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About LIP
Life in Practice, otherwise known as LIP, started in 2020 as a passion project between my wife, Cyd, and me — born from a desire to explore how ancient practices and teachings can support us in the reality of modern life.
I wanted to create a space that felt warm, welcoming and inclusive. Somewhere to explore yoga, movement, meditation, mindfulness and philosophy with curiosity and openness — honouring the traditions these practices come from, without judgement or dogma.
Over the years, Life in Practice has grown and evolved, but the intention behind it has stayed much the same — to share practices that help us become more present, connected and engaged with our lives, and to explore what it really means to take the practice beyond the mat and into the way we live.
As Life in Practice continues to evolve, so will I. But my commitment remains the same — to keep showing up honestly, sharing what I’m learning and creating a space where we can practise, reflect and grow together.
Hayley
I’ve always been interested in the bigger questions of life — why we’re here, what makes us happy, and what it means to live a meaningful life.
That curiosity led me to explore different religions, philosophies and ways of thinking, to travel, and eventually, to find my way into a yoga class. I’ve been practising ever since.
What drew me in was that yoga offered something I hadn’t found anywhere else. It brought together movement, breath, meditation and philosophy, and gave me a way to explore these bigger questions through my own experience — not just intellectually, but through my body and the way I was living my life.
I’ve now been practising yoga for over 16 years and teaching for more than a decade. Along the way, I’ve studied many different approaches to yoga, meditation and mindfulness, with much of my earlier training rooted in the Jivamukti method. I’m an advanced certified Jivamukti teacher with more than 1,000 hours of training, and have also studied yin yoga, mindfulness and vipassana meditation.
But more than any qualification, it’s the years of simply showing up to practice — through all the different seasons and changes of life — that have shaped the way I teach today.
My practice looks different now than it did when I first began, and I imagine it will continue to change. But what has stayed with me is the belief that yoga is about so much more than what we can do with our bodies. It’s a way of paying attention. Of understanding ourselves a little better. Of becoming more present and connected to the lives we’re already living.
That’s what I hope to share through Life in Practice — practices and teachings that don’t just live on the mat, but become part of how we meet ourselves, each other and our lives.
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