Category — Toronto Blogs

I used to work for an organization called TakingITGlobal and during my time there I developed a love of organizations and people who support youth in the work that they do. I recently came across an initiative – thanks to Core Studio – in Toronto called Now 4 Youth which I think is a pretty interesting combination of helping support youth development and encouraging youth to be active.

In a nutshell what they do is provide funds to at-risk Toronto and GTA youth so that they can advance their education in the wellness sector. Their 2010 programming will fully fund selected at-risk youth to become certified yoga or pilates instructors. At the end of the programs the youth will be provided with a variety of support mechanisms to help them continue their journey.

Definitely check out their website to find out more about this program and if you are interested in helping support this initiative they have just published a coffee table book called Adaptation. This photobook contains artisitic adaptations of yoga and pilates poses. Could make a wonderful holiday gift for the fitness crazed in your life I think?

Thanks to Booty Camp Fitness I found out about Oh She Glows which is a great blog about one woman’s quest to open up a healthy bakery, as well as her quest for a healthy lifestyle. I particularly like her latest entry, My Fitness Bucket List. It definitely got me thinking about what I’d like to achieve before saying good-bye.

Run Eat Read is a fantastic combination of the author’s running tales, eats and reading picks. Love it and definitely want to make the breakfast pizza she recently wrote about.

The Little Honey Bee is full of some great tips and advice.

And although not technically, a local blog I have to say I am hearting Cranky Fitness these days…maybe because I’ve been a bit cranky myself this week?

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I think one of the biggest rules that all bloggers and users of social media should follow is returning the love that others show them. After all social media is all about connecting and conversing with one another. If you use Twitter you see that each Friday people use the hashtag #followfriday as their own method of giving back to others. In the blogosphere, leaving comments and subscribing to a blog’s feed is a way of showing some love.

So, today I wanted to give a shout out to some locally grown and produced blogs that I think you all may find of interest. They are all health, nutrition and fitness focused. So, look them up and give them some TLC!

1. Sift, Dust & Toss: An intersection of food, nutrition and love.
2. My Running Shorts: Brief stories about my life on the run
3. Joyous Health
4. Benchy’s blog
5. Secrets from your Sister blog

I am going to try and make this a regular feature, so if you know of any other Toronto area bloggers that should be featured here send them my way!