Fear Feeling fear isn’t merely contained to rollercoasters and scary movies, it turns out. No, fear can rear it’s ugly head at any given opportunity and can knock its cold, gnarly hands at any of your doors at any given moment. How do I know? Well, this has been my experience over the past couple of […]
Femininity Part of Hatha yoga is balancing the push and pull of your daily asana and bringing balance to yourself. Your mental, your physical, your energetic and spiritual selves are all addressed in our practice and we aim (emphasis on aim!) to try and bring these together in balance. We want to try and be at […]
Find your kind I woke up heart hurt today. That doesn’t happen very often for me, not to say that I don’t ever get that ‘wrong side of the bed’ feeling that we all do, but today it was much more profound than was normal. I felt weary, close to tears all morning and my mind was on overdrive. […]
Energy boosting essential oils Getting out of bed, especially in winter, can feel like your waking up from the deepest hibernation. Toasty and warm with eyes full of sleep, the mere thought of sitting up seems like a task that can only be done after 10 more minutes. I’ve never related to a headgehog or a bear more than I do on […]
Aparigraha Aparigraha: the virtue of non-greediness, non-possessiveness, non-attachment. Knowing the words to the song isn’t the making of that piece of music. When you first hear it, the melody, chord progression and the words sung could be pleasing to you. It could make you initially happy or sad or want to go out to the club. […]
Essential Oils: the basics Out of all of the natural home-healing remedies, essential oils are seen as the sparklers in the fireworks display – nice, pretty, but not very effective. They smell yummy and look good, but as far as having an actual effect, many see them as, essentially, pointless. Nothing could be further from the truth. True, once you […]
Engage When I was younger, if i found a situation uncomfortable, difficult or challenging my brain would knee-jerk the answer “nope” and disengage. Whatever the problem was, physical, mental or emotional, my mother-hen brain would swoop in and shield my heart with her wings, not letting anything in, or worse, out. It was never something I […]
Incense to burn when…you’re in a bad mood My darling Dada came over to see me the other weekend. He had the beginnings of arthritis in his hands and they were aching, people at his dinghy club were giving him grief and he was getting over a cold he caught off his girlfriend’s grandchildren. In short, his was feeling pretty crappy, ratty and […]
Consider your day Being self-reflective is a grounding practice for me when things get over-whelming. True, I do have the tendency to be a little introverted at times, but I really enjoy a little self-analysis – I see it as a check-in for how I’m feeling that day. This can lend itself to overthinking upon occasion, but it […]
