Being human
and life's little mysteries

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...

Whole grains have been a part of the human diet for tens of thousands of years, and apparently lower the risk of diabetes, heart disease...

…and spinach! This is my scrumptious Spinach Soup Recipe. It is simple, flavorful and nutritious. Please tell me how yours tastes once...

…but the real winning is in having the courage to get wet. Bhagavan Das once told me ‘Life is messy, you’ve got to roll your sleeves up...

The autumn time of year is a delight for witnessing change. Down here in Surrey, the chestnuts are opening up for the taking; fungi of...

Memory (Smrti) is the calling up or retaining of past experiences. The Yoga Sūtras of Patanjali The reasons for holding a secret – a kept...

This is a client’s story of his journey of Rolfing together with Primal Therapy, as expressed by himself. A butterfly in their chrysalis...

A childhood memory: It’s 3am, pitch black and freezing outside. A few of us huddle together in my aunt’s barn, blankets around our...

Ōm Namo Bhagavatē Vāsudevāya Invocation to Vāsudevaya, the one replete with all Divine virtues, the granter of liberation. Ekadashaksara...

When it’s a Dark and Stormy Night, you’re in a touch of bad weather. As a girl I was a Snoopy fanatic, in fact, one of my great parenting...

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,...

Earth Space Heavens. We meditate on the Divine light of the radiant source. May that inspire our hearts and thoughts. – Gayatri Mantra,...

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,...

yad yad ācarati śreṣṭhas tat tad evetaro janaḥ sa yat pramāṇaṁ kurute lokas tad anuvartate yat—whatever; yat—and whichever; acarati—does...

satyam brūyāt priyam brūyāt na brūyāt satyam apriyam priyam anritam na brūyāt esha dharmah sanātanah ~ Manusmriti 4:138 This Sanskrit...