Don’t just drift through life, live intentionally
If you don’t make the time to work on creating the life you want, you’re eventually going to be forced to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don’t want. If we don’t have a ‘true north’ in our...
View ArticleThe downsides of relying on health fads
instead, take a whole system approach to your wellbeinG!Have you noticed the wave of self-help fads telling you an ‘ice-bath’ first thing in the morning and that bizarre massage with the sucky-things...
View ArticleBuild your inner steadiness amidst the turmoil of the world
Our world can often feel more turbulent and uncertain than ever. Yet, we don’t seem to take a moment to realise that WE are most likely feeding the frenzy ourselves!Many of us give away our power to...
View Article6 Ways to Build your Inner Steadiness and Strength
When everything seems so uncertain and turbulent, yoga encourages us to look inward to find a stable sense of reality. Last week I shared how we can connect to our inner steadiness through becoming...
View ArticleMental Health Awareness – why we are making it worse, not better
With Mental Mental Health Awareness Week being this week 18th-24th September, I’ve been getting plenty of requests for workplace yoga so workplaces can join in the on the theme. This is good up to a...
View ArticleWhat is stability, really?
Recently I moved into my new home, that I’m proud to own and very much enjoying. Someone said to me recently ‘that’s good, now you’ll have some stability’. That got me thinking, what is ‘stability’...
View ArticleEmbracing Difficulty as a way to a Life Lived Fully
“Our idea of happiness may be the very thing that’s preventing us from being happy” – Thich Nhat HanhCompared with any time in history nearly all of us have riches, comfort and convenience our...
View ArticleEverybody is a genius
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live it’s whole life believing that it is stupid” – Albert EinsteinTo me, this quote reflects the state of our...
View ArticleWhy family conflict is not always a bad thing
The spiritual leader Ram Dass once said; “If you think you’re enlightened, spend a week with your family.”Most of us immediately know what he means.For many of us this is a time of year for family,...
View ArticleThis time of year……a slippery slope
Christmas is a time when social conditioning is strong. The human hive mind is on full power, almost reaching a collective madness as the western world goes into hyper-consumerist mode. The focus...
View ArticleWe are all looking for meaning in our life
Do you find yourself asking the question ‘Is this all there is in life?’The hype of Christmas day and all the promised happiness, and New Years celebrations may for many be masking an undercurrent of...
View ArticleAre you stuck in the swamp of ‘Aboutism?’
As we begin a new calendar year you might be starting to think about how you are going to set yourself up to make 2024 the best year yet.So you ‘like’ events on social media, catch up with family and...
View ArticleCreate openings for your purpose to emerge
“Purpose emerges through you when you use the greatest gifts of who you are to positively impact or influence what matters to you, while being or becoming someone that you deeply respect and admire” –...
View ArticleWho do you want to be in 5 years time?
3 questions to ask yourself, to live with more purpose and courage For 7 years, I had no home address.This was more of a problem for banks, accountants and insurance companies, than it was for myself I...
View ArticleWho you surround yourself with, matters
Who you surround yourself with has a huge influence on your behaviour – it impacts your view of the world, what you think is possible, and what you expect of yourself. If you are more often than not...
View ArticleCamping on my own
I recently returned from a week’s camping trip on my own in my tent. I stayed in some fairly remote places, where I could enjoy the simplicity of living close to nature, soaking up the goodness of...
View ArticleDon't just drift through life, live with intention
If you don’t make the time to work on creating the life you want, you’re eventually going to be forced to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don’t want. If we don’t have a ‘true north’ in our...
View ArticleThe courage to be disliked
I truly believe we have a bit of a people-pleasing culture in New Zealand. This might be a bit of a controversial thing to say, but usually, these ‘social norms’ are the type of thing that are ‘best...
View ArticleAre you trying to 'fix' the ones you love?
“The best way to help others is to help ourselves, and so lead by example” – Peter CroneWe try to ‘fix’ othersIt’s really hard to see the people we most care about in our lives, going through...
View ArticleThe Shortness of Life
Our life is really quite short. So why do we give so many of our hours, days and weeks away to distraction, serving someone else’s purpose, and other people’s expectations? And why do we seem to...
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