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Summer Invitations: Pause, Play, and Be Surprised
As you read this, I may well have just landed in Koh Samui, Thailand. Although I have led retreats at Samahita Retreat over the past two years, this year I’m drawn to return for my own professional and personal development, as I have done almost every year since 2013.
If I pause for a moment, reflecting on where that path has led me these past 12 years, I could never have imagined what would unfold.
And part of that journey is navigating…
Tiny pleasures and small acts of kindness
As I write to you this morning after an active and productive start to the day, I have arrived back home just in time to join a co-writing session online. I love this way of working, sharing a gentle check-in with the small group before turning to our personal projects. Max Richter playing softly in the background.
The rains have stopped, it’s damp and humid. I feel warm and tingly inside, like an insect with a hundred feelers reaching out, anticipating, and sensitive to what wants to be explored.
This is my jumping off point this morning, as I settle on what I’d like to share…
Lingering in the Pause: Practicing Yutori in Daily Life {Neck Release Video}
As I write to you, I’m sitting at my desk facing the French windows that open out onto a damp, wet view. After a few balmy May days of unusually warm, sunny weather, the rains have come in. The trees glisten with dark bark and vibrant mint green leaves.
But for now, there’s a pause before the next downpour.
And I’m noticing the softness in nature that rests within this stillness, wondering, as I continue to write to you, whether I can stay within this pause.
Can I stay with the softness between one state and another?
Expand into Spring: Blausee Yoga and Self-Care Retreat
As a lifelong learner, I’ve realised time and time again that there are moments when we don’t need more information—we need experiences that nourish our souls, support our nervous systems, and provide the space for creativity, rest, and reflection.
That’s why I’m excited to invite you to join me this May for a refreshing, nurturing retreat in the magical Bernese Alps. This retreat is all about nourishing you with practices that center around embodiment, rest, and rejuvenation.
If you have been struggling to disconnect, powering through to meet your goals and needs of others while neglecting to pay attention to your own needs, the changing seasons, or world around you – this is an invitation to receive the gift of time and space…
The Dance of Opposites
Late last night, I tuned into Ireland for a Spring Equinox Celtic Wheel Ritual gathering with the wise and compassionate Mari Kennedy. We explored the dance of opposites—the creative tension in nature as new shoots push through the hard winter soil with the promise of spring, the balance of light and dark, our inner world and outer action, trust and fear that is so present in our world, masculine and feminine energies.
Spring Equinox reminds us not to be rigid or collapse in despair as we face these extremes, but to stay present and open. By playing with creative tension—the opposing forces—something new will emerge…
Tuning Into Yourself As Instrument
One of the most profound lessons I’ve learned in recent years is that the path to fulfilling one’s purpose isn’t just about what we aim to achieve, but about evolving into the person capable of holding and embracing that calling. It requires personal growth, conscious effort, and self-reflection.
Similar to my experience with yoga, I‘ve come to understand that this journey is not a linear path but a…
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