Post Archive: August, 2013

Stop striving.

I came across the following in one of Sarah Wilson’s blogs; Throughout the class, when inviting us to take a pose further, she repeats this: “It’s just something to do” You know, no other purpose. No big aim. No mandate. Just to try it. She follows with something a few of my yoga and meditation teachers have shared over the…

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Comfort zones – how comfortable are they really?

In Kinesiology we talk a lot about sabotage programs and what I mean by this is that we have mental programs in place to prevent us from changing too much. We have these so we stay safe, inside our comfort zones, nice and cushy. But these cushy comfort zones don’t always serve us. In keeping safe, it often means keeping us…

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These are a few of my favourite things…

Laughing uncontrollably with friends where words and half sentences are enough to keep you in hysterics. When the train comes – just as I get to the platform. When I sneeze and then discover a tissue in my bag. Iphones. For making life so much easier. Airports. Taking off. Arriving. Meeting and picking up friends. Random encounters with strangers who…

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I bet you’re so wrong about this.

When I was working in corporate a few years back, disliking it greatly, I came across the following question; “What would happen if everything I thought was ‘wrong’ was actually ‘right’?” It’s from Conversations with God and I remember writing it on a post it note and sticking it on my monitor. Each day I would read it and remind…

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