L E T T E R from Jac – Just Do It, Say No
There are so many ways in which self-sabotage presents, and I could literally spend a year’s worth of Letters writing […]
Inspiration
L E T T E R from Jo – Trying It On For Size
When I was 7 years old, I was obsessed with a book series about a girl, her best friend, their […]
L E T T E R from Jac – To Return
In Mahayana Buddhism, to take refuge in the Buddha’s teaching means to return to one’s original nature. In Judaism, ‘Teshuva’ […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Deepest Relationship
The longest-standing relationship we will ever have, the most intimate, the most defining, is the one we have with ourselves. […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Efficiency Of Social Relationships
Efficiency is where anything immediately irrelevant is trimmed out. Keywords around efficiency are force, computation, intelligence, knowledge. The problem with […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Dissolving Ego Structures
Ram Dass here points out something students talk about so often with me, “We have built a whole ego structure about […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Zen Wednesday; Creating Space for Mushin
‘Mushin’ is a Japanese term referring to no-mind. It’s embraced in martial arts, meditation and various creative arts. Mushin is […]
L E T T E R from Jac – What Will You Lead With
Once there was a very particular snake that lived in a jungle. One day, the snake’s tail said to the […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Complete from the Hermitage and Back Into The World
My silent retreat is now complete. In all honesty, it was one of the most incredible experiences I have had, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Cost Of Fear
The other day I had a full-blown panic attack. It’s been many, many years since I have had one. This […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Letting It Go Downstream
When I saw writer, poet and speaker David Whyte awhile back for a beautiful program, he described the art of […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Prioritizing Our Lives
Money is important and valuable and enables us to do all sorts of wonderful things. But when we place money […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Secret Wish
We all wish there was a silver bullet, that will miraculously transform us. Preferably one without much time invested from […]
L E T T E R from Jac – A New Present Born
It’s a simply wonderful concept, and it’s true, so why aren’t we living like it? Why are we waiting for […]
L E T T E R from Jo – One Step
I always love the openness, determination and innocence of children learning to do things – walking, drawing, eating, playing, dancing, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Regret
Bronnie Ware was an Australian nurse who worked with the dying, continually asked them their regrets as they passed on, […]
L E T T E R from Jo – The Big Catch
I wanted to share this wonderful fable for you to ponder. It’s important that we consciously choose how we are […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Mostest Goodest
Marley when she was little used to say some days after kindergarten that she was really proud as she was […]
L E T T E R from Jac – All Hail The Fail
I’m not quite sure what happens in life that mistakes become a bad thing. When we are little, mistakes are […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Reclaiming Our Wildness
You can take this however you like. I just want you to reclaim your wildness. I’ve experimented with lots of […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Act According To Your Uniqueness
You. There’s only one. In all of the time, forever in the whole universe, only one you. The Population Reference […]
L E T T E R from Jo – An Ode to Nature
I am in awe of Nature. All things about it I love. I come at it from a lay-persons view […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Losing Our Rhythms
Moving houses, let alone cities, or countries does certainly provide its challenges. The same goes for relationships, jobs, friends. Changing […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Simplicity
We only recently received our shipment of things that we packed in early February to London. Since then we lived […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Impress Thy Self
When was the last time you set out to impress yourself? I mean as the main event, the sole objective, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Well Of Water Within
Buddhist nun Pema Chodron speaks beautiful about the fact that we all have a well of fresh spring water within […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Tell It To Me Straight
I have a preference for direct and honest communication. I don’t have time to beat around the bush or make […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Nothing Is Lacking
One of the big issues I have with spirituality and self-development is the constant seeking to better oneself when it […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Only You
“Nothing is original.” This statement always triggers me to try and think up something that is truly original and believe […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Thriving Through Modern Living Part 2 – Mornings
Click HERE to read Part 1. Richard Whately said, ‘Lose an hour in the morning and you will spend all […]
L E T T E R from Emily – Imagination
My personal world view and beliefs are constantly evolving, I reserve the right to change my mind and develop deeper […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Doing Good
Is it really as easy as doing good to be happy? I believe it is. I feel that too often […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Impossible
Putting ourselves in the shoes of others is essentially impossible. Most of our programmed in ideas and beliefs were ground […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Leave Some Room
As an ex-Right Fighter, I know a thing or two about taking a position and holding on tight. Leaving no […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Our Own Heart Is Our Temple
I am confident I have used this quote before, as I love it. I find it every now and again […]
L E T T E R – from Jac; The Unfolding
There is a story about a young man in Japan who wanted to be the greatest martial artist of the […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Shifting to an Internal Orientation
The lure of people pleasing is that it gives you a clear goal and a way forward. You literally do […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Daily Miracle
It’s a choice, to live as if each day is the miracle it is. The stress of moving across the […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Trusting The Universe
I have something I remind myself of constantly; there are no accidents and there are no coincidences. Everything is happening […]
L E T T E R from Jac – True Bravery
I was chatting with a special friend of ours who is in his late teens, as he is trying to […]
L E T T E R from Jac – What Is Being Delivered?
When things are challenging, it can be troublesome to acknowledge the good in the situation. Sometimes, I work through this set […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Holding On Longer Than Required
There are so many versions of this fable, all delivering the same message; that we must not hold onto what […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Enjoy the Unfurling
I love A-HA! moments – like that final piece of a giant puzzle clicking together and revealing all or a […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Something Truly Precious
There is an old story that goes like this… A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a […]
L E T T E R from Jac – This Too Shall Pass
I have found personally, and for many of our students, that we are all too happy to let go of […]
L E T T E R from Emily – Patterns
In a conversation with a friend this week, we discussed how we often default to playing small. Even when we […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Skin in the Right Game
I was kindly asked the other day, are you committed to this or are you just involved? Yikes, I had […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Creativity Is A Process
You may not be able today, to form wet clay as it dries between your hands. Or apply oily, lazy […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Modern Day Rushing
I was recently reading Alan Watts stating how in times of overwhelm, he would find solace in the ocean and […]
L E T T E R – Tuesday Tip; Build Your Morning Routine
A Morning Routine is a vital step in setting yourself up for success for the day. I have found it […]
L E T T E R – SERVICE Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week, we will place our awareness and our attention on Service. How do you define being of service?What tasks […]
L E T T E R from Emily – Joy
Today is Easter Saturday, this day will mean different things for all of us, some will be engaged in spiritual […]
L E T T E R from Jo – It’s All About The Joy!
I’ll be honest I have not leapt in to the Marie Kondo approach to tidying but I have observed from […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Everything Changes
There is a story told about Suzuki Roshi, a great Buddhist teacher. “Suzuki Roshi, I’ve been listening to your lectures […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Never Too Small
I have so many moments where I think in despair, I am just one person what can I do. And […]
L E T T E R – Tuesday Tips; Taking Time To Retreat
Easter is this weekend, and I’m personally taking time out to heal and nourish myself. My dear friend and fellow […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Why You Don’t Master Meditation, You Master Life
After studying meditation in various lineages for a decade, something dawned on me. I was looking for this experience of […]
L E T T E R – QUALITY Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week, we will place our awareness and our attention to Quality. The highest grade in every area. What will […]
L E T T E R from Emily – A Love Letter
It’s easy to lose perspective of who we really are and what we’re really here to do or be. It’s […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Be More Like Coffee
It’s no secret that I love coffee. A most honoured daily ritual of joy – a hot, fresh cup of […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Running Them Storylines
The brain is a remarkable affirmation tool. Allow our minds to tell us something, believe it, and watch the brain […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Mastery Of Life
We can ask, how can I bring myself, to the fullest, to this moment? It will require presence. Fullness is […]
L E T T E R – Tuesday Tips; Let’s Dedicate 1% Of Our Day To Learning
Part of our Integrated Meditation program is encouraging 1% of the day dedicated to learning. It’s just 15 minutes. Reading […]
L E T T E R – CREATOR Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week, lets set our acknowledging and exploring that we, solely, create our experience of the world. The world is […]
L E T T E R from Emily – What “Should” I Do?
I’m writing this letter for anyone who has ever found themselves caught in the perfectionist loop, the spiral of Instagram […]
L E T T E R from Jo – You Love You
Imagine you are holding a container – it can be as big as you like, any shape you like and […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Wanting Change
We all want change, every single person wants something different to what is actually happening. It might be little, it […]
L E T T E R – Tuesday Tips; Something Sweet For The Afternoon
In Ayurveda, there are three dosha’s and the Vata dosha, when out of balance, can cause anxiety, sleeplessness and restlessness. Which is […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Real You Is In There
In an age whereby ‘you can be anyone’, being just you, can seem boring and unappealing I have found. When […]
L E T T E R from Emily – Moving to Truth
There is a part of all of us that wants to stay small, it is afraid to reach our personal optimum […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Doing It From The Heart
I’m a recipe follower – I need that recipe to tell me exactly what I’m meant to be doing, at […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Little Skylights
In our little cabin in Big Sur, the interior walls and ceilings are all lined with wood. Beams are made […]
L E T T E R from Jac – More Than One Way To Toast
In our cabin in Big Sur, there was a fireplace, and no toaster, so we began to hack hunks of […]
L E T T E R – Tuesday Tips; Healing The Lymphatic System with Jeannie of Venustus
I’m going to start experimenting with Tuesday’s being dedicated to a particular study, involving physical health, or a recipe, or […]
L E T T E R – GRACE Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This is a little something new I wanted to try with you, where we collectively set an intention and discovered […]
L E T T E R from Emily – The Garden of Sanity
When you have a technique that allows the mind to gently settle and guide you to deep restful transcendence, your […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Watering My Grass
How many times have I looked “over there” at the green grass wishing it was under my feet? Too many […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Remember To Tell People You Love Them
I have gotten into the habit of sometimes inappropriately telling the people in my life I love them. I say […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Everything Is The Path
There’s something very plain, very simple that I adore about Zen, being that nothing is special AND everything is special. […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Life Is Speaking To Us, Are We Listening?
I wrote this whilst sitting in a tiny cabin, on a river in Big Sur California. There is no one […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Fake News In Our Heads
Our beliefs define us. Like scratches and smudges on a pair of sunglasses that we have become so used to […]
L E T T E R from Emily – Foundations of Love
I’m sure that every generation has seen themselves in a time of political turmoil in one way or another, I […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Moving Towards A Better Me
I love the forward motion that focusing on who you want to become creates. It puts yesterday firmly in its […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Bound by Threads
Every single moment that happens now, has with it an accumulation of past decisions. Thin gossamer threads that string through […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Never Burn
In today’s society, which is riddled with muddled messaging, knowing how to hold oneself is becoming increasingly challenging. Sayings such […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Bringing A Little Love To It
An important question I ask myself when I am feeling very contracted is how can I bring more love to this. […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Daily Grinding or Daily Grounding
I personally dislike the constant messaging in the self-development and entrepreneurial spaces of rise and grind. Of own the day. […]