L E T T E R from Jac – What Do You Truly Call Success?
When I am mentoring people, a huge theme that always comes up is success, a craving for it, or a […]
Intention Setting
L E T T E R from Jac – Finding Balance
It’s much harder not to be moved by praise than it is by blame at times. We sometimes desire finding […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Surrendered Presence
At times, with all the noise of the external world raining down on us, the technology and the news and […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Go On And Give The Gift
We are so excited to announce we are soon to release the First Edition of our Letters, in a self-published […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Your Wild
Have you lately been recognising that you have lost your wild? Have you felt a little caged, either from within […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Creating Space
I was talking with a dear friend Maryanne, about how creative people need space, to time, to ponder, to hone […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Future Projecting
I’m not talking about planning, planning is important, but future projecting, we must reign in. I think it’s a major […]
L E T T E R from Jac – We’re Not In Control
This quote is brilliant, as our ego truly thinks we are GM of the universe. Whenever we are resisting what’s […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Judging Ourselves and Others
Something we touched on the other night at our Workshop at Lilium, is that if we want to let go […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Our Personal GPS
I love a lot of things, but ask me my purpose, my passion I couldn’t tell you with absolute certainty […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Here and Now, Not Here and Then
This could be sliced so many ways, and therefore is the kind of nugget of wisdom I really like. We cannot […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Pause And Ask
Before every decision, pause and ask, is this decision pointing me in the direction I want to be going or moving […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Why We All Need A Hand
When COVID hit, we had such a challenging time, and every area of our life was in some sort of […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Why We Practice
Elizabeth Gilbert is speaking on her spiritual practices in regards to COVID in the above quote. It’s beautiful wording isn’t […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Rewiring Ourselves
A daily meditation practice is like taking a huge tangled ball of wool (our minds) and slowly, piece by piece untangling it. […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Letting The Storm Pass
I want you to think back to a really bad funk you have been in of late. One where you […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Being Love
Ram Dass speaks, “You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don’t have to do […]
L E T T E R from Jac – From The Archives
I am moving through over 1000 Letters and hand choosing which ones make it to the Letters Edition 1 collection […]
L E T T E R from Jac – And A Gold Star For You
Last week felt like a big Letter writing week of motivation and productivity. Which is nice and I hope for […]
L E T T E R from Jo – The Magical Power Of Encouragement
In all the hustle and bustle of life and trying to do our best and be our best we sometimes […]
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 […]
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 – 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 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 – 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 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 – 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 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 – 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 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 – 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 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 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 – 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 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 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 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 – 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 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 – EDIT Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Today before journaling I want you to sit for a moment with your eyes closed and ask, what does the […]
L E T T E R – CLARITY Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Ohhh Clarity is one of the pillars of The Broad Place and a deeply laden intention to hold this week. […]
L E T T E R – DEPTH Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week’s intention is DEPTH. I know this sounds strange at first reading, but I feel for it so strongly. […]
L E T T E R – COMPASSION Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
It’s a volatile time on the planet right now. As we scroll through horrific images one after another, anger brews […]
L E T T E R – ENERGY Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Energy is a huge focus for me always, through my meditation, yoga, karate, and qi-gong training as well as understanding […]
L E T T E R – CLARITY Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This weeks intention is HUGE. We are finishing a year as well as a decade. So you might want a […]
L E T T E R from Jac – ACCEPTANCE Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Someone sent me a link to a very high profile guy on Instagram, who was literally SCREAMING at millions of […]
L E T T E R – COSMIC Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Do you sometimes feel life is moving so fast you are losing your connection to the whole? That daily we […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Acting On Intuition
If there were one thing I think meditation has gifted me over all the other things, it’s a tuned in […]
L E T T E R – WONDER Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Wonder is such an important part of life, and with so much on we rarely take time to engage with […]
L E T T E R – REST Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week’s intention is a big one for me, and I am going to guess, for all of us. Maybe […]
L E T T E R – FUN Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
I don’t know about you guys, but it’s been such an intense year to date, that it’s time to have […]
L E T T E R – KINDNESS Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Spotting hypocrisy is a sport these days, and I get it, it’s everrrryywhere so is an enticing pastime with plenty […]
L E T T E R – UNCOVER Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
I think I have seen the phrase ‘I’m so triggered by this!!!!!’ on social media lately more than any other, […]
L E T T E R – PRESENCE Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Presence is an obvious one given the Retreat I just wrapped! It was literally all about training the mind to […]
L E T T E R – HIGH VIBRATION Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Our High Vibrational Challenge begins on Thursday and spans two weeks, and you’re invited to join us! This special Challenge […]
L E T T E R – LOVE Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week let’s place our intention on Love. Some points to Journal on: When I consider love, is there an […]
L E T T E R – SURRENDER Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week let’s place our intention on Surrender. Some points to Journal on: When I see the words ‘divine’ and […]
L E T T E R – PEACE Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week let’s place our intention on peace. Some points to Journal on: Where in my life am I naturally […]
L E T T E R – TRUTH Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Something I am addressing at the moment is Truth. Join me!! Things to look into this week: Where are we […]