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  • Farmhouse Gallery: Attunement

    Farmhouse Gallery: Attunement

    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…

  • A season of Beach Ultimate

    A season of Beach Ultimate

    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 Storm the Beach August 29 Cobourg, ON Discs & Dunes 1 day Cobourg, ON Probably and most definitely more this year 🙂 It feels like Toronto is uniquely positioned…

  • World Champions: Player Reflections

    World Champions: Player Reflections

    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: a story of fierce love

    Rachel Choi: a story of fierce love

    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 as an expression of self

    Movement as an expression of self

    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,…

  • January 1, 2026

    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 intellectualizing themTraining for…