The 3 fundamental components necessary to develop a dynamic, living embodied practice. These elements enable you to take meditation and healing off the pillow, and bring your consciousness into daily life. It takes some time and commitment to establish, but healing as you go any resistance or pitfalls is what makes it all come together …
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The appeal of authenticity is obvious. Who would you be if you could just ‘be you?’ What if you didn’t have to worry about what other people think of you? Does your body sigh with relief at the thought of all the freed-up time and energy you’d have? Or do you seize up with fear …
Ho’oponopono can help restore harmony within, and with others When I first encountered the practice known as Ho-oponopono, it was in an interview with Heleaka Hew Len PhD, a Hawaiian psychologist and shamanic practitioner. I took on the simple yet profound forgiveness practice and found immediate benefits in my personal life. Ho’oponopono: I’m sorry, please …
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Winter is that lovely time of year where everything seems to slow down and go within. In the natural world some animals go into hibernation, the growth of plants is slowing right down, the veggies in our garden seem to take their time, the days are short and nights are long. Also, one can experience profound stillness and …
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Surrender Your Stress Anxiety can be overwhelming. If you often feel like the stress of daily life is just too much, you are not alone. With the complexity and pace of our modern existence, millions of people struggle with stress and anxiety every day, which can eave you feeling hopeless and powerless. It’s extremely helpful …
My Dance and Art practices are breath to me. Enlivening and enriching, they provide wild exciting sustenance for my experience of being alive. Each time I step on the open dance floor I am reminded how really good it feels to just move and be. Allowing my busy mind to settle into the background, …
We often may feel: if only all the conditions were perfect, then I could have a good practice. If I would be in an inspiring place, no disturbing sounds, peaceful, and having enough time. But how often do all these favourable conditions come together?
Experience Transcendence Through the Practice of Chanting Deva Premal and Miten are international emissaries of the ancient practice of chanting. And it’s in these modern times of great stress, they say, that we can most benefit from the age old traditions of mantra. Mantras are a bridge to something that slows us down and puts …
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Finding Your Way Back to Your Practice I am no stranger to the yoga funk. And as somone who identifies so strongly with the yogi persona (I write about yoga, edit a yoga magazine and teach yoga) there’s a kind of guilt that comes along with not meeting the percieved expectations of what it means …
In day to day life there might be moments or situations when you feel overwhelmed, overloaded, you might feel that you are going overboard, or that your mind is spinning out of control. It can be very helpful to have a simple tool to help you stay grounded and regain some balance and space. In these situations I …
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