Where do you look for wisdom and solace and guidance? These wise words can give us a hint as to the best place to look: “Who looks outside dreams. Who looks inside awakens” ~ Carl Jung Everything in our culture
Look within
What’s your true nature?
I thought these words timely for the start of a new calendar year – especially with so many marketing messages screaming “New Year, New You” at you! “The aim of life is self-development. To realise one’s nature perfectly – that
Listen to your heart
Which rules within you? Your head or your heart? It’s a tricky one. Do we make choices based on logic, analysis and perceived knowledge, or make them based on inner guidance which often arises as a strong feeling in the
A prayer for inner peace
Do you have a special place? Where you straight away feel connected to inner peace? Perhaps it’s somewhere close by, or a place in your heart. One such place for me is the Chalice Well Gardens, Glastonbury. I went again
Make joy your resolution this year
Happy New Year! Goodbye to 2016 – a very, ahem, “interesting” year for Britain and the world… How was it for you? Hello 2017! Here’s to a calm and soulful year of reconnection. Let’s make 2017 a wonderful year of
3 yoga tips to stay calm this Christmas
How do you find the festive season? It can be enchanting. But it can also feel overwhelming. If you tend to experience anxiety anyway, then you’ll know that there’s something about Christmas-time which can really aggravate and intensify the symptoms.
Gratitude to lift your mood
December. Full of joy and sparkling lights. Full of cold bugs, coldness and darkness. Every coin has two sides eh? How are you feeling? Me, I work up earlier than usual this morning. It was still completely dark. I wasn’t
I’m changing
We’re living in interesting and changing times. It feels like there’s so much anger and fear in the world. Yet at the same time more and more people are turning to yoga and meditation and other healing and energy modalities
Mindfulness in action: a personal story
So, last week was a bit of wobbly, weird week for me. It started off great. I graduated from my two-year Dru Meditation Teacher training. I felt refreshed after a week off. I was looking forward to getting back to
Soul food: Be content
Soul food: Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you ~ Lao Tzu Swim against the tide of our culture which every day