Articles, Mindfulness
It has been amazing weather in London for the past few days. Hovering around 15 to 18 C and sunny too! It’s incredible what it does for everybody’s spirits. You can just feel it…people are happier, patios are opening and flowers are blooming. With each new season, it’s a good idea to reflect on the...
Articles, Mindfulness
It seems to me that the whole world has been experiencing sunny skies for the past few days. I continue to see people posting their daily pictures of beaches, blue skies and sun! I absolutely love this kind of weather and I don’t think I’m the only one. I love to watch around me as everyone slowly comes...
Articles, Mindfulness
From a very young age, we learn that we must continually strive to achieve things. Good grades, lasting friendships, sports awards which then turn into successful jobs, nice cars, happy relationships and good incomes. We’re often so busy trying to reach for the next goal that we don’t stop to enjoy the ride. Think of something...
Articles, Mindfulness, Nutrition
In the last post, I wrote about emotional eating. Once we recognize that we may be an emotional eater, there are ways to identify eating triggers. It’s this awareness that can help to bring us to a level of understanding. Situations and emotions that trigger us to eat fall into 5 main categories 1) Social – when around others. ...
Articles, Mindfulness, Nutrition
Emotional eating is defined as “eating for reasons other than hunger”. Some people aren’t affected by emotional eating while others struggle with it every minute of their lives. It can also be referred to as eating to fill a void that isn’t related to an empty stomach. This is a large topic so today I’ll just list a...
Articles, Mindfulness
If we were to hear these words about 15 years ago, we would assume that it meant to keep in touch with friends and family. Since the internet has taken over, these words took on a whole new meaning. We always want to make sure that we can get “on line”, wherever we go. It...
Articles, Mindfulness
It’s our natural desire as human beings to want new things. Whether they’re material things, relationships or a drastic change in life, we’re rarely happy with what we have. Most of us hold a cherished belief that says a change in our outside world would do the trick. We even go as far to blame...
Articles, Mindfulness
There really isn’t anything else to say here. I was in Sayulita, Mexico (one of my favourite places) and came across this sign. It’s so simple, so perfect and so true. Whatever it is you’re doing or however old you are, this phrase is so very important. We get so fixated on the outcomes of our...
Articles, Mindfulness
Many of us live our lives filled with stress, grief, fears, insecurities, doubt and other negativity. We constantly try to control things around us – people, circumstances and other events. We see life as an ongoing challenge because we’re often disappointed. When we do this, we’re resisting rather than accepting life as it is. We...
Articles, Mindfulness, Yoga
There is life force all around us. In yoga, life force is referred to as prana. In order to gain access to this life force, we must breathe deeply. As we breathe in prana, this directly translates to more energy in the body. Most of us predominantly breathe with a very small percentage of our lung capacity. Begin today by making...
