L E T T E R from Jac – Preparation
What is it that you are working on right now? Is it your meditation practice? Is it healthier eating? Is […]
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L E T T E R from Jac – What Do You Want
I was walking through a national park yesterday in the almost dark, for it was so early, breath chilly, with […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Navigating Out Of A Rut
Is anyone else in a massive rut right now with their work? Feeling stuck and unmotivated? Welcome to The Rut. […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Staying Sane
In Zen, the teachings are centered around everything being Zen, nothing more special than anything else. The hierarchy is stripped […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Prioritising What’s Important
The intellect is a fascinating thing. It only knows everything it has learned to this minute. It’s brilliant for problem […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Priorities Maketh The Boundary
There is nothing like challenging times to bring sharply in to focus the things that are important, truly important to […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Opening Our Windows
Sri M said something beautiful in a lecture I saw in London, and I might well have a few words […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Middle Way
The Middle Way in Buddhism is a term to describe something not unique to Buddhism, but is a concept embodied […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Three Months From Now
I was asked to imagine my life three months from now by a healer/therapist I have been working with. I […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Spiritual Bypassing
Spiritual Bypassing if you’re unfamiliar with it, is very common. It’s when spirituality is appropriated in order to avoid deeper […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Clarity and Inspiration
It’s easier to shy away. It’s easier to justify inaction with the idea that one is not personally doing anything wrong. It’s […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Get Calm and Then Carry On
When we are stressed and succumb to our animal nature we become self-centred. Everything and I mean EVERYTHING is happening […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Check Your Self
Right now there is a huge shift happening in the world, and let’s be frank, thank goodness. It can be […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Exploring Contemplative Thinking
I’ve come back across from pottering through some of our boxes The New Farmers Almanac, by Greenhorns, a completely delightful […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Opening Intuition
Have you ever noticed that when your intuition speaks to you, it’s a physical feeling. It’s like a channeling, a […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Not Taking Anything For Granted
I think the last few months has taught us not to take as much as we may have previously for […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Playfulness
Some questions for you to start your week, to have a bit of fun with. Share your answers with some […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Always A Work In Progress
Technically we are all a finite story, we have a beginning, a middle and an end. The paradox is that […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Expanding Creativity
What blocks are in the way of your creativity right now? What is stopping you from expressing yourself creatively on a […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Complexity of Being Human
Being a human is a very complex thing. We are either moving from our heart, acknowledging our privilege, sharing our […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Dusting Ourselves Right Off
Anais Nin says, “We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We […]
L E T T E R from Jac – True Compassion
People that have truly encountered the darkness of their own soul, I enjoy a lot. There is a rawness, an […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Simplicity of The Heart
Krishnamurti speaks, ‘Simplicity of the heart is of far greater importance and significance than simplicity of possessions. To renounce comfort, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Ego
From the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali‘Drg darshana shaktyor ekatma tevasmita’ The ego believes we are our thoughts and compels one to […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Not Running From Pain
Tonglen is a Buddhist practice of working with suffering – ours, and everyone else’s at every opportunity. It is a […]
L E T T E R from Jac – What We Think
You know the saying, ‘you are what you eat’, well we are also ‘we are what we think’. So today, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Daily Commitments
We can all talk a LOT about what we want to be doing, big plans, little follow through. Paring it […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Same, Same But Different
I love the fact that I change. Some days may be more obvious than others and some days may seem […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Working with Uncertainty
Sticking with yesterday’s theme, I wanted to touch more on panic. I tend to panic as my standard go to. […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Need To Know
Our need to know all the time comes from our thinking mind, and robs us of the present moment. It’s not […]
L E T T E R from Jac – On Resistance and Flow – Part 2
So back to this idea of the Reward System. (you can read the previous Letter on Resistance and Flow in […]
L E T T E R from Jac – July Byron Bay Retreat Announcement!!
