Meet the Contributor: Michael
I was a high-school English and Journalism teacher in New Zealand, before moving to Europe. All my travel and exploring still hasn’t satiated my voracious appetite for a good story.
If I could do any job and be guaranteed not to fail, I’d spend my days writing children’s books.
October 27, 2012 – 12:32 pm
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En raison des dommages causés par l’ouragan Sandy, nos équipes sur la côte Est ne sont actuellement pas en mesure d’effectuer la traduction de notre site Web. Tandis qu’on travaille à rétablir les systèmes, il se peut que certaines sections de notre site Web franco s’affichent en anglais. Nous sommes désolés pour tout dérangement et [...]
August 9, 2011 – 9:40 am
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Tagged exercise, home, retreat, run, wanderlust, yoga
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What do you do when day-to-day stresses don’t let you get away from it all? Learn how to re-energize at home. Great tips if you can’t get away to yoga retreats and festivals like Wanderlust to eliminate the day-to-day stresses and restore your life’s natural equilibrium.
Katie (Key Leader at Vancouver’s West 4th store) is almost as crazy about running as she is about making delicious, healthy food. She’s finally been persuaded to share her favourite smoothie recipe. She recommends it as a powerful way to start the day or an amazing post-run energizer.
Summer, if it’s done right, is alternating bouts of heating up and cooling down; and being so busy having fun that you’ve barely got time to splash water on your face. Summer is also about gorging yourself on the juiciest fruits that nature has to offer. I love the way fruit refreshes me – it’s like a big drink of water and a shot of energy – combine that with a sharp cheese like feta or blue and you have a healthy and hedonistic summer snack.
Something you should know about Thea, one of our West 4th educators, is that she loves to dance for fun. For her, a successful party is simply not complete without a sweet, sweet dance floor. She tells us how her passion for dance led her to a series of Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals.
You’d be unlikely to find athletic gear, like lululemon, in a fashion magazine but some of the women here insist that the Cool Racerback deserves to be. The tank is a fundamental part of their daily outfits.