Who’s your daddy?
I recently returned from a very healing month in South India (the adjustment to Brussels has been tough, I’m not gonna lie!). It was great being offline and out of touch for a while because it …
Another Big Cycle of Endings and Beginnings
Following on from its conjunction with Monday’s inspiring new Moon in the last degrees of Sagittarius (December 18th), Saturn moves into a very potent alignment (known as cazimi, the closest possible conjunction) with our Sun …
Finding freedom where you are
Several years ago my daughter asked Thich Nhat Hanh a question: “How can I be free when everyone is always telling me what to do?” Ahem.
New moon, new impetus for change
Today the Moon meets the Sun in Libra beginning a new month-long cycle which will especially reveal issues in relationship – how you handle them and with whom. Uranus is directly opposite the Sun and Moon, …
Gratitude and non-attachment
There is a lot of change happening in my life lately (I know I am not alone in this experience, but hey, this is my blog!). Big changes have marked my entire life and each one …
Fear is a sign to come home to yourself
Fear seems to be a major driver in our world these days and adds to a generalised feeling of instability and upset that requires constant examination and rebalancing, lest we get sucked into the turmoil. A …
Stay healthy this fall with Haldi Doodh (and be trendy at the same time!)
In the 1990s, I heard yoga teacher Nischala Joy Devi say: “Yoga is very popular these days, but what is popular isn’t yoga.” This really struck me back then, and now it seems the same can …
Life is a good teacher and a good friend
“Life is a good teacher and a good friend. Things are always in transition, if we could only realize it. Nothing ever sums itself up in the way that we like to dream about. The off-center, …
Impermanence is the fountain of youth!
When effort is needed, effort will appear. When effortlessness becomes essential, it will assert itself. You need not push life about. Just flow with it and give yourself completely to the task of the present moment, …
Calm your mind quickly
3 Steps to Calm your Mind Fast – it’s all in your hands! Most of us are so hyper-stimulated these days it’s hard to stop the compulsive thinking stirred up by the hectic pace of modern …