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YOGA – A LIVING PRACTICE

When we begin to take Yoga off the mat and incorporate it into our daily lives it becomes a living, breathing practice that we are actually engaged in moment by moment, encouraging us to wake up and be present.  To truly pay attention to the extraordinary world around us. 

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WRITING TO CONNECT WITH LIFE

It is almost one year since I started to write this blog.  You can see a list of my previous posts here. Back then, I set myself an intention to write a piece every month to share with you and so far I have just about managed to do that.  I don’t know why it has at times been…

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THE TRUTH ABOUT TRUTH

Many of us believe that being truthful equates solely with honesty. In other words refraining from telling lies or falsehoods to others.  But what if living truthfully goes way beyond this?  What if it also includes being honest with ourselves, moving out of a place of self delusion or avoidance and instead being able to face any situation, thought…

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WHEN SCIENCE FICTION BECOMES REALITY

As a child, I remember watching Star Trek and being fascinated by the idea of talking to somebody on a screen.  Actually, I was both fascinated and alarmed.  It seemed a bit of a ridiculous concept to me and one which I was grateful I would never experience as it was so far-fetched.  These people were often millions of…

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FINDING YOUR VOICE

Imagine a world where all of Earth’s creatures were silent.  The call of wild geese, the roaring of lions and the howling of wolves all silenced.  Where nobody spoke and nobody listened.  What a devastatingly poor and awful world that would be. And yet we as humans, supposedly one of the smartest creatures on Earth, silence ourselves and others…

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