What’s your super-power?
How often do we rely on external factors to bring us joy? Think about your 5 senses and how often we are stimulated by them. After all, it’s how we obtain information – through our eyes, ears, tongue, skin and nose. Now what if you removed as much stimulation of your senses as possible – like sitting alone, closing the…
Hardships make us grow in compassion
Hardships make us grow in compassion. When we experience difficult times, we come out of them with greater compassion for others. I was raised in a home where we didn’t take our life for granted. Family in Lebanon were living underground due to war. We would exchange videos via VHS and I would watch in awe at how happy everyone…
Practice, Practice, All is Here
Practice, Practice, All is Here.. We often hear the famous yoga directive, “practice, practice, all is coming..” What is it exactly that is coming? Or is it already here? We often see our lives as very goal-directed. We plan future short term and long term goals (which of course are very good to do) and our yoga practice can often…
How do we still the mind in meditation?
Meditation is often referred to as the stilling of the mind. But what does that mean? How do you make your mind still? When I describe meditation, I often liken it to a moving train. Our thoughts are our thoughts – they will always be there. Coming and going, doing their thing. To cultivate a calm or still mind, think…
A Proven Yoga Technique for Better Sleep
A common complaint that I hear as a yoga teacher from my students is that they have trouble sleeping. I am going to show you a proven yoga technique that has helped so many improve their ability to fall asleep as well as improve their quality of sleep. Keep reading to find out more. Often the biggest reason for lack…
Which Guna are you in your workplace?
This is Tuan, Luuly and their daughter Olivia. Tuan and his wife run a gorgeous little vegan Vietnamese cafe in Melbourne, Olivia Spring. It is my absolute favourite place to eat lunch when I have some child-free time. Sometimes when you go to a busy café or restaurant, the people working there are rushing around attending to the needs of…
It’s Growing on me, mum
A few months ago, we started our kids on Taekwondo lessons. My son wasn’t overly keen, but obliged. After a couple weeks, he started complaining and said he no longer wanted to go. He said that Taekwondo lessons were his least favourite thing to do in the entire week (probably because it required the most discipline!). He was pretty firm…
Having fun in the day to day…
I went ice skating the other day. I haven’t skated since I was probably a teenager. It brought back some fond memories of my childhood! I couldn’t believe the fun I was having. I felt this lightness in my body that I haven’t felt in a long time. I realised that this overwhelming feeling I was experiencing was FUN! I can…
Silence the mind to hear the voice within
Silence. Have you tried it? I mean, really tried it? You’d be surprised how much we fill our days up with noise. Music or radio in the car. Podcasts or audio books to stimulate us while commuting or cooking. Phone calls or text messages to catch up with friends when we have some space in our day. Social media checks…
A small amount of gratitude… changes your world
Do you ever find yourself getting into a habit of self-talk that is not beneficial to you and what you want your life to be? It can be so easy to fall into the trap of complaining about things that we don’t have, that we want more of, or complaining about things not going to plan. It is easy to…
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