Being human
and life's little mysteries

It’s been said that the health of the spine reveals the health of a whole system. Afterall, the spine is a superhighway to the life force...

For many people, the past 6 months have felt chaotic, stagnant, a waiting game, rapidly changing…life has felt uncertain. Some have used...

Lessons learned from the Coastal Path : a summer update Hiking, or rambling as they call it here in England, has always been a favourite...

When we’re born, we don’t realise that we are setting out on what will be an unknown, epic journey.  A life unfolds over a long time, and...

self isolation, day 32 Dear Diary, I’m sorry I haven’t written. It’s not that I haven’t wanted to, haven’t had monologues in my mind...

Self-isolation day 07 This is an invitation, a calling out to all your Hive-Minded Yogis and friends who are working on an inspiring...

Why yes, aged-Genexers huddled into a little self-protective fetal position, it is. Self-isolation, Day 04, 05, 06, 07. It’s all...

Self Isolation Day 3. Today started exceedingly badly. My son was told he would be taken out of school a day early to mitigate the risk...

Hello Friends, We are living through extra-ordinary times. Unprecedented times. Times that maybe even will give rise to social...

entropy. dissonance. chaos. These are words we normally associate with times of tension and lack of clarity, and they may even resonate...

How many times have you heard that all it takes to be happy is a full heart and goodwill, and then things go so wrong that you want to...

Asana + Insight : Seeing the forest through the trees March 20 at Indaba Yoga Studio 2:30-5pm This extended class will shine a lens on...

For a reason I cannot recall, I refused to go on the site visit with my parents and sister, and they wound up leaving me in the car on my...

The word ‘interbeing’ has been used by the Vietnamese Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh to describe our fundamental connectedness with all...

Identification with the fluctuations of mind is stopped by practice and non-attachment. In our relative world, growth, transformation and...

Most of us have regular opportunities to break out of our comfort zone, a chance to try something new. Whether that is waking up a little...

om. asato mā sad gamaya tamaso mā jyotir gamaya, mṛtyor mā amṛtaṁ gamaya. oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ. Lead me from the unreal to the real,...

Where do we go when we disappear? What risks would you take if you weren’t so attached to your name, face, physicality, reputation? Can...

Choose any given day on a street corner in a bustling city, and you will see bodies in motion.  All around, sirens scream, motors throb,...

In my life, I have never seen a time with so much instability that appears to be so widely out of our control. According to the press,...