Christmas is coming the goose is getting fat... How stressful this time of year has become, from the old mid winter festival when everyone was looking forward to a celebration and a sharing as well as a prayer that the sun would actually come up again..did you know to check this out they used to [...]
Making time for the important things? What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep and cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass. No time to [...]
A dear friend of mine Janice sent me this newsletter on ‘truth’, having asked permission I felt it was worthy of sharing...indeed there is so much negativity, conspiracy, lizard gods, alien spaceships, secret rulers, crazy fundamentalists blah blah to bring hope into what is seemingly a dark world! Truth is within ourselves, it takes [...]
Who we are looking for is who is looking ~St. Francis of Assisi A little light bulb moment invited me to develop a new programme, a personal retreat with Mindfulness and Reflective Practice as key. It would be on a one to one basis. Ignoring it at first as you do, it started tapping quietly [...]
Look what I found clearing out some old boxes...some joyous music on tape called Golden Voyage which I used to listen to in yoga in the 80s. I haven’t been able to find it available to purchase any more as there was more than one but certainly a happy reminder of the past. Listen [...]
In her radio show, Dr Laura Schlesinger said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance. The following response is an open letter to Dr. Laura, penned by a US resident, which was posted on the Internet....we live and learn :-) Dear [...]
A yoga nidra, or deep sleep of the yogi Helps with: Chronic pain Insomnia Stress management Download Relaxation Technique Part 1 (Right Click and Save As) Download Relaxation Technique Part 2 (Right Click and Save As)
A simple, gentle yoga routine for you to do at home or in a group. Always listen to your body. Integral yoga is not excessive in anyway. Pain is a message to STOP. If for example your body can move into a position where it has no pain, then stretch a tiny step more [...]
We are so fortunate to have seasons which are absent nearer the equator, there is a price to be paid for eternal sunshine. Light changes with less sunshine, a natural time of hibernation with longer nights, I always think the nearer we are to following nature has got to be best. So enjoy the times [...]
I recently had the privilege of being invited to attend the National Staff Training Day for ‘A Quiet Place’,‘a "within schools" programme of therapeutic support for pupils experiencing social, behavioural and/or emotional difficulties’.I had initially been introduced to ‘A Quiet Place’ after being rather serendipitously handed a book (the best kind of ‘being handed a [...]
