‘there is within us all a flame that burns where no winds come’.. this resonated so much that still whenever I find myself feeling challenged, overwhelmed or just simply in need of a moment of calm stillness, I light a candle, think of these beautiful powerful words and watch how even the most flickering flame eventually finds its center.
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Taking your yoga practice onto an unstable surface like water is one of the best ways to cultivate a heightened sense of body awareness. Coming back to one of the most fundamental foundations of our practice from Patanjalis Yoga Sutra-’yoga citta vritti nirodaha’-loosely translated to ‘focusing on an object exclusively without distraction’
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we can however find strength within our bodies and mind by accessing our ‘true center’ around that magical place between our navel and spine, described so eloquently by the late great Bruce Lee when he said “my strength comes from my abdomen, it’s the center of gravity and the source of real power”
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Have you ever taken a moment to ask yourself what exactly is it that dictates our life’s journey? .
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Perhaps you too have found yourself sometimes in places that almost feel like you’re suspended in time, which simply allow you to experience the present moment with exquisite detail and clarity ! For me these moments are often out on the water on my treasured paddle board 💙and luckily last time I had my notepad and pen to hand 🖋..
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If you’re a Pisces fish like me or any other water sign, you may well have a natural affinity to this fluid life force ! I find water to be by far the most calming element on earth, and on a recent walk through the woods here in our beautiful alpine village, I came across the most wonderful spot on a large stone almost in the middle of the Kleine Simme river which flows down through the forest from higher altitudes with the most crystal clear melted snow.
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As we move deeper into Autumn along with cooler temperatures and shorter days, we are also moving into a time that in Traditional Chinese Medicine is considered to be a time where the element of Metal dominates- that which cools, cuts, reflects and separates.
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Whatever you believe to be the case, the last year may well have led every one of us down a road of inward reflection.. perhaps questioning if we’re really doing what ‘floats our boat’ .. and if not why ? Shouldn’t we all …
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A year down the line from when COVID 19 came along and impacted our lives in ways we could never before have imagined , we may all be thinking differently now about how we live in the world .
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When the Saturn and Jupiter conjunction began on winter solstice, it was believed that the sparkling light it created could have been very similar to that which was said to be The star of Bethlehem!
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These unprecedented times will have brought out the best and worst in some of us, particularly as we can often have very strong beliefs about the rights and wrongs of health and well being ..
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Unlike bears however , well most ;-) it’s important for us to keep up our home yoga practice and sometimes when it’s dark and cold outside we don’t always feel like jumping up and onto our mat , but if there’s one thing …
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I have been studying with a wonderfully gifted lady recently called *Angela Chambers who created an amazing course called The Five , about ancient Chinese wisdom and the Five Elements - Wood , Fire , Earth …
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We hear all the time how important it is to not bother too much about material possessions but seeing it written down made me think again about this in a little more depth. It’s natural of course to want a nice place to call home …
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These strange times we now find ourselves living in with uncertainty about what the future holds has for many of us I’m sure been unnerving , and it’s often in our nature to want to know what’s coming or at least have an …
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“It was when I stopped searching for home with others, and lifted the foundations of home within myself, I found there were no roots more intimate than those between a mind and body that have decided to be whole” .. Rupi Kaur
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We can however always take solace in the fact that life goes on, like a figure of 8 it is infinite and in so many ways simply magical ✨ just like Erica Hanson so beautifully puts it in her poem ..
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Whilst having a sort through box files recently, I found my yoga teacher training final presentation and was reminded with joy of the reason why I included this quote from the late great Jim Morrison. It was reminder to always be true …
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