L E T T E R – Shadow and Light
When living a conscious life, it’s not all unicorns and rainbows. People sometimes think that they can walk a conscious […]
When living a conscious life, it’s not all unicorns and rainbows. People sometimes think that they can walk a conscious […]
Before I left for India, I sat with my friend and student, Uyen, in Whale Beach drinking tea and we […]
There are days when I sit to write these Letters to you and I feel physically ill. I am overcome […]
Well, this week’s letter’s have certainly taken on a slightly serious tone! I didn’t mean them to, but they do […]
There is so much programming involved, in how we think we should be living. Paradigms created by so many people […]
I got a text from a friend the other day, reporting something insignificant on another friend that I had a […]
There is feedback, and there is criticism. There is moaning, and then there are witch hunts. I posted last week […]
READ I adore this book by our friend Josh, his approach to creativity and consciousness continually inspires me. I interviewed Josh […]
We have a huge tree in our garden, and when we moved in became very fond of it as throughout […]
I have so many interests and creative outlets I sometimes can’t breath for the joy of it all, and I […]
Some people come to learn meditation because they are keen to be their best selves, they feel unreal and want […]
When did we lost the art of saying, ‘you know what, I don’t know’ or ‘wouldn’t have a clue’. When […]
For you to try . . . EAT We are eating mostly plant-based at the moment, and 75% of the […]
Time is something that expands and contracts, as it’s all a perception. Stay with me, I know it sounds a […]
Our daughter is doing a speech for school and had to incorporate a bunch of keywords including resilience and respect. […]
My dear friend Jen was recently telling me a story about a conversation she had with her teenage son. He […]
Sometimes people think spirituality is all mung beans and hand holding and unicorns. Sometimes people think spirituality is a word […]
As a recovering perfectionist, I have had intense experiences around making mistakes. It makes no sense as part of the […]
I was once taught an analogy that I have carried around with me since from Taoism. It is that when […]
The Buddhists say the root cause of suffering is our attachment to desires. It’s not our actual desires. But our […]
Life is so fragile. We never know when it will come to a close. As humans, we can be bitter […]
I don’t mean physical space here. But emotional space. Conscious space. Creative space. Working stuff out space. A sacred space […]
Over the weekend we put out a survey, which was answered by SO many which make me SO very pleased […]
Picture a large majestical tree. We could just acknowledge a single leaf, and fixate on it, cooing over the leaf, […]
As soon as I return from a holiday as I have this week, I can feel myself slightly panicking about […]
Something happens to us that causes upset. We stew and sulk and can’t help but tell people about it. With […]
At the karate tournament last week, I saw a man with one leg compete. He stood on the side of […]
This is a little game I play with myself, ‘what’s my greatest fear in this’. I’ve found in every situation […]
I was ordering my coffee the other day, and our lovely friend who makes coffee Andre asked how I was […]
There is a big difference between being productive and getting lots done, and simply overworking. There is being social, and […]
Have you ever had an experience where you just cannot fathom in the moment what the lesson is? Or why […]
There is no cookie cutter approach for your Vedic Meditation practice. A twice-daily practice is ideal, and there are some […]
When we are building something, a business, a relationship, our spiritual development, our education, our parenting, it’s so easy to […]
As someone that used to work in advertising, marketing and PR, our whole purpose was to make people believe that […]
We have wired into our brains and bodies most of our reactions, thoughts, prejudices, and biases. We did so a […]
This stands true not just for creativity, but for love, gratitude, compassion, kindness. Additionally for anger, resentment, shame, guilt. So […]
Inspiration comes to us through a channel of creativity. It’s not out there ‘waiting for us’ it’s flowing from within […]
Sometimes one of the challenges of being self-employed is that you are always working to a degree. Even if you’re […]
‘Something, somewhere incredible is waiting to be known’; where is that somewhere? Inside of you. Every external experience we define […]
I’ve done some seriously crazy things and some seriously dumb things in my time. I created a huge design and […]
Pinterest and Instagram and all the other platforms I don’t even know about are such an incredible source of inspiration. […]
I have sat on this quote for some time. There seemed to be so many moving parts to it, each […]
I get upset when I hear people say ‘oh I am not creative’ or exclaim ‘so and so doesn’t have […]
Clarity is an interesting concept when it comes to learning, as the more we learn, the more we realise there […]
I really love Jane Goodall and I really love this quote. I also believe in a spiritual power higher than ourselves […]
In essence, this quote means to surrender to what is, with full acceptance. One of the most challenging things to […]
When I was young, I had the utmost confidence in my creativity. Arran and I were laughing on the way […]
There’s something so wonderful about discovering things about yourself, having realisations and seeing tangible results from doing self-development or spiritual […]
I still remember many years back, over a decade ago, standing in a bookstore in New York, and picking up […]
There is a beautiful concept with our meditation technique, about the purpose of twice-daily practice. In a nutshell, it’s that […]
I love it when slightly delusional ‘creative’ people or artists claim they don’t need order, they fly by the seat […]
No human is born with resilience. Babies are small, vulnerable and incapable of doing anything at all for themselves, unlike […]
This is one of the greatest gifts of transcendence that our meditation technique gifts us – moving beyond one’s thoughts. […]
It’s hard to believe at times, that nothing happens to anybody which he is not fit by nature to bear, […]
I love this quote. Because the ego will tell us otherwise all the time, and ensure we are terrified of […]
Today I wanted us to all gain clarity around this essential truth. Have you ever felt rested, calm and full […]
Meditation teaches us so much, and in particular Vedic meditation, where we are taught so many amazing things that become […]
Fear drains vitality. There’s always some lurking fear around everything – that is getting the wrong diagnosis. I have had […]
Authentic and inspired educational teachers, spiritual teachers, coaches, and mentors have so much to offer us. Yet they are not […]
There is an old Zen story that I really like, with many versions of it, rendered slightly differently, but I […]
I hope this is how life feels for you, I really do. Arran and I have spent some time recently […]
What if we viewed every challenge right now as something to be learned? The universe hand delivering us our own […]
I heard Ram Dass once tell a wonderful story. I’m hazy on the details of country and religion, but it […]
The idea that we are going to always be in the flow, thriving and creative is ludicrous, yet we catch […]
Sadhana is the sanskrit term for daily practice or ritual. Defined by one of my favourite authors Maya Triwari as […]
I love Maurice and I love this quote, and it can be interpreted in so many ways. If we dissect […]
There are so many layers to this, and I’ll map out today a few key things to consider when wondering […]
With our meditation practice, with our spiritual quests, our creative endeavors, there is nowhere to get, nothing to gain. Frustrating […]
I spent the weekend with Jeff Kober teaching about understanding our humanity, our spirituality, our dharma and how to enliven […]
I think this quote is such a great follow on from yesterday and I believe it so much. I had […]
I’m clearly having an emotional week as represented in all the Letters! I feel so positive and taken with the […]
Firstly I would like to thank all of you that send me the most heartfelt and beautiful notes of gratitude […]
Letting Go is a concept most of my students are familiar with. And confused or frustrated about. I used to […]