About

August 10th, 2009

Susan McEwen

Yoga teacher, writer, artist, mother,
liberal religious educator,
lover of woods, water, wind, fire,
hooper, dancer,
wanderer, ponderer…
with gratitude
waking up every morning.

Susan completed her 250 hr Hatha Yoga Teacher Training with Sylvie Gouin and Brian Oxborough at Core-Elation Yoga in Ottawa and has continued her studies in Yin Yoga with Biff Mithoefer and Kaline Alayna Kelly, Prenatal Yoga with Janice Clarfield, and various ongoing workshops and classes in yoga, movement, and bodywork.  She sees our practice on the mat as a microcosm of our whole lives, approaching it with curiosity, compassion, and gratitude.  In teaching yoga, she hopes to open a door for students to tap into their own body wisdom, to cultivate deeper awareness, and to experience the ‘now’ of the present moment.

    When I Am Among the Trees

    When I am among the trees,
    especially the willows and the honey locust,
    equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,
    they give off such hints of gladness,
    I would almost say that they save me, and daily.

    I am so distant from the hope of myself,
    in which I have goodness, and discernment,
    and never hurry through the world
    but walk slowly, and bow often.

    Around me the trees stir in their leaves
    and call out, "Stay awhile."
    The light flows from their branches.

    And they call again, "It's simple," they say,
    "and you too have come
    into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled
    with light, and to shine."

    ~Mary Oliver