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 […]
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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 – 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 – 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 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 – 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 – 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 – The Opportunity Cost of Being Scared
As a creative in my early twenties, rejection was just part of the game. Trained as an Interior Architect, and […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Evolution Of The Broad Place
I am deep in work on refining how we offer The Broad Place to the world!! Our commitment is to […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Backing Yourself
The High Vibe Challenge is kicking along and I love getting all the feedback from students within the Private Facebook […]
L E T T E R – Are You Joining Jacqui on our February/March Australian Tour?
In 6-7 weeks I board the vverrry long flight from London to Australia and I am so excited to connect […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Training in The Art of Peace
My homeland of Australia is in a turbulent time. It’s not unique to Australia, many, many countries are in a turbulent time. It brings […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Choosing A Direction
When we experience extreme stress or trauma, the fight-flight response is triggered. When this happens, our brain tells us we […]
L E T T E R from Jac – At What Cost
I scrawled this sentence down in a notebook in India when my friend Jeff was doing a lecture, and just […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Are you Ready to Shift your Energy Throughout January?
In 10 days time with hundreds of people from all over the world, we launch into the January 2020 High […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Remembering Ram Dass
One of the greatest spiritual teachers of our time, Ram Dass, passed away last week. Ram Dass has been a huge […]
L E T T E R from Jac – A Happy Day To You From Us
Christmas is a funny time, isn’t it? Sometimes it’s joy-filled and fun. Other years it’s a time to get together […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Choose Fun
When did life get so serious? When did we take ourselves so seriously? One of my core values and something […]
L E T T E R from Jac – But, From Where I Stand…
Some people got into a heated argument about different religions and philosophies and which was, in fact, true and right. […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Feeling All The Feels
I forgot to write yesterday’s Letter. I clean forgot the day before. With so much happening at the moment, I […]
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 – 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 – Stay In The Long Game
Thousands of years back there was a tall, verdant tree at a royal court in a faraway land. The tree […]
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 – Put Down Your Books
At The Broad Place, we advocate study and reading all the time. However, if the study is not taken into […]
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 Passing of Practice
A student went to his meditation teacher and said, “My meditation is horrible! I feel so distracted, or my legs […]
L E T T E R from Emily – Someone Like You
We are living in a very interesting time, on one hand, we are seeing the rise of ethical and morally […]
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 – How To Walk The Path
Coming across a monk praying while circumambulating a holy building, Geshe Tenpa said, “How pleasant to walk around sacred places, […]
L E T T E R – GRATITUDE Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week, we will place our awareness and our attention on Gratitude. Gratitude is frequently written off as too ‘woo-woo‘ […]
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 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 – 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 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 from Jac – Before The Drought
Isn’t this a brilliant sentence, ‘When the well is dry, we know the worth of water’?. I teach so many […]
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 – Daily Devotion
We are building on a theme here, which you might have picked up on because it’s my obsessive personality to […]
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 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 – 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 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 Jac – Bound by Threads
Every single moment that happens now, has with it an accumulation of past decisions. Thin gossamer threads that string through […]