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Hi! I'm Lou. I share yogic mindset & tools to take you from burned out to lit up 🔥

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🏴‍☠️ of rebels, startups, & yogis

Hello my friend, I don’t know about you but I always vibed with the rebels, trailblazers and misfits who didn't fit in the molds. Growing up I knew I wanted to be independent and chart my own course, even if I wasn’t always sure what it was. I thought it meant living at high intensity. Yep I...
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8 days ago • 3 min read

🗺 the road less travelled

Hi Reader, In the end of my last email, I talked about wanting to help you go from burned out to lit up. I think we all have a fairly good idea of what burnout is. But what does lit up mean? 🔥 For me it's being consumed by the fire of passion, love, curiosity, creativity.... It's this vibrant...
22 days ago • 3 min read

🐛 finding out who you are

Hi Reader, Didn't expect me back so soon? There's so much I feel like sharing these days that I decided to turn this into a bi-monthly newsletter! You can expect to see me pop into your inbox every 2 weeks on Friday with a bit (or a lot) of writing, helpful resources, & updates. Here we go...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Lou doing chinstand in the garden

🎭 why so serious?

When I was a kid, I knew that I didn’t want to live an ordinary life. I wanted to live an adventure! 🗺 To explore the world, expand my mind, and follow my curiosity. This is what freedom felt like to me. It probably was for you too. But most of us grow up believing that to live responsibly you...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read

🥭 Living by design

Happy 2023 my beautiful friends 💜 Thank you so much for being here. I feel so lucky to be able to share and connect with you in this space :) I’m slowly coming out of my little holiday cocoon, which has consisted mostly of ocean dips, daily Yoga practice & teaching, and lots of introspective...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Lou doing the lotus mudra

🪶 what happens when we surrender

Hi there, So this past month has been a big lesson in rest for me. I’d been getting sick with the flu on and off. Each time I got better I kept operating just at the limit of my energy, maxing out as much as I could. (Do you do that too?) Then I got COVID last week and had no choice but to cancel...
4 months ago • 2 min read

💜 how to build a personal practice

Hi Reader, Welcome back to this monthly brain spill :) Last month I wrote about how inviting rituals into our days can help us live more in alignment with nature's cycles. In the Yoga tradition, we observe what we call a sadhana which is a daily spiritual practice that helps reconnect to...
5 months ago • 2 min read
forest trees

🌿 nature as teacher

1.1 atha yoganusasanam Now this is Yoga as I have perceived it in the natural world.” These are literally the first words of the "yogi bible", the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. What it implies is that the principles of the yogic philosophy were gleaned by wise humans who simply observed what was all...
6 months ago • 2 min read
Cherry blossoms

declutter your mind 🌸

Hello there, I’m excited to be back in your inbox after such a long break. Returning to teaching has made me realise how much I’d missed sharing all this cool stuff with you delightful people. With Spring starting here in Oz (and summer vacations ending in Europe), there might be a sense of...
7 months ago • 2 min read
Lou doing Crow pose

Opening to trust ✨

This is a monthly email on how to sweeten your life through Yoga. Feel free to share it with your friends! If you no longer want to hear from me, you can always unsubscribe. Hi Reader, I recently took part in a mentoring workshop on the topic of Trust. It made me think about how confidence &...
10 months ago • 2 min read