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July 31, 2026
Prashada – Harvesting Life’s Gifts
Hello my friends, How are you? I hope all is well. Summer has passed its peak. August has arrived, and the land and late summer light […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJuly 31, 2026
Wildfires Outside and the Fire Within: Reflections on Ayurveda and Balanced August Living
August arrives and with it come reports of increasingly widespread wildfires. In fact, this year – 2026 – as I sit to write this morning, the […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJuly 25, 2026
Guru Purnima – The Light That Points Us Home
July brings us a special day in the Yoga calendar: the full moon celebrated throughout India as Guru Purnima – the Full Moon of the Gurus. […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJuly 17, 2026
The Pendulum of the Mind: Living Beyond Like and Dislike
The Pendulum Of the Mind: Living Beyond Like and Dislike Through the height of summer, we are regularly blessed with some of the world’s greatest sporting […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJuly 5, 2026
Learning To Trust – Life & Self
Life takes care. I truly believe this. Yet when we look at the endless stories that fill our news media lately – reports of mass displacement, […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJune 27, 2026
When The Heart Is Moved: Reflections on Devotion, Gratitude and The Abundance of Summer
It struck me last weekend -in the most wonderful way -how widely the Summer Solstice was recognised. Social media was filled with photographs of people gathering […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJune 21, 2026
The Light Within The Light: A Summer Solstice Reflection
Did you mark this significant turning point of the year in any way? As we move through the days around the Summer Solstice, it’s a great […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJune 21, 2026
Summer Solstice Eating Guide
Here is a seasonal guide to food at the peak of Summer. In Ayurveda, the Summer Solstice marks the height of the sun’s power. Whilst the […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJune 7, 2026
Steady In The Fire of Life
June has arrived and how amazing the roses in the gardens are, the hedgerows with their rich greens, early morning birdsong, and the lovely long […]Do you like it?0 Read moreMay 31, 2026
When The Inner Waters Settle
When I lived in an ashram many years ago, I often heard senior teachers say something I loved. It seemed to take power away from all […]Do you like it?0 Read moreMay 23, 2026
Finding Refuge When The Ground Beneath Us Shakes
Finding Refuge When the Ground Beneath Us Shakes There are times in life when all that we have been practicing over the past weeks becomes especially […]Do you like it?0 Read moreMay 17, 2026
The Quiet Flame of Discernment – Viveka
The Quiet Flame of Discernment – The Art of Listening and Trusting Inner Knowing Dear friend, Are you enjoying the lighter mornings and evenings now that […]Do you like it?0 Read moreApril 25, 2026
Blossoms In The Rain – Staying Open In Adversity
I have a beautiful old apple tree in the centre of my garden—an English early red variety, sweet as anything. Each spring, around about now, it […]Do you like it?0 Read moreNovember 9, 2025
LIFE – Looking Inward for Enlightenment
I came to the end of a book I had started reading on the retreat in Cyprus this week. It’s a novel by a Korean writer […]Do you like it?0 Read moreSeptember 2, 2025
Every Little Helps…and The Warrior Path of Yoga
“Yoga immediately cuts you with a sword into two parts: the right and the wrong; the right has to win over the wrong…Yoga tries to create […]Do you like it?0 Read moreApril 27, 2025
Beneath the Noise, Your Compassionate Heart Lies Waiting
Beneath the Noise, Your Compassionate Heart Lies Waiting “Compassion is the purest form of love. It is not dependent on the other; it is a state […]Do you like it?0 Read moreMarch 1, 2025
You are my own true Self!
You are my own true Self! The Interconnectedness of all Things Dear Friend How was your week last week? I hope were inspired by last week’s […]Do you like it?0 Read moreFebruary 23, 2025
The Preciousness of Life
“We never see the treasure that has been handed over to us. For small things we go on being negative and the great gift of […]Do you like it?0 Read moreFebruary 10, 2025
The gift of each moment
The Gift of Each Moment You have only one moment in your hands; the real moment. Either you live it or you leave it unlived.” Osho […]Do you like it?0 Read moreDecember 20, 2024
Twas the night before Yuletide
TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE YULETIDE Twas the night before Yuletide and all through the glen Not a creature was stirring, not a fox, not a hen. […]Do you like it?2 Read moreDecember 3, 2024
The magic of Ayurveda’s CCF Tea
CCF tea, a blend of cumin, coriander, and fennel seeds, is highly regarded in Ayurveda for its numerous health benefits and so is a regular feature […]Do you like it?0 Read moreNovember 21, 2024
A Candle Gazing Meditation
The Benefits & Technique of Tratak: Candle-gazing Tratak, is one of the six cleansing practices of Hatha Yoga. In Sanskrit it means “to look” or “to […]Do you like it?1 Read moreNovember 7, 2024
Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy for Joint Care
Have you ever injured a joint? Your shoulder? Knee? Wrist? It’s only at this time, when pain and limitation is present, that we become aware of […]Do you like it?0 Read moreOctober 31, 2024
Samhain – The Thinning of The Veil Between The Visible and Invisible Life
Ayurveda recognises the cyclical nature of life and as such pays attention to the shifting seasons for our physical, mental-emotinoal and spiritual wellbeing. At this Samhain time, we can take a seasonal enquiry. to support the nurturing of our spiritual wellbeing and resilience. We also explore a ritual for honouring ancestors and bringing extending love and healing towards our family line.
