L E T T E R from Emily – Presence
Why do we find it so hard to stay in the present? More and more so we are hearing all […]
Mindfulness
L E T T E R – What Will You Think
There is so much talk of the power of positive thinking, so much science to back it up, yet I […]
L E T T E R – Do It
There are so many layers to this, and I’ll map out today a few key things to consider when wondering […]
L E T T E R – Nowhere To Get
With our meditation practice, with our spiritual quests, our creative endeavors, there is nowhere to get, nothing to gain. Frustrating […]
L E T T E R – Meaningfulness
I spent the weekend with Jeff Kober teaching about understanding our humanity, our spirituality, our dharma and how to enliven […]
L E T T E R - Move Your Arse
I think this quote is such a great follow on from yesterday and I believe it so much. I had […]
L E T T E R – To Be Breath Taken
I’m clearly having an emotional week as represented in all the Letters! I feel so positive and taken with the […]
L E T T E R – Attitudes Do Make a Difference
Has there been a truer sentence written? Do we already know it? Why are we not embracing this every single […]
L E T T E R – Letting Go and Expanding Consciousness
Letting Go is a concept most of my students are familiar with. And confused or frustrated about. I used to […]
L E T T E R – When Two Waves Collide
When you stand on a sandbank in the ocean, on certain tides, the waves wash in from the breakers and […]
L E T T E R – What Will You Choose?
The glass half empty mentality we all know, but do we actually live glass half full. Every moment. Is everything […]
L E T T E R – Defining Success
I loved reading the bravery, anguish, creative processes and determination of Bill Strickland in his autobiographical book Making The Impossible […]
L E T T E R – Recovery Time
I had an experience years and years ago, where I went to see a friend of mine who is a […]
L E T T E R – Oh Ego
Chogyam Tungpa Rinpoche was asked by a student, “Why do you think that people are so protective of their egos? Why […]
L E T T E R – The Force Within Us
I love this commitment. That we can be changed by what occurs to us, and we can determine not to […]
L E T T E R – The Universe Whispers
Underneath all the noise; our intellect, thinking mind, egos, the exterior machinations of society, other peoples opinions, there is a […]
Wishing Won’t Work
Sometimes the intellect can be so defined, that we forget we must apply it. Like a tool that sits in […]
So Much Opportunity
Such a simple shift in mindset occurs when reading this. I like the word opportunity. It means gift, which sometimes […]
All The Damn Thoughts
Have you ever listened to all the thoughts going on in your head? I sat in the most beautiful garden […]
Meditation Or Meditative?
Lately I’ve found there is so much confusion around what meditation is, what makes it different to some other relaxation […]
Meeting Yourself
Rumi passed away 700 years ago and is still the best selling poet in America. His ecstasy filled complications of […]
The Roar of The Universe
The ego, so loud, so insistent, so annoying, so abrupt. The heart, so gentle, so mild, so curious. If we continue to honour […]
Down That Chute
I love Tina Fey, and I love this quote. Overthinking jams up the whole system. We just have to get […]
The Besieged Everydayness Of Life
Remember that episode of The Simpsons were Marge blew a mind gasket and froze up on the bridge, windows up, refusing to […]
What Other People Think
Dealing with the fear of ‘what other people think’ affects so many of our students, and myself. I hear about […]
The Danger of The Majority
When it comes to spiritual growth, self development and our actively evolving, it can get tricky at times. Sometimes what […]
The Burn
Years back I had to really ask myself why were the unimportant things and people in my life getting so […]
Being Kind Under Pressure
This week I woke to the micro pressures of teaching meditation, a tonne of mentoring, many many meetings, workshops, talks […]
The Perfection Of It All
“Thus, this supremely perfect order of the Universe goes on all around us. But the structure is so vast, and […]
Talking Broadly with Nadia Marshall
We discovered Nadia through her incredible accessible and interesting books. She’s a gifted Ayurvedic consultant based on the far North […]