Exciting New Blog Posts - Continuing the Legacy.
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Later today I leave Chiang Mai to Kolkata and then a few days to explore before onto Varanasi. A ‘road-trip’ with my brother Conrad that we never actually got to take in the physical realm, but an important life, death and liberation adventure nonetheless.
I will not lie, I am nervous and ...
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Just a quick post this week, I'm preparign for the India trip to take Conrad to Varanasi and I feel a liitle distracted and really quite emotional to be honest. One step at a time. Sometimes life can be overwhelming but the practice and the yoga community can always keep us on an even keel and I had such a lovely message from one of the earlier Yo...
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I really have no clue about the Japanese art form of Kintsugi, repairing broken ceramics and highlighting the cracks with golden ‘veins,’ yet I the concept and aesthetic of it, I'm drawn to it. Somehow it adds a certain extra beauty that for me wasn’t there in the original ‘perfect’ version. You might b...
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Yoga is one truth and yet has many paths to union. Through creativity, curiosity, adventure and
stillness explore emerald forests, pristine mountains and inky black oceans, physically, emotionally
and metaphorically, both inside and out. Peek under shadows, deep into cl...
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A poem inspired by the playfulness of a young Krishna and Conrad who was just as cheeky and loved to move and sing.
Why do you stop the feeling?
A song must be sung,
like the sun
bursting with stellar
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I've been thinking about playfulness this week (in contrast to the grief and heaviness I've been 'playing' with).
Conrad and I loved music.
It began in the early ‘70’s with Cilla Black, ‘Something Tells Me’, ‘BlockbusterR...
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This past week I've been considering how our life, my life to be precise, my attitude and behaviour impacts the world around me. Considering how my actions make an impact daily. Whether I am filled with positivity and life, living authentically and conscious of the vibration I am putting out into the world, for my own benefit yes, but also ot...
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Maybe we have a little more time for ourselves at the weekend, maybe not. Here's a short poem with a slow and gentle reminder to be present, mindful, create space with conscious breathing and observe the mind-chatter drift like clouds. Soon enough the sun will come out and we can give thanks.
Breathe, Surrender, Sip Sweet...
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After reaching out to you all a few weeks ago to share the news that I would like to continue to share Conrad Paul’s light, love and passion for yoga my family and I have received many messages from friend friends and the Yoga Professionals family. Each sharing their condolences, experiences and stories of life after becoming certified yoga instructors, havi...
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For me, being surrounded by many yogis, creatives and ‘alternative’ people, living mostly mindful conscious lives, it’s easy to forget that the majority of the western world and even out here in Asia are ‘busy, busy busy.’
Living a life built on expectations of society, around work, family and ma...
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