The Sufi poet Rumi once wrote, “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” Through my life the self reflection inspired by a yoga, mediation and EFT practice have…
Posts tagged "meditation"
On a Road Trip with Fear
I recently started reading ‘Big Magic’ by Elizabeth Gilbert and laughed out load as she describe her relationship to fear. It was refreshing to hear a successful author like her talk about fear around creativity and how each time she starts a new writing project,…
Tips to Boost Emotional Metabolism
Have you ever felt emotionally blocked or constipated? Or like so much has happened in life you just can’t process it all? According to Ayurveda we are actually ingesting all the experiences of our life, and just like ingesting food we also need to digest….
Why Feelings Are Smarter Than Thoughts & 3 Tips to Translate Them
Have you ever had a feeling about something but couldn’t explain why you knew it was right? A gut instinct? A hunch? And have you ever chosen not to listen to that gut instinct simply because you couldn’t give a logical explanation for it, but…
Letting Go Made Easy, 3 Simple Tips
There is nothing more frustrating to me at times than being told to “let it go.” I get that crazy punch-them-in-the-face mental flash, then have to remind myself I’m a yogi and repeat ahimsa, non-violence, until I chill out. This phrase can trigger me so…
Why We Don’t Meditate and How to Get Over It
The international Mindful in May campaign has inspired me to dedicate May to meditation and to sharing with you the useful tips and information I’ve learned over the years that have helped me develop a meditation practice. Mediation has improved my life in so many ways…
Dealing with My Sh*t in a Sensory Deprivation Float Tank
This week I tried out the new Sydney Float Centre in Brookvale and admittedly felt nervous about booking my first appointment for an hour long sensory deprivation float tank session. I’ve always struggled with claustrophobia, but being a yogi and meditator the curiosity to explore…
Do You Know What Stillness Is?
We’ve all heard references to “stilling, quieting, clearing or bringing peace to the mind,” and as many times as I’ve heard such phrases only recently did someone challenge me to ask myself how well I really understood what it meant. You’d think studying yoga for…
