How can I achieve complete freedom and peace? This existential question and this longing that has driven spiritual seekers throughout the ages, brought me to discover the path of Yoga. 
My journey with yoga began with the idea of finding the ‘best’ yoga practice. Nowadays there are so many different approaches of yoga out there, and I tried many different ‘styles’, philosophies, and teachers with the hope of coming to a greater understanding and mastery of this path. I thought that if I practiced one hour of particular body postures, one hour of particular breathing exercises, one hour of part ..read more

If we see human consciousness comprising of more than just a personality (often referred to as the lower nature), the existence of a higher consciousness or Higher Self could be considered that of the soul. Our soul experiences life on the physical plane through our body, it can be perceived as a ‘vehicle’ or ‘outer agent’ for the soul. We are an expression of the soul’s consciousness; the personality is its ambassador on Earth and the soul controls our expression on the physical plane.  An understanding of our soul’s purpose on Earth not only conveys insights into the work we are here to ..read more

I am not a psychologist nor a therapist, so I don’t claim to know what those professionals know.  However, what I do know are my own experiences and what I have learned from them. We all have sorrows, pain, regrets, and lack of forgiveness which we bring from our childhood into our adulthood. I have and so have you. We all have talked to people who have told their stories, or we have read those stories or seen films about those stories. They’re out there, and some of them are dramatic and sad, to say the least. Our inner child lives with us in our adulthood. Our inner child lives with us ..read more

Intentions are wonderful things, and we usually genuinely mean them when we make or have them.  Once we have made an intention, we feel good about ourselves, and it gives us an uplift.  Perhaps at that moment we can see things more clearly. However, life is life, and often things get in the way, and we don’t or can’t always fulfil our intentions. Time also may make us think or feel that perhaps those intentions were not as significant as we had initially thought. Often our intentions are made either by emotional or mental reactions to a situation. The keyword here is ‘reaction’. In t ..read more

It’s so easy to say something as a throw away comment and not realise the impact it has on someone else until it’s too late. Maybe you were being flippant, sarcastic, or funny, but it didn’t land quite the way you intended. And all hell breaks loose. We’ve all been there. I’ll be the first to pop my hand in the air and admit that one. When we aren’t fully concentrating or conscious of our words or are spinning too many plates while we can slip up and say something we didn’t mean. Maybe we simply used the wrong words. We’ll apologise but do we learn going forwards to perhaps be a bit more prese ..read more

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Trust is the destiny builder, the ultimate choice of what we will give ourselves to. There is, in the will of creation, a wish for freedom and a promise of cherishment. But to Trust that life means us no harm, that it is faithful to its vow of benevolence, is not so easy. There are many bumps in the road that cause us to forget the kindness of life. Difficulties that move us out of the heart and into the mind’s chaotic catacombs of what was or what will be. The mind does search for things it can trust and rely on; ground where it can stand without falter but what the mind creates is always a f ..read more

Psychic who claims to connect with animals and dead people says ‘miracles happen’ when you communicate through love By Eleanor Fleming, PA Real Life A psychic who claims she can connect with loved ones and pets, dead or alive, has said “miracles happen” when people communicate through love. Susan Allen, 60, who lives in Los Angeles, said she was born with a gift which meant she could communicate with animals, including dogs, cats, and horses, as early as two years old. She explained that she felt “very sensitive” around animals, and she remembers having a deep connection with a stray cat which ..read more

In my experience, the 3 most important words in the English language are “I was wrong.” Those words have shaped my life in wonderful ways. Several years ago, my youngest son, Parker, took a year off from college, and together we built a sailboat from scratch. It was hard, because neither he nor I had ever built a boat. During one part of the project, we worked for an entire day planking a small section of the hull. The process had been hot, long, and tedious. The next morning, the light was different, and I could see that the method I had chosen for the prior day’s work had produced a result t ..read more

Imagine you wake up one day and slip on the human identity you have, clothing for your spiritual self if you like. Then you become the star of a story, a story of ups and downs, a story of challenge, change, of defeat and success. In this story, this play that is the life you have before you, all sorts of interactions some trials and some sweet moments of connection. You love, you laugh, and you learn what life is all about, the hardships and knocks of not knowing what is next. Imagine for a moment that this person taking part is not the real you at all, instead a player, a character your soul ..read more