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A Day Retreat for Samhain: The Thinning of the Veils
A Samhain Day Retreat: The Thinning of the VeilsSunday Oct 27th, 10am – 5pm with lunch and teasEttington Park Hotel A Day of Seasonal Ayurveda Talks, […]Do you like it?0 Read moreOctober 13, 2024
Ayurveda Winter Nourishment Retreat
Ayurveda Winter Nourishment Retreat,Jan 27 – 31 2025, Eaton Manor Estate, Shropshire Hills A wonderful Winter retreat in a spectacular setting. Hills, ancient woodland, and meadows […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJuly 28, 2024
Are raw foods good or bad according to Ayurveda?
Are Raw Foods Good or Bad For You According to Ayurveda? Whilst many Yoga practitioners have favoured a raw foods diet until recent years at least, […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJuly 15, 2024
An Ayurveda Perspective on Power Naps!
An Ayurveda Perspective on Power Napping! Ayurveda gives us clear guidelines for how best to structure our days, including our eating, sleeping and waking hours. This […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJuly 5, 2024
Anjali mudra – from division to oneness
Anjali Mudra – from Division To Wholeness It is said that sooner or later on the Yoga path, we will need to come to Ayurveda if […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJuly 5, 2024
Dinacharya – Ayurveda Guidelines for your Daily Routine
Dinacharya – The Ayurveda Daily Routine The humours of Ayurveda that we know as Vata, Pitta and Kapha doshas, not only influence our personal biological and […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJune 16, 2024
A 6 Step Plan For Health and Healing
A Six Step Plan For Health and Healing Some years ago, I was living with chronic illness. It was an exhaustive condition which caused my world […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJune 11, 2024
Chyawan prash – a strengthening, nutritive Ayurveda jam.
Chyawan prash I promised a little piece of chyawan prash. It’s a yummy tasting and highly nutritive and strengthening Ayurveda jam. In the picture, I am […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJune 11, 2024
Ritucharya – Seasonal Living
Ritucharya – Seasonal Living I wrote yesterday on ten things I love about Ayurveda. There are more things to add to that list of course: the […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJune 9, 2024
10 Things I Love About Ayurveda
10 Things I Love About Ayurveda! Ayurveda has enriched my life beyond words, and continues to positively impact and transform the lives of my clients and […]Do you like it?0 Read moreMay 26, 2024
Messages of the Summer Season
The Messages of Summer Summer is on it’s way. Our weather is still changeable, isn’t? One day warm, another cool and wet or windy. We are […]Do you like it?0 Read moreMay 22, 2024
Meditation: The Peak of Yoga Practice
Meditation is commonly forgotten these days as the pinnacle of Yoga practices. Patanjali Maharishi is clear in his 8-limbed path that meditation sits at the top […]Do you like it?0 Read moreFebruary 24, 2024
What is Ayurveda?
Ayurveda is an ancient healing science, experiencing a resurgence in popularity in India which is spilling out across the world. Find out about what Ayurveda is […]Do you like it?0 Read moreFebruary 24, 2024
Confessions of A Yoga Teacher! Self-doubt, seeds and karmic manifestation
I’ve been teaching Yoga for what feels like a long, long time. And practicing for even longer, since the days when we all seemed to have […]Do you like it?0 Read moreNovember 12, 2023
Why Is Sattva Important , What is It and How Can Ayurveda Help Us to Cultivate It?
Very simply put, Sattva is one of the three gunas or qualities of nature that permeate this whole existence. The gunas are present in all things […]Do you like it?0 Read moreNovember 2, 2023
This Month’s Herb: Brahmi
Brahmi, Bacopa monnieri I love this herb and it’s potential to heal not only the body but also the mind. It is one I turn to […]Do you like it?0 Read moreOctober 22, 2023
Meditation On A Morning Star
I did some work whilst living in London many years ago, with a wonderful Indian spiritual teacher. He taught about Chakra Psychology and keeping the chakras […]Do you like it?0 Read moreOctober 3, 2023
This Month’s Herb: Liquorice
The Benefits of Licorice Root Licorice – a taste we tend to either love or hate. Fortunately, I have always loved this herb…the sticky, black sweet […]Do you like it?0 Read moreAugust 19, 2023
From Changeful to Changeless On the Yoga Path
This week’s class theme is called From Changing to Changeless. I chose it for this time of year due to the significant effects on our body, […]Do you like it?0 Read moreAugust 19, 2023
From Changeful to Changeless On the Yoga Path
This week’s class theme is called From Changing to Changeless. I chose it for this time of year due to the significant effects on our body, […]Do you like it?0 Read moreAugust 12, 2023
SANGHA AND SPIRITUAL FRIENDS
I LOVE this photo above. It was taken last year on retreat. Two new friends sitting silently together in the freshness of the early morning, ready […]Do you like it?0 Read moreAugust 5, 2023
Eating Guidelines for Late Summer
One of the effects of the Summer season is that, especially if you have Pitta dosha in your constitution, the body and mind become prone to […]Do you like it?0 Read moreAugust 3, 2023
Tips for Late Summer Balance
Hello lovely people, Earlier this week in my mail out, I shared with you a little practice about balancing the Sacro-Iliac joint. It was a video […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJuly 22, 2023
Why We Need to “Mind The Mind” for Our Whole-Person Well-Being
How are you? How is your body today? How is your mind? Your heart? Sometimes we are just too busy to stop and even really find […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJuly 22, 2023
7 Benefits of Silence
We have created a world with so much noise, haven’t we? 24hrs news programmes and so many TV options, vehicles, machines, music stations and players. I […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJuly 15, 2023
Food Intolerances: An Brief Introductory Ayurveda Perspective
An Ayurveda Perspective on Grain (and general food) Intolerances If you are intolerant to grains, Ayurveda has ways to help you build that tolerance. Adulteration of […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJuly 15, 2023
Grain: An Ancient, Sacred Staple
Walