by Alison | May 5, 2022 | meditation, self care, wellbeing
How long is it since you had a holiday? And how long since you took a holiday before you were exhausted, when you could really enjoy it? With all the travel restrictions of the last couple of years, I’m guessing that more of us than usual are long overdue for a...
by Alison | Apr 22, 2022 | malas, meditation, mindfulness
The rudraksha seeds used in our malas are actually seeds from the fruits of the rudraksha tree or Elaeocarpus ganitrus, an evergreen tree which can grow large, with trunks almost a metre wide. The seeds may have 1 to 14 faces, with 5 faces and segments being the...
by Alison | Jul 12, 2021 | healthy eating, meditation, mindfulness
What is your relationship with chocolate like? Do you find it easy to limit yourself to just one or two pieces? Or do you munch through an entire bar all too easily?! Trying a chocolate meditation could help you to reset and enjoy chocolate more mindfully. Try this...
by Alison | Sep 9, 2020 | emotions, healing, meditation, mental health, self care, wellbeing, yoga
In my yoga and therapy practice, particularly in my work with new mothers, people often say to me that they have no time to themselves, and certainly no time to sit in meditation. I know from my own experience of early motherhood that there really was no time to call...
by Alison | Sep 9, 2020 | emotions, healing, meditation, mental health, self care, wellbeing, yoga
In Buddhism, as well as in yoga philosophy, there is a term maitri, which means loving-kindness or friendliness. Imagine someone you hold most dear: a partner, a parent, a child. Feel that very simple and uncomplicated love – an unconditional love which...
by Alison | Sep 9, 2020 | emotions, healing, meditation, mental health, self care, wellbeing, yoga
How many times during the day are you truly in the present moment? How many times are you mindful of your actions, your breath, your body, your thought processes? For many of us, it is very few. We may move through our day on auto-pilot, dwelling on something from...
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