“As the ancient sages all confirm, everything softens in time. If we want to soften while still alive, we have to bring our hurt places into the light.” ~ Mark Nepo I hope that as the days become colder here in the southern hemisphere, you practice becoming kinder to yourself. Due to a personal accident …
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke I have been pondering on what to share with you in this email – I tend to hold myself to some very high standards! As I came across …
Inhale, lengthening your spine up towards the sky. Exhale, softening your chest. Allow your arms to fall gently to your sides and visualise champagne bubbles flowing through your arms. Imagine the lightness. Think of something or someone that makes you smile – and smile. What if there was a little more ease in your body …
I hope that this week has unfolded with relative ease for you. I’ve heard a lot of people in my environment using the phrase “it’s a busy time” — and all the more reason to pause and drink the glass of water slowly… According to Chinese astrology, this is the year of hope and so …
Welcome to a year of curiosity, wonder and possibility. May you connect with spaciousness and that which is already beautiful in you. There is an opportunity to begin the year with a deep sense of calm and wellbeing on our first retreat of the year. You will be guided and supported through reflection, embodied practices, …
“In any moment you can become the loving witness, loving awareness. It’s why we sit in meditation, why we practice—not to have a particular special amazing experience and hold your breath hoping it will last—but to sit with heartbreak and love.” As this year comes to an end I’m aware that for most of us …
I hope that your day has started with ease and that you are making the most of the warmer weather. I’ve been fortunate to start my day with a swim in the ocean and being witness to whales breaching not too far away. I truly am grateful for the gift of mother nature. I’m recently …
An Interpretation | COMING HOME TO YOUR TRUE NATURE: this is the theme for our next retreat at Temenos. What do we mean when we say this? To be honest, I guess there are various interpretations of this – and I’d like to share my mine. I hope it resonates with you. I assess that …
A Women’s Retreat | “When we are willing to risk venturing into the wilderness, and even becoming our own wilderness, we feel the deepest connection to our true self and to what matters the most.” ~ Brené Brown Please join us (or gift your friend, mother, daughter or partner) for a Woman’s weekend away in …
An Invitation to Dance with Grief | I hope that you are experiencing the change of season with ease and that you may find some comfort in what I have to share with you here. Change = loss and the one thing I know for sure is that we will all experience loss in our …