Words...
Words' is a selection of my writing and photographs of a spiritual nature. These essays symbolise a kind of mystical burning, or devotion, an inner self discipline (tapas) that burns away impurities and kindles the sparks of divinity. They mark the journey inwards - self-study (svadhyaya) leading to self-realisation and surrender to god (Isvara pranidhanani). These essays are a metaphor for the inner limbs of Ashtanga yoga.
Before being a full-time yoga teacher, I worked as a freelance writer/editor/photographer. I was a travel writer for Rough Guides and Fodor’s, and my articles have been published in a number of international magazines. I was the editor of Dance Connection, Canada’s magazine for contemporary dance, and Last Issue, an interdisciplinary arts magazine, and have written extensively on dance and contemporary art. During my tenure as Editor of the Banff Centre Press, I published Chinook Winds, a chapbook on contemporary Aboriginal dance and Why Are You Telling Me This?, an anthology of creative non-fiction. In 1990, I received a MacLean Hunter Scholarship to write an essay on Antonin Artaud for Literary Journalism program at the Banff Centre. “All in the Family,” my memoir documentary on adoption, was broadcast on CBC Radio’s Ideas. I also wrote Banff’s Best Dayhikes, a hiking guide in the Canadian Rockies.