When feeling a bit trapped and emotionally low the following questions may help to put things into perceptive. Pause, take a breath, and don’t react automatically. Ask yourself: What am I reacting to? What is it that's really pushing my buttons here? What is it that I think is going to happen here? What's [...]
1) What’s the Setting? Urban-ish or rustic, vegetarian or not, silent or guided, beach or mountain, women or both genders—retreats come in all shapes and types. Make sure you like the space and geographical area. Find out whether the retreat leader is aligned with your values. Are there chairs suitable for meditating in? Are there other activities [...]
This is a guided visualisation I recorded live on New Years Day 2018 at The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Enjoy a little trip to India to help start your New Year xx Tammie
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all of the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." – Rumi If you identify any of the below take a moment to ground this in your awareness so when you notice it happening again, you can challenge the [...]
After a while you no longer need stuff and your attention turns to purpose. Things don’t excite you as much as experiences and you just want to feel good, alive, connected. Here are 10 steps to help you on the path to living a meaningful life: Slow down, breathe, bringing a mindful presence throughout [...]
On our New Years trip to Sri Lanka I arranged a singing bowl massage workshop in Colombo at The Om Space with Serena Burgess. This was a lovely relaxing way to while away an afternoon as you can see from the photos below. Serena asked me if there was anything special I wanted her to [...]
Even though this is what you think you are going to look like when in Morocco, the girls from "Sex in the City 2", reality may be a bit different. Here are some tips for January weather in Marrakech where it can we warm in the day and cold at night. 1 Bring Scarfs [...]
Amongst the Oxford Dictionaries word of the year for 2016 was "Hygge" a Danish term defined as “a quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being.” Pronounced “hoo-ga,” the word is said to have no direct translation in English, though “cozy” comes close. It derives from a sixteenth-century Norwegian term, [...]
Imagine this ....... You gently wake to the sound of nature after a restful sleep. You stretch and smile and remember where you are, yes in Bali on a Womens Mindfulness Retreat, in the middle of the jungle, yay! and today is a very special day, a total gift to yourself, a day of [...]
