Welcome! Thank you for being here. It's truly an honour to connect in this time & space.
If we haven't met yet, let me share some background on my journey.
I have been on my optimal health & wellness journey now for the better part of a decade+. You can usually find me with a smile on because life's better that way, though I have had my fair share of dark times including, depression, divorce, a myriad of health issues/scares & pregnancy loss among many others that have been transformative to me as a human. I believe every situation we face offers the opportunity for growth. Discipline, resilience & consistency have become habitual superpowers. These qualities are part of my daily practice on my mat inside my online fitness program Namastay Sweaty Club. Working out live with my community & helping other women transform their lives (the way fitness did for me) really lights me up. Our workout program is different, I weave in motivational mindfulness that offers an intentional, almost somatic element to working out. My goal is to help more women fall in love with fitness, just like I did after my first daughter was born. Discovering fitness postpartum can be intimidating, making change can feel out of reach. But home fitness completely transformed my life, my body, my energy. So I began teaching yoga and fitness in studio & then fully online in 2020. A few times a year I also host in person gatherings & events. It's something I would like to do more of in the future to connect even deeper. I'd love to meet you sometime, you can check out any upcoming events here.
Off the mat, you'll find me wrangling my three children & navigating Motherhood with mindfulness & (a lot) of grace. I really love spending time outside in nature, I find it incredibly healing. You'll find my in my kitchen a lot baking up snacks for the kids (& husband) & cooking meals for my family. I have collected a lot of my favourite recipes in my e-cookbooks, which you can find here. I do love to go out for meals too from time to time. I believe in cultivating balance & more so, enJOYment from life. I love live music, gathering with friends & a good glass of wine.
While fitness is just one element of optimal health & wellness, there are many other facets I'm interested in including prenatal & postpartum - which I hold a coaching certification in as well as having two homebirths, a lot of additional research/unlearning/relearning. My homebirths were the best decisions for me after experiencing a traumatic hospital birth with my first child. It's become a big passion of mine to support other women in empowered Motherhood. I created an optimal prenatal & postpartum program to support women through not just 40 weeks+ of fitness but also optimal nutrition, supplements, pelvic floor & core support - essentially everything necessary to have an optimal pregnancy, labour + birth & postpartum experience. You can find more information here.
In the last few years I have found a passion for [slowing down] growing my own food & gardening, next to our small flock of chickens in the backyard. Our backyard has become a haven for me & my family. We recently built a sauna & cold plunge space that my husband & I enjoy in our evenings together. Soaking up life's precious moments has become a daily practice.
I also have my Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration & prior to starting Namastay Sweaty Club, had a passionate career in the Natural Foods industry. I have been exploring healthy & whole food cooking for years (& leaving room for the evolution in what "healthy" nutrition means to me - evolving from a plant based diet to a high quality diet inclusive of all food groups) building an experience-based knowledge on ingredients & labels - calling BS on “healthy” claims & focusing on nourishment through whole & real foods. Further, throughout this time I had struggled with hormone imbalances and other blood sugar related issues so I started to dive into women's hormonal research & healing many of my issues through lifestyle & root cause. I have a blog on my hormonal journey coming soon. From these experiences, I have created online courses to help other women navigate natural healing & body composition optimization through nutrition. They can be found here.
You are welcome to join me on this journey of wellness discovery!
- Taylar
Comments