Beauty in Breathing

Sunday is a great opportunity to sit for longer, meditating. There's less going on, people are occupied with their own hobbies and pursuits. I've been doing a breathing practise centred on repeating the same few phrases on rotation. What I love about this, is the expansiveness it produces mentally and at the same time, the …

Sharing

Time stretches to enable you, when intentions become actions, I've learned. Accommodating what we need or want in a schedule isn't an obstacle of time, but willingness. Self-care goes through phases and I've come to know when it slips, as the right time to shift into a new routine. Changes in life had motivated me to …

Letter 1

In my recent post, Return to Sender, I wrote that, "blogging used to feel like writing to a friend – a slow, enjoyable conversation. I’m returning to that style." Something that's led on from journalling and meditation recently felt a good place to begin. For years I've been using journaling and meditation as a way to detach from …

25 Great Reads

I've put together a list of non-fiction, inspired by the 'BUD principle' I read about in Satish Kumar's, 'Earth Pilgrim'. His mother taught him that things ought to be, "Beautiful, useful and durable." These books fit that principle. It isn't an exhaustive list, there are many more books I have enjoyed or found helpful; so …