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Loss is such a personal individual thing. It overlaps with grief…because we grieve for what we have lost. I remember reading somewhere about five stages of grief…denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. This seems about right to me.

A Sankalpa is a statement, which allows us to bring out the best in ourselves. Its effect is to awaken willpower to realize what we are trying to achieve in this life. Our dharma. . ‘San’ refers to a connection with a higher truth and ‘kalpa’ to a vow or ‘rule to be followed above […]

Capricorn New Moon The final new moon of 2016 is deep in a Mercury retrograde, giving us space to do some evaluating & reviewing of the year gone by and what we have learnt. For many 2016 has been a turbulent year where we have faced our fears and our Self. This new moon is […]

How was 2016 for you? Was it a year where you got what you (thought you) wanted? Was it a year that taught you to reflect upon what really makes you happy? Remember that happiness doesn’t always mean getting what you want! We set goals and have ambitions & imagine that when we attain them […]

I know for me and for many close to me this last year has been one of challenges and self-reflection. A time of recognizing my strengths & my weaknesses and reflecting on who and what matters to me. This last year feels like it has been a time of facing yourself and the world in […]

So here I am four weeks after a spinal fusion operation looking back on my healing journey so far! Well its been a journey of reflection, learning about myself and what matters to me. It’s been a journey of self discovery on many levels. I think many of life’s challenges do this for us….allow us […]

Five ways we can improve our posture How we hold ourselves is proved to be a major factor in how comfortable we are in both body & mind. Poor postural habits can result in pain and discomfort physically & also effect our mood & attitude; literally how we face the world! Now the weather is […]

Loneliness Is more than being alone. We all know the idea ‘feeling lonely in a crowd’ and unfortunately we all know the feeling of being lonely although we are surrounded by people. What is loneliness…the feeling that you are alone isn’t the full story. After all being alone could be described as solitude or retreat […]