Amanda Kingsmith

yoga teacher. world traveler. writer. podcast host.

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Day 26: The Challenges of Teaching Yoga Online

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Back in 2016, I decided that I was going to create my first online yoga course. It turned out to be much harder than I had anticipated.

I didn’t have a good camera to record with or a lapel mic, so I used a combination of my iPhone and voiceovers on GarageBand. I did an entire recording session, only to realize that my iPhone had stopped filming each video at the 7 minute mark and I had lost more than half my content. I found a solution – plugging my iPhone into my computer and filming using my iPhone directly onto my computer using QuickTime. That was all fine and dandy, except that I ended up having to load new software on my computer, which put my computer out of commission for an entire day (no joke, it took that long). [Read more…] about Day 26: The Challenges of Teaching Yoga Online

Day 22: Self-Care Sundays

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The longer I work from home, the more I find myself working late into the evening and on weekends, and in order not to burn out, I find myself needing to set my own boundaries more and more. One of the boundaries that I set when I first started working remotely was taking Sundays off. It’s been exactly 2 years since then, and I still have Sundays as my dedicated day off and my day for self-care.

What does a self-care Sunday entail?  [Read more…] about Day 22: Self-Care Sundays

Day 21: Social Media Detox

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In the middle of September, I did a 7 day, 6 night trek on the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island where there is NO cell reception. It meant that I had a 7 day day digital detox.

I’ve made it a goal time and time again to do digital detoxes, and each time I’ve failed because I’ve had a “reason” to go on social media.

I need to post for the podcast. I need to share this blog post. I’ll just check for 3 minutes. 

Having an opportunity to do a 7 day digital detox with no opportunity to go on social media, even if I wanted to, was such a blessing, and it taught me the following things:  [Read more…] about Day 21: Social Media Detox