L E T T E R – What Might You Be If You Just Let Go
Before I left for India, I sat with my friend and student, Uyen, in Whale Beach drinking tea and we […]
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 […]
There is feedback, and there is criticism. There is moaning, and then there are witch hunts. I posted last week […]
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 […]
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 […]
Long lasting change doesn’t come in a silver bullet, a bandaid or a quick fix. I was interviewed by our […]
Life is so fragile. We never know when it will come to a close. As humans, we can be bitter […]
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, […]
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 […]
As someone that used to work in advertising, marketing and PR, our whole purpose was to make people believe that […]
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’ve been meditating for a very long time, and this inner force is the most powerful tool I know for […]
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 […]
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, […]
Today I wanted us to all gain clarity around this essential truth. Have you ever felt rested, calm and full […]
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 […]
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 think we intellectually know this. That copying others is futile in the quest for happiness. That authenticity is key […]
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 […]