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Obsessed with:PullfrogsCooking with beansAstrology Pondering:Updated personal mission: I model and facilitate a culture of care and excellenceEcology: we are interconnected to everything.Stewardship: an honour and shared responsibility of caretaking for the land and people around us. How can I care for them? How can I empower and allow those around me to flourish?How can I...
The Farmhouse Gallery: a rotating micro-art gallery offering a dose of art with every passing. Blue and I each curate two frames, with this exhibit exploring the theme of attunement. We hope this artistic project injects thoughtful art in your life alongside ours. Alyne s Notes: Attunement is my word for 2026. It is a word...
Tournament Name Date Location US Beach Nationals May 9-10 Virginia Beach, VA Canadian Beach Nationals June 6-7 Shediac, NB Parlee Beach Tournament July 18-19 Shediac, NB Lake Break August 23 Rochester, NY Storm the Beach August 29 Cobourg, ON and more 🙂 It feels like Toronto is uniquely positioned to be a North American pioneer...
A worlds campaign is a unique challenge of bringing together the nation s top talent to quickly build a high performing team with the challenges of competing priorities and responsibilities. Beach Worlds is especially interesting in the Canadian landscape currently, Team Canada Beach is selected through online applications and referrals, with one or two training...
Rachel Choi was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer in spring 2025. But that s not the story I want to tell. I met Rachel 12 years ago working at Starbucks. She feels like a sister to me.Rachel is a keystone of our close-knit Starbucks crew. Community and collective care comes naturally to this group of...
Movement and body care has been central to my identity since childhood always outside playing catch, cycling around the neighborhood, playing on sports teams since I was 9 years old. Sports and movement was and is intoxicatingly addictive, my cravings are in the deepest parts of me. When movement was restricted for two years,...
Pondering:AttunementWhat does collective liberation look like? Feel like? Sound like?What are my grounding practices to foster care, clarity, and energy?Can I notice when and how I am feeling? Well being:Individual and collective movement expression stretching, dancing, locomotionCuddles, massage, physical touchFeeling catharsis in rhythm and vocalsHolding space for emotions, feeling them, not…
Introducing the Farmhouse Gallery: a rotating micro-art gallery offering a dose of art with every passing. Blue and I each curate two frames, with this inaugural exhibit exploring the themes of change, transformation, and impermanence. We hope this artistic project injects thoughtful art in your life alongside ours. Theme: Change, transformation, impermanence Alyne s notes: I...
ACL recovery consists of 5 stages: phase goals my timeline pre-op pre-habpreparing for surgery 3 monthsNovember 2023 March 2024 early ↓ swelling↑ quad activation/controlnormalize walkingachieve quiet knee 8 monthsMarch October mid introduce running 3 monthsNovember January 2025 late return to play progression 5 monthsJanuary May performance ramp up playing volume, strength,...
ACL recovery consists of 5 stages: phase goals my timeline pre-op pre-habpreparing for surgery 3 monthsNovember 2023 March 2024 early ↓ swelling↑ quad activation/controlnormalize walkingachieve quiet knee 8 monthsMarch October mid introduce running 3 monthsNovember January 2025 late return to play progression 5 monthsJanuary May performance ramp up playing volume, strength,...