2/50 Spontaneity Sounds Better Than It Is
Spontaneity Something some of us should think about when having a Great Idea. Spontaneity is all well and good when it’s a moment that doesn’t have consequences. For example, it’s spontaneous to suddenly decide to see if you can have a baby. And something a little more permanent when it appears you can. Same with…
Read More1/50 Let’s Do This!
I caught up on email for the first time in a long time today, and to celebrate, I stepped outside for some deep, cold breaths, calmed down for approximately two minutes and then felt immediately overwhelmed for what I had to do next. I made another list as that always makes me feel productive in…
Read MoreYoga Bodies
If you’ve been around the yoga world long enough you will have heard the mantra, yoga is for EVERY body, a lot. A lot, a lot. And for good reason, it’s true! Although just as probably you’ve heard rumblings of disapproval over Instagram images or teachers who venture into the fitness side of classes. All…
Read MoreWanderlust's New Zealand Teachers – View From The Stage
If you follow any NZ yogis on social media then your feed over the last little while may have been a tad overloaded with Wanderlust pics from all those photo-savvy humans who remembered to take a brilliant shot leaping into the air in front of the perfect photo-ready sign. Some of us didn’t. But I…
Read MoreWonderful Wellington
A couple of Thursdays back I popped down to Wellington (my home town of a long time ago) to meet with some of the yoga teachers, studio owners and gorgeous yogis on their home turf. I managed to fit in a couple of classes and can’t wait to return because they were amazing and the…
Read MoreAfter Suicide
Suicide and September. Two words that always go together on my calendar, whether or not there’s a highly promoted Suicide Prevention Day to seek help should you be depressed and suicidal. My family’s twenty-five years seemingly irrelevant, lost in the official and newsworthy yet still tightly bound together forever, regardless, for me, for my mother…
Read MoreTuesday And Goodbye To Tom
This morning was a hot hatha class, strong and purposeful. Then two meetings, loose and funny. Running parallel was the niggle. You know the one. An insistent little voice, monotoning away in the background like an unwanted guest. I come home to my desk and there he is. Tom. Purring, trying to stand but legs…
Read MoreDear Blog Reader
Dear Blog Reader, There has not been a lot of blog lately and I can’t even promise there will be a lot of blog in the near future but there will be some blog today. I was fortunate to have space in the first edition of Wabi Sabi Magazine recently to provide articles from some…
Read MoreSeasonal Dysfunction
Officially, winter it may be, and I’m officially freezing, but some of us still have kaftans and overpriced, hand crafted, Greek slides (free shipping yet a trillion US dollars worth of taxes and tariffs) in their shopping trolleys as they continue to peruse new summer arrivals online. For work. All this cold and confusion, and…
Read MoreGen X
It’s just the two of us today. It’s raining and we joke about our hair as we run from the car to the café. When we sit down my daughter shakes her head and the curls settle with youthful nonchalance. I, on the other hand, grab everything I can of my mop and twist it…
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