and through the power of the universe it comes to you.

I have gotten many things in this life that I desired, but I always contributed it to hard work and determination. Not based solely on me worthiness as human being.

Then on December 23rd, 2021 my power to manifest hit me like a ton of bricks.

I was holding my new born baby girl in my arms when Eric and I got the news we got the home we bid on. In the craziest housing market of all time.

It was in this moment that I realized that in early 2021, I had written my goals/desires list for that year, and on that list included getting pregnant and getting a home, and by the end of that year I had both.

Now, there were many other things on that list that didn’t come to fruition, but the two things I felt like I had the least control over came true, the two things at the beginning of the year truly felt like a dream, a “wouldn’t it be nice….”

You are worthy of everything you desire in this life, and it’s not based on what you do. You deserve it because you exist.
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03/30/2022

If you want to create something beautiful then stop saying you aren’t creative.

If you want to loose weight (for whatever reason) then stop saying you can’t or that it’s hard.

If you want to learn something then stop saying you suck at it.

If you want to have more money then stop saying you hate it, and how there’s never enough!

If you want to have more time to start a business or do personal development work to change your life then stop saying you have no time.

Your words are powerful and they hold meaning.

Your actions are important, yes, but what you say and what you THINK will directly impact your actions, your motivation, and your consistency.

What you believe becomes your reality. Don’t think your beliefs are holding you back? Listen to what you say and watch it come true.

03/24/2022

It’s not a sometimes thing.

It’s not something that you do once and your done.

It’s no different than any habit you benefit from. Eating healthy, exercising, reading, meditation, proper sleep. If you stop doing it, then you don’t get the benefits.

And in the times you want to do it the least is when you need it the most.

Probably why they call it “the work.”

Can’t recall if this is a direct quote, but I for sure got this from

03/22/2022

Fear of imperfection is ingrained in us. Despite the fact we understand that no one is perfect.

I have written on my to-do-list everyday for a week now to post, but something just kept stopping me.

I didn’t know exactly what to say. It’s hard for me to sometimes get my head around not needing to have a perfectly curated Ted Talk to post what I am thinking.

Or, I didn’t have a photo to go along with what I wanted to say, and yes it’s become a content strategy to post pictures with my baby 😂she’s cute AF and the algorithm loves her💁‍♀️

Something that is hard for me to get past subconsciously is having to be right. The fear of people thinking I am wrong has squashed more ideas then I can keep track of.

Show up, even if that means it’s a little messy sometimes, because time and time again I find that most people want to see the real you, and not attempts at perfection. They can tell the difference.

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