Caitlyn MacMaster - Life Coach & Yoga Teacher

What feeds your soul and fills your cup? Who buoys your spirits and makes you laugh? What moves you and reinvigorates you?

What gets in the way of you doing more of those things or spending more time with those people (or animals)? And conversely, who or what helps you to prioritize the people, things, and activities that light you up?

🐕 This is Magnus - my big, cuddly adventure buddy. He keeps me accountable to moving my body every day, getting out into nature, exploring new places, and being present with the sun on my face, the smells of the forest, fresh air on my skin, and the joy of being alive. When he insists on play or cuddles or outside time, my mind stops racing through my to do list and I come back to the current moment.

🐾 I'm ashamed to admit that some days walking the dog feels like just one more thing on my to do list. I'm too tired. I don't feel like it. But when I'm able to shift my perspective and connect with his joyful exuberance at the little things, I enjoy the walk and our time together. Walks, play, nature, and the love of pets are part of what keeps me the best version of me.

❤️ Luckily, he never gives up on me, tires of our walks, or lets me give in to my misguided priorities when I think I could or should do just a little more work.

Who's your Magnus?

Two opportunities to explore in person together. Leave feeling refreshed, recharged, connected, & supported.

L!nks in b!0 to secure your spot! 🔗

This time of year is a celebration of (re)birth and renewal in the northern hemisphere.

Whether you honour the Christian holiday of Easter, the recent vernal equinox, or simply the return of birdsong, baby bunnies, and the first buds of green plant life again, there is a feeling of things coming alive after a period of rest, hibernation, and turning inward to conserve energy.

Maybe you're feeling it too? The urge to do some spring cleaning, to look ahead, to reach out, to make social plans, or set goals for yourself.

The seasons inspire me to reflect and move in particular ways and spring certainly has me wanting to return to the mat and reinvigorate my practices: yoga, meditation, dance, and movement.

What seeds (literal or metaphorical) are you planting that you wish to nurture into new growth over the coming season?

Calling Whitwhorse's adventurous lovers! Are you looking for something different this Valentine's Day? Why not snuggle up with your sweetie at a workshop designed to bring you closer?

Counsellor Sarah Cloutier and Life Coach Caitlyn MacMaster are teaming up to bring you a guided exploration of your relationship, opening the door to deeper connection.

Throughout this in-person workshop, each couple will relax together with partner yoga, explore habitual patterns in giving and receiving, and delve into connection through breath and touch.

All genders, sexualities, and relationships welcome. Given the structure of the activities, tickets are sold in pairs. Save your spot via Eventbrite. 🔗 in bio.

Are you always putting the needs of others ahead of your own?

Are you going, doing, and achieving all day every day, and still feeling like you're never enough?

Do you desire a little time and space just for you?

Would it help to be surrounded by other women who will encourage and support you to prioritize you?

👭 Join me and other fabulous femme folk this Saturday, Feb 3, for a half-day mini-retreat at the warm and cozy Grace Space studio. We're starting February with an early Galentine's: celebrating rest, pleasure, and softness.

⏳ From 1-6 pm, luxuriate in restorative yoga, journalling prompts, a pleasure meditation, free movement and dance, bodywork, discussion, and community. This is all about you, your magic, your enoughness, your being, your sensations and feeling.

🔗 Link in bio to register or for more information.

Happy Galentine's! 🌹🍫❤️

Not in Whitehorse (or don't want to venture outside)? No need to miss out. You can join us from the comfort of your own home tomorrow morning for a warm and friendly exploration of how to make 2024 more meaningful for YOU.

Zoom link and printable worksheets are available when you register via the link in the pic.

Today's the day! Join us at Baked at 5pm for a warm and friendly exploration of how to make 2024 more meaningful for YOU.

Registration at https://Baked2024.eventbrite.ca

Is it too soon to be thinking about 2024?

Join me for a bit of a different take on year-end reflections and setting personalized goals and accountability plans.

In person: Thurs, Dec 28 5:00-7:30 pm at Baked Cafe, who is graciously providing space to gather together

Online: Fri, Dec 29 9:00-11:30 am YT - join with your friends and family across the country!

Spaces in both workshops are limited. More info & registration is available via eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/caitlyn-macmaster-69863060933

Happy Solstice to you all!

May today mark a turning point toward brighter days ahead, and may you feel hopeful by the glimmer of light that filters through the darkness, hinting at delightful things out there for you to explore and discover.

Warm wishes for a healthy and happy holiday season, full of love and connection.

Want to learn how to ACTUALLY make yourself a priority when you always put others first?





Are you someone who...
✨ consistently & reliably gets things done for others?
✨ takes on a lot & still manages to deliver?
✨ will sacrifice sleep, food, exercise, hobbies, & time with friends or family because you said you'd get something done?

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If so, according to Gretchen Rubin's model, you might be an Obliger: someone who readily upholds external expectations but struggles to uphold inner expectations.

Left unchecked, always prioritizing other people's requests & ignoring or downplaying our own needs, can lead to & .

But Gretchen's analysis also offers tactical tips. Once you know your tendency, you also have the keys to influence different behaviours in yourself.

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As an Obliger, you excel at meeting external expectations, so one way to get yourself to do something that's important to you is to create an external commitment to do it:
🔑 Commit to a friend that you'll work out together (when & where)
🔑 Join a class (with a set time... & pay in advance!)
🔑 Make plans with someone for after work if you're prone to too much overtime
🔑 Buy tickets to an event (museum, documentary, live performance, etc.) with a set date & time

Prioritizing things that you enjoy is a smart sustainability strategy to recharge your batteries so that you can continue serving in the way that is important to you. It's not selfish - it's an investment in being able to show up for others.

🙋‍♀️ If you're a , let me know in the comments some other tactics you use to stay !







P.S. Thanks to & everywhere for making informative, life-changing books like these accessible to so many people. 🙏

Happy , all!

Today, every place on the surface of our planet has the same length of time between sunrise and sunset as between sunset and sunrise.

The equinoxes always inspire me to reflect on balance in my own life. With this article, I invite you to join me in that reflection and explore where you can find even a tiny bit more balance in your own life:
https://medium.com/.macmaster/finding-balance-amidst-the-chaos-2f67c6d2cd3e

Feel free to reach out to let me know:
(a) how you recognize when you are in and out of balance,
(b) what you are doing to help yourself find and sustain balance, and
(c) what becomes possible for you when you have more balance or what is so meaningful and important to you about balance.

Be well!
Caitlyn

Finding balance amidst the chaos A meditation on balance, inspired by the equinox