As the days are getting shorter and we are quickly approaching the Winter Solstice, the darkness outside is a reminder of the deeper and (what we consider) “darker” realms within us. As modern day Christmas madness exemplifies it well, we tend to avoid this darkness at all cost. But in this avoidance, we often miss its healing beauty and mystery. The next mont of MindRest is all about embracing the darkness rather than avoiding it.
Read MoreLast Sunday, at MindRest, we looked closely at what keeps us away from fulfilment - not just fulfilment of our particular intention, but fulfilment in life altogether. For most of us, it is clear that it isn’t just circumstances - it is mostly our conditioned beliefs. At this point of the journey, different programs (including mine in the past) , tend to offer different techniques of letting go of what doesn’t serve us. If you have tried this for long enough, you will know that however much you shake it, burn it on sheets of paper and remove it out of your consciousness, it doesn’t work. Here is why. Here is also a different, more loving possibility.
Read MoreLast Sunday, at MindRest, we set our intention for the remaining weeks of this year - an intention of the Heart, not the mind. In this post, I share what I’ve learnt about how to set a powerful intention and how to let the Heart lead. For someone quite academically minded, it has been a life-changing discovery for me. For those of you who feel skeptical and resistant towards such practices, I want to clarify from the onset that there is little spiritual about this, despite appearances.
Read MoreAs we are slowly settling into another lockdown, it is an opportunity to turn inwards, slow down and reframe it as a retreat. It doesn’t have to be beautiful, grandiose and life-changing. It can also be subtle, loving and quiet. I sit in this one and invite you in.
Read MoreJOY, mysterious and unexpected,
You arrive out of the blue
When my heart is unprotected
And I'm not in search of you.
Read More“We are drowning in information, but starved for knowledge.” John Naisbitt. Painfully true, but it seems to me that we are even more starved for space and time to hear our own inner wisdom.
Read MoreAs the wheel of the seasons rolls towards the winter, the darkness outside is calling us to meet to the ‘darkness within’. Yet this meeting is avoided at any cost and some strategies are more subtle than others.
Read MoreOur voice reflects the imbalances of our physical, emotional and mental bodies. It also holds the key to restoring the balance.
Read MoreThe river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear.
Discover the joy of the present moment through the practice of mindfulness.
Read MoreWhen someone speaks of the Truth, we may not hear it with our ears, but something in us still recognises it. It is to that Inner Teacher that I bow most deeply today.
Read MoreIt seems that all of us have different addictions that carry us through our days. We quickly judge some of these addictions as “bad”, others as “good”, creating a polarity that doesn’t really exist. This polarity keeps us away from seeing that all of them have one thing in common - they are a failed and innocent attempt to get happiness somewhere outside of ourselves.
Read MoreAs trees are burning in the Amazonian forest, I am slowly raising my awareness around the horror of Brazilian politics and corporate interests involved. I have to admit, I was fairly ignorant to begin with…The next question that naturally comes is what to do. Perhaps, rather than casting blame and anger, one useful thing that we can all do in the face of current events is to make changes in our own ‘garden’.
Read MoreAn old farmer had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbours came to visit. “Such bad luck,” they said sympathetically. “Maybe,” the farmer replied…
Read MoreHe who knows why can bare any how.
Read MoreFriends and yoga students often share with me that they would love to build a meditation habit, but they find it difficult. Indeed, meditation takes commitment and, for many of us, it is uncomfortable to begin with.
When commitment is required, I find that deep motivation comes with understanding why we do it. Today’s Seeds of Insight is dedicated to this question.
Read MoreIt is mental health awareness week - a good time to ask ourselves whether we are aware as a business. In today’s blog we talk about why you should do yoga and meditate at work. Work-related stress has been shown to have huge long-term implications for people and businesses alike. Recent study by Mercer and YouGov shows that 61% (!) of employees in the UK have experienced mental health issues related to work. And while support is offered, it is often inadequate. Mindfulness works and has tremendous proven benefits for healthy individuals too ranging from improved focus, memory and decision making to (most importantly) a sense of joy.
Read MoreHow do you feel? Nature is blossoming after a long and quiet winter and so are we, right?
Well...for some of us, this is certainly true. But for many others, the season of new beginnings doesn’t feel quite so energising. See why.
