‘Free Live Talk on Gaining Clarity Under Emotional Stress’
With Melbourne extending their lockdown and our Integrated Meditation students reporting increasing emotional stress all over the world, Jac has […]
With Melbourne extending their lockdown and our Integrated Meditation students reporting increasing emotional stress all over the world, Jac has […]
Have you ever noticed that when you’re feeling a bit insecure, or cranky, you’re more prone to speaking negatively? I […]
I have been exploring recently the way creativity in its broadest sense, beyond simply artistic talents, can offer a blueprint […]
To say ‘It’s a weird time’ is to wildly understate the state of the world. Perhaps you are stuck in […]
When we operate from fear, we view everything as a threat. It’s simply the way we are wired. If we […]
In everyday life I subscribe to the motto “self as cause” which means I believe that ultimately I always have […]
The CEO of Patagonia has stepped down, and her very lovely goodbye note was, “I’ve been thinking a lot about […]
This Zen saying is often repeated replacing Peace or Happiness, instead of Truth. The only peace you will find on […]
Inspiration is important to me. I love that feeling of being inspired, the energy flowing through my veins, the possibilities […]
There is a famous story of karate master Budoken, who had a disciple who infamously walked by a horse that […]
One of the other lines within this chapter of the Tao Te Ching is ‘those who know when they have […]
A student went to his meditation teacher and said, “My meditation is horrible! I feel so distracted, or my legs […]
I cannot even list the amount of failures I have had, for, there are so many. I truly don’t even […]
When we did as a family our two week hotel quarantine, returning from London to Sydney, on about Day 8 […]
Right now it’s a freaking challenging time. Even if you’re not being immediately challenged, it’s likely someone you love is. […]
I have been contemplating how aligned Creativity is with juicing the most out of life. Now, whilst the word Creativity […]
It’s much harder not to be moved by praise than it is by blame at times. We sometimes desire finding […]
At times, with all the noise of the external world raining down on us, the technology and the news and […]
We are so excited to announce we are soon to release the First Edition of our Letters, in a self-published […]
Have you lately been recognising that you have lost your wild? Have you felt a little caged, either from within […]
I was talking with a dear friend Maryanne, about how creative people need space, to time, to ponder, to hone […]
Dear reader, What will YOU do with your one wild and precious life? What are we all learning right now […]
Firstly, thank you so much for subscribing to these Daily Letters. I’m feeling extra grateful to have you here, to share ideas and […]
I’m not talking about planning, planning is important, but future projecting, we must reign in. I think it’s a major […]
I love a lot of things, but ask me my purpose, my passion I couldn’t tell you with absolute certainty […]
How many people drive you a bit or a lot nuts? If you wrote a list, would there be mostly […]
This could be sliced so many ways, and therefore is the kind of nugget of wisdom I really like. We cannot […]
When COVID hit, we had such a challenging time, and every area of our life was in some sort of […]
Elizabeth Gilbert is speaking on her spiritual practices in regards to COVID in the above quote. It’s beautiful wording isn’t […]
A daily meditation practice is like taking a huge tangled ball of wool (our minds) and slowly, piece by piece untangling it. […]
I want you to think back to a really bad funk you have been in of late. One where you […]
Ram Dass speaks, “You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don’t have to do […]
I am moving through over 1000 Letters and hand choosing which ones make it to the Letters Edition 1 collection […]
In all the hustle and bustle of life and trying to do our best and be our best we sometimes […]
What is it that you are working on right now? Is it your meditation practice? Is it healthier eating? Is […]
I was walking through a national park yesterday in the almost dark, for it was so early, breath chilly, with […]
In Zen, the teachings are centered around everything being Zen, nothing more special than anything else. The hierarchy is stripped […]
The intellect is a fascinating thing. It only knows everything it has learned to this minute. It’s brilliant for problem […]
There is nothing like challenging times to bring sharply in to focus the things that are important, truly important to […]
I was asked to imagine my life three months from now by a healer/therapist I have been working with. I […]
When we are stressed and succumb to our animal nature we become self-centred. Everything and I mean EVERYTHING is happening […]
Right now there is a huge shift happening in the world, and let’s be frank, thank goodness. It can be […]
I’ve come back across from pottering through some of our boxes The New Farmers Almanac, by Greenhorns, a completely delightful […]
Have you ever noticed that when your intuition speaks to you, it’s a physical feeling. It’s like a channeling, a […]
Technically we are all a finite story, we have a beginning, a middle and an end. The paradox is that […]
What blocks are in the way of your creativity right now? What is stopping you from expressing yourself creatively on a […]
Being a human is a very complex thing. We are either moving from our heart, acknowledging our privilege, sharing our […]
Anais Nin says, “We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We […]
People that have truly encountered the darkness of their own soul, I enjoy a lot. There is a rawness, an […]
Krishnamurti speaks, ‘Simplicity of the heart is of far greater importance and significance than simplicity of possessions. To renounce comfort, […]
From the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali‘Drg darshana shaktyor ekatma tevasmita’ The ego believes we are our thoughts and compels one to […]
Tonglen is a Buddhist practice of working with suffering – ours, and everyone else’s at every opportunity. It is a […]
You know the saying, ‘you are what you eat’, well we are also ‘we are what we think’. So today, […]
We can all talk a LOT about what we want to be doing, big plans, little follow through. Paring it […]
I love the fact that I change. Some days may be more obvious than others and some days may seem […]
Sticking with yesterday’s theme, I wanted to touch more on panic. I tend to panic as my standard go to. […]
Our need to know all the time comes from our thinking mind, and robs us of the present moment. It’s not […]
So back to this idea of the Reward System. (you can read the previous Letter on Resistance and Flow in […]
I am honestly so in awe of how the universe works. Two months back we were to be in Australia […]
What I have learnt about myself is that I sort of held on to some old Catholic beliefs that it […]
Sri M is one of my favourite teachers, for he combines the richest of spiritual knowledge, with practical modern living. I […]
It’s so tempting to want to look to others to figure out what to do. I have always admired Krishnamurti’s teachings, […]
When I was in government quarantine, Instagram was a life line for me, to my friends, students and the outer […]
I know that change is happening always, it’s the only constant. I believe this, I feel it to be true […]
One of my favourite teachers Ram Dass, was taught by his guru above all other teachings to ‘love everything’. It […]
‘Misogi’ is a Japanese term meaning ‘eliminating the non essential’. Editing out what’s not important or relevant anymore. In the […]
There are so many storms emotionally for us all at the moment. Big fronts come bearing down on us, unexpected […]
On Friday I hosted our live online The DOJO, 90 minute session on Resistance and Surrender, and we explored many verses of the Tao […]
Life is a combination of making it happen (ends up being a small percentage) and things outside of our control […]
Yesterday Arran and I bumped into a friend Dan, who owns a cafe here in Byron with his wife, and […]
In truth, this has been a really vulnerable time for me, I’ve shared more than before, heart of my sleeve, […]
The feeling of getting out of government quarantine was truly something else. I have truly realised how relative time is […]
Hands up who wants resilience? Hands up who also would prefer to not do the dirty work to get it? Resilience […]
We’ve all seen the illustration, the circle of comfort and the arrow of growth well outside and it’s likely we […]
I have found that trusting the universe is an easier task when things are ‘going my way’. I delight in […]
We have been through some stuff in our lives, Arran and I. For some it would mount up a life […]
I thought I would share some of the beauty in what I am learning personally, and what I am learning […]
Over 4 years ago, Arran and I gave away and sold almost all we owned, including all our furniture, and […]
Anne Morrow Lindbergh writes in her beautiful book Gift From the Sea, “I want in fact – to borrow from […]
It’s interesting, I love to learn. I love the possibilities, the fresh thinking that stretch the boundaries of my mind […]
The Mother, Aurobindo’s teaching partner teaches beautifully on despair and it has been something I have really learnt into. Her […]
When I am feeling any of those uncomfortable emotions – anger, frustration, sadness I can be spiky, hard, tight, stuck […]
I’ve found myself pouring out a lot of words at the moment, raw, un-hemmed words, loose threads. I know they […]
One of our students forwarded this Letter that I wrote back in December of last year and I thought that […]
We all have teachers in our lives, that have helped us, taught us. It’s what I do for my living, […]
Trauma is such an interesting experience, the brain seeming to be sliced into multiple parts. You can go through the […]
Yes, we have power, always. Never forget this, ever. I do. Often and I need reminding again, often. I temporarily […]
Bamboo is quite incredible. It can be used to build entire buildings, makes for cups and mugs to drink from, […]
A lot of students that I teach and mentor are having the exact same challenge right now, caught between agonising […]
I was in a situation recently where someone didn’t like what was being shared and even though there was compelling […]
Isn’t it an amazing time? In the thick of all the awfulness – all the paradigms and societal beliefs we […]
There is a Jewish story, that is also told in many traditions with varying tones. The essence of it is […]
Some questions for you to ponder… What is your source? What will you return to? What will you be tolerant […]
This situation at the moment is really dismantling a lot isn’t it. Us as people, our friends, our family, our […]
It’s interesting that until I get really bloody clear about what is important to me (and this is usually via […]
At the moment I can feel myself firming up, more grounded every day. Becoming stronger, more resilient, and I can […]
I woke up yesterday, and for a brief moment, forgot all that had been happening. I stretched, I listened to […]
We can truly lean into the current situation of the pandemic as a way to discover the truth of ourselves. We might […]