I am honestly so in awe of how the universe works. Two months back we were to be in Australia […]
L E T T E R from Jac – On Resistance and Flow – Part 1
What I have learnt about myself is that I sort of held on to some old Catholic beliefs that it […]
L E T T E R from Jo – From The Heart
Whenever I experience a moment that connects me to my heart, I want to press pause and bathe in all […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Spirituality
Sri M is one of my favourite teachers, for he combines the richest of spiritual knowledge, with practical modern living. I […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Follow Truth
It’s so tempting to want to look to others to figure out what to do. I have always admired Krishnamurti’s teachings, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – A Micro Sabbatical
When I was in government quarantine, Instagram was a life line for me, to my friends, students and the outer […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Note To Self
I know that change is happening always, it’s the only constant. I believe this, I feel it to be true […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Love Everything
One of my favourite teachers Ram Dass, was taught by his guru above all other teachings to ‘love everything’. It […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Eliminating the non-essential
‘Misogi’ is a Japanese term meaning ‘eliminating the non essential’. Editing out what’s not important or relevant anymore. In the […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Stormy Weather
There are so many storms emotionally for us all at the moment. Big fronts come bearing down on us, unexpected […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Resistance
On Friday I hosted our live online The DOJO, 90 minute session on Resistance and Surrender, and we explored many verses of the Tao […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Letting Creativity Flow To You
Life is a combination of making it happen (ends up being a small percentage) and things outside of our control […]
L E T T E R from Jac – A Planet Sabbatical
Yesterday Arran and I bumped into a friend Dan, who owns a cafe here in Byron with his wife, and […]
L E T T E R from Jac – What’s None Of My Business
In truth, this has been a really vulnerable time for me, I’ve shared more than before, heart of my sleeve, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Sweet Joys
The feeling of getting out of government quarantine was truly something else. I have truly realised how relative time is […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Learning’s From A Pandemic Part 4
Hands up who wants resilience? Hands up who also would prefer to not do the dirty work to get it? Resilience […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Growing Pains
We’ve all seen the illustration, the circle of comfort and the arrow of growth well outside and it’s likely we […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Learning’s From A Pandemic Part 3
I have found that trusting the universe is an easier task when things are ‘going my way’. I delight in […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Learning’s From A Pandemic Part 2
We have been through some stuff in our lives, Arran and I. For some it would mount up a life […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Learning’s From A Pandemic Part 1
I thought I would share some of the beauty in what I am learning personally, and what I am learning […]
L E T T E R from Jac – To Live A Simple Life
Over 4 years ago, Arran and I gave away and sold almost all we owned, including all our furniture, and […]
L E T T E R from Jac – A Spiritual Hurricane Lamp
Anne Morrow Lindbergh writes in her beautiful book Gift From the Sea, “I want in fact – to borrow from […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Alright, Let’s Get Curious
It’s interesting, I love to learn. I love the possibilities, the fresh thinking that stretch the boundaries of my mind […]
L E T T E R from Jac – To Despair Or Not Despair
The Mother, Aurobindo’s teaching partner teaches beautifully on despair and it has been something I have really learnt into. Her […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Surrender
In a 1979 lecture by Ram Dass he says, ‘Just look at your life and think how many preferences you […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Back to Love
When I am feeling any of those uncomfortable emotions – anger, frustration, sadness I can be spiky, hard, tight, stuck […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Instructions for Living a Life
I’ve found myself pouring out a lot of words at the moment, raw, un-hemmed words, loose threads. I know they […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Redefining Luxury
One of our students forwarded this Letter that I wrote back in December of last year and I thought that […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The True Teachers
We all have teachers in our lives, that have helped us, taught us. It’s what I do for my living, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Can You See The Moon?
Trauma is such an interesting experience, the brain seeming to be sliced into multiple parts. You can go through the […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Easter Bunny
I completely forgot about Easter, until my daughter asked me a week ago would it be cancelled. How utterly sad, […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Wield Your Power!
