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Marriage History
Around the world, family-arranged alliances have gradually given way to love matches, and a transition from an agricultural to a market economy plays a big role in that transition Parents historically controlled access to inheritance of agricultural land. But with the...
Love is…
Love is like a cloud Love is like a dream Love is 1 word & everything in between Love is a fairytale come true I found Love when I found u
Helpful hints for a stress-free wedding
Your wedding day will be one of the most memorable days of your life. You want it to run smoothly and you want to minimize stress. Ive put together a few tips to reduce the stress so you can increase the fun, the love and the joy!! Keep yourself hydrated and...
I Can Fly
I've been painting in the last little while. This image is an experiment on wings. Giving space to my work is unusual. But I like it. Its really unusual to see a canvas so bare. In real life this canvas is very textured, It has layers and layers and layers behind it....
Trust
I sat quietly and just let emotions flow through me. It was an interesting exercise. To look at it in real life it has much , much more texture and depth. here though, it looks a little flat. Part of my process lately has been very much to be in the present and allow...
My nest.
How do you describe the distance left by years of separation. The kind of distance that doesn't grow, but rather, still feels like the pain of that first moment of separation. That emptiness, that feeling of something, some part of your body being ripped off and...
I’m building a nest
Yes, that's right, a nest. A great big giant empty nest. It's an installation piece that is placed out on the foreshore while the tide is at its lowest point and then removed when the tide is coming back in. When I heard about it, I started thinking about the way the...
Imagination or Inspiration?
Which is better? I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately; which one is better to facilitate solid creative outcomes, the actual work. I flutter about, daydream and get distracted a lot. But 2015 is going to be the year of productivity! Are we better when we...
Connections with the earth
Sometimes we forget we have bodies. That is such a true statement for me. If I’m in the studio, or at the computer, anytime I am engrossed in what I am doing, I can forget to move, forget the connection I have with my body. I’m reading a book called ‘The Art of...
Summer Solstice Celebration
So, here we are, right smack bang in the middle of summer. So much has happened since my winter solstice. When we have big and profound events occur in our life, it gives us markers from which we measure time. Looking back, my journey from there to here, from dark to...
Everyday Ritual; your pathway to daily peace and expanded creativity
We know already that rituals help us mark the ebb and flow of our life journey, celebrations and passing and transitions of all descriptions. However, rituals hold the power to enhance and beautify the small moments of each day as well. The simple rituals you perform...
7 steps to get back on track
A couple of weeks ago I posted about how I was feeling pretty cruddy and the seven main things I discovered most people experience when they are down. So I thought it would be cool to share the things I did (continue to do) to help me get into a better space. You know...
Judith Knowles Lock
Judith is very accomplished woman having travelled the world and worked as a clinical psychologist for over thirties years. Judith has Muscular Dystrophy and when I met her she wanted to share the story of her life and her friends and family. This is Judiths inspiring...
Natural Disasters
These are stories from people who volunteer in times of crisis and natural disaster. This story is from an podcast series and live storytelling show I ran from 2009-2011.
Life Changing Moments
Have you ever had a moment that changed your life? A time that you can look back on and know that that was when your life changed, that moment? Dave had that moment, he shares his story about how it changed his life. This story is from an podcast series and...
Travel Wave
Ever noticed how people acknowledge each other on the road? This story is from an podcast series and live storytelling show I ran from 2009-2011.
Day of the Daisy
A story about not giving up on love. What kind of crazy things have you done to get someones attention? How many times have you gone back after you have been rejected? Do you try a different tactic, or do you give up? In fact when should you walk away? This story is...
Aye, What a lovely arse
A story about finding our place when we don’t think that we fit Beautifully told by Sean Dowling. Its a story about our childhood ideas about where we fit in and who we are, and how sometimes we underestimate how valuable we are to others, even if they can express...
Seven indicators that little voice in your head is an asshole
A little while ago I was feel like crud most of the time and nothing seemed to be working. I started reading about happiness in an attempt to find out what I was missing. Thats when I realised how messy I was. It really hit home because I just seem to miss on every...
Allowing Energy to Flow
My last workshop was about learning the correct alignment so as to ensure your students are not going to injure themselves and to ensure that they get the most out of their practices. Something really shifted in this class for me and has continued to smash me in the...
Anything is Possible
I used to believe I could never own a home, then I bought my own home. I used to believe I could never lose weight, then I lost 30 kilos. I used to believe that I couldn’t even run for the train, then I ran a full marathon (42klm!!). I believe that anything is...
I’m running away to join the circus
Quite a few years ago, signed up to a course of aerial yoga. A few classes in, the friend I was doing it with hurt his back and couldn’t continue, so I didn’t go back either. I was so chicken, I felt like not one part of my body was connected to another. I was so out...
Fear
As part of our training we have to practice teaching. I though this would be easy. I though I could do this with my hands tied behind my back. lol!! I have to set up quite an involved program for for a couple of people around a specific area. I have my partner...
Metaphysical Wellness and Grief
In 1997 I started my Reiki training. I did my training under Tony Van Lambaart. I took a very traditional lineage and the major part of the study was the metaphysics of disease. Since then I have relied upon that knowledge and masters like Louise Hay for guidance on...
Yamas & Niyamas
Yamas and Niyamas can be loosely described as sacred yogic practices, with the Yamas being the big picture stuff, how you are in the world I guess. While the Niyamas are the more personal aspects. On this yoga journey, I’ve had to look at Yamas and Niyamas and...
Each of us have the ability to deepen our intuitive knowing.
When we develop this deep sense of knowing, we can make use of it to help navigate through the sometimes stormy waters of our daily lives; use it to help is make decision that are fulfilling; and most importantly, use it to discover a path that keeps us living in a life we love.
When we learn how to hone our skills and start to pay real attention to our inner voice, we soon discover that it points us in the right direction. Developing a strong intuition and learning to trust it gives us a new way of knowing or seeing the truth without need for explanation, double guessing yourself.