Meditation

I’ve been living in a world of noise recently. One of our neighbours is having some building work done. They told us it would take around six months, but just recently it’s been relentless. The power tools start up at, or before, 7am. The banging. The trucks, bobcats, and countless other machines. On top of […]

You’ve probably heard of the 12 days of Christmas.. You probably know it as a song… you know, the one with a partridge in a pear tree? But do you know when the actual 12 days are? I’d always, in the back of my head, thought of them as the 12 days running up to

I’m sure you’ve had them… Those recurring dreams when you’re completely unprepared for something. My ususal one, is I’m about to sit an exam and I suddenly realise I haven’t revised for it. Or I’ve revised completely the wrong subject. Let me just put it out there, this was never me. I was a total

A sense of balance, we are told, is essential for our wellbeing. But there are many aspects to this. There’s our physical balance, our mental health balance and our overall life balance. It’s all a balancing act in itself. My star sign is Libra – the scales – which signifies balance. So you’d think I’d

I’m facing more surgery tomorrow. The third now on my right foot. The initial surgery was supposed to ‘fix’ the osteoarthritis pain in my foot & ankle. But of course, I had to be different. The second surgery was to try to help, but it didn’t really make any difference. So this really is a

A former student of mine has recently ventured onto the Balearic island of Ibiza. Despite being a UNESCO World Heritage Site, recognised for its cultural and historical significance, it’s probably better known as the party island of the Mediterranean. I visited there in my late 20s. In fact I went on a 2wentys holiday package

I recently sat in on a webinar featuring Australian athlete Cathy Freeman talking about meditation and mindfulness. Particularly around when she runs, when she was competing and the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She said before racing she would need to relax her toes. Do some deep breathing to release tension and tightness and find a quietness

I don’t know about you but I’ve been feeling really discombobulated of late (I’ve always wanted to write that word in my blog😉). There just seems to be so much stuff happening. I think it began with Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. Cutting short our holiday and rushing home to prepare. The waiting for it to hit,

No, I haven’t lost my ability to write! The headline is from the ’90s dance track Insomnia, by Faithless. Insomnia, or an inability to sleep, is a very real condition for many, many people. Whether it’s not being able to fall asleep when you first go to bed. Or whether it’s that 3am wake-up that

I’m always talking about the benefits of nature. Of course, I’m not unique in this… there’s so much research that shows being in nature has a positive impact on our health — physically, mentally, and emotionally. But after recent events, it got me thinking. Ironically, this beautiful, gentle thing called nature with all its healing