~Discover 4 ways to unglue procrastination and move in the direction of your dreams~ By Sandi Murphy We all procrastinate in some form or another. I’ve been saying to myself for two years now that I would love to book a series of singing lessons to explore my voice so that I might move […]
Autumn is the ideal time for letting go of emotional residue and anything else the body does not need. It is a time to surrender. To release. To exhale. There is a natural tendency during this time of transition to reflect upon what part of our own lives might be out of balance and how […]
Blood. It runs deep with our sisters. Last weekend I sipped and spilled, blood red wine in front of the fire with my true blood sister while my other wise women friends gathered in circle. It’s that time of the month where we join to celebrate the new moon by planting seeds of intention, by […]
Occasionally you come across a poem or piece of prose that resonates so deeply that you feel like it touches your soul. So it is with ‘The Invitation’ by Oriah Mountain Dreamer. Happily, I am finding that more and more of my conversations (most certainly on workshops and retreats) go like this… Enjoy! Amanda x The Invitation […]
Guilt. That feeling that can kick in for some, when we give to ourselves. Driving us to do what we “should” at the expense of doing what we want. Meeting other people’s needs at the expense of our own. Ladies, I think it’s time to let the guilt go and get selfish. I facilitate a […]
Life is a spiral. There’s a time to act and there’s a time to rest and then we begin again… As I’m reclining on a bolster on the mat in Supta Baddha Konasana, souls of my feet together at the start of a Slow and Steady yoga practise, Sandi (my partner, Soul Guide and fave yoga teacher), reminds us that spirals are everywhere in the natural world.
What is the soul ? In order to be happy, well and free in our lives it helps to understand what constitutes our real, authentic self. “The body – mind and soul – are like a tripod. The world stands by their combination; in them everything abides. This combination exists for the sake of conscious […]
How present are you? In life, many of us are driven to either create a fabulous future for ourselves or to spend a lifetime in our quest to resolve the issues that affect and limit us. There is nothing wrong with either of these approaches but there is a weakness in them.
Why is ‘reflection’ valuable? We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.
Why go on a wellness retreat? Here are our top ten reasons for encouraging you to come along and do it.