Yes, we have power, always. Never forget this, ever. I do. Often and I need reminding again, often. I temporarily […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Getting On With It
I work one on one with a lot of people around the world, usually immensely successful people locked into a […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Being Like Bamboo
Bamboo is quite incredible. It can be used to build entire buildings, makes for cups and mugs to drink from, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Surrender
I’ve told this story many times, and want to share it again now, as I feel it’s so relevant. There […]
L E T T E R from Jac – What Will You Honor
A lot of students that I teach and mentor are having the exact same challenge right now, caught between agonising […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Are you joining The DOJO?
So often, spiritual teachings are left to hover in the air, an intellectual pursuit, that is segregated and separated from […]
L E T T E R from Jo – The Advantage in the Reality of What Is
I was in a situation recently where someone didn’t like what was being shared and even though there was compelling […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Inspiration for Success
Isn’t it an amazing time? In the thick of all the awfulness – all the paradigms and societal beliefs we […]
L E T T E R from Jac- Exploring What’s Next
Have you noticed a truly sharp difference in how you consume and what you consume once in quarantine? Is it […]
L E T T E R from Jac – All The Dreams
There is a Jewish story, that is also told in many traditions with varying tones. The essence of it is […]
L E T T E R from Jac – A Heart At Peace
Some questions for you to ponder… What is your source? What will you return to? What will you be tolerant […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Truth of Resilience and Innovation
This situation at the moment is really dismantling a lot isn’t it. Us as people, our friends, our family, our […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Priorities Are A Deal Breaker
It’s interesting that until I get really bloody clear about what is important to me (and this is usually via […]
L E T T E R from Jac – What Happens Today Is A Choice
At the moment I can feel myself firming up, more grounded every day. Becoming stronger, more resilient, and I can […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Embracing The Gaps
I woke up yesterday, and for a brief moment, forgot all that had been happening. I stretched, I listened to […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Choice We Get To Make
We can truly lean into the current situation of the pandemic as a way to discover the truth of ourselves. We might […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Some Sweetness For You
I keep saying WOW out loud in a voice that resembles Owen Wilson, because seriously it’s a truly insane time to […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Writing The Script As We Go
This feels powerful as we feel powerless doesn’t it, I am truly taking solace in it. It took me a […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Use Fear to Fuel Our Growth
Outside of comfort is where we grow. This means being uncomfortable is essential for our own evolution. Part of us […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Suffering Is Optional
I do love this quote by Murakami. A man who also wakes at 4.30am every day and writes furiously until […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Panicking
When everyone around us is either panicking, or dismissing heavily everyone that is panicking, it’s hard to stay on solid […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Create, Maintain, Edit is Our Process
Nature is all about evolving, moving forward, growing and changing. These movements can happen through creation or they can happen […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Changing Teams
I was to travel to Japan as my little treat post my Australian tour. I was going to Kyoto myself […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Returning to Flow
I always come back to this quote, as a reminder to get myself realigned. I tend to lean into anxiety, […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Always Beginners Mind
There is always something new to learn, to create, to contemplate no matter whether you’ve been there and done that […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Compassion is Our Game Changer
I’m sometimes surprised at how critical we can be of each other and of ourselves, myself included. How our expectations, […]
Thought Of The Week – Mind Nutrition
Consider that what you eat is also what you are. Consider this for your mind. What you consume mentally makes […]
L E T T E R from Jo – The Distraction of Other People’s Lives
With our fellow humans, there’s a line that can easily blur, crossing from inspiration, support, and connection to distraction, over-involvement, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Boosting For Needed Times and Travel
I try to eat well, exercise, and meditate and do all the high-grade living things I can to keep myself […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Welcome to our weekly musings
Well, this feels enormous. I know it shouldn’t really, it’s just a Letter isn’t it, but we have had such […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Holding our friends close
I sat writing this Letter to you in a cafe in Selfridges in London, munching down a huge salad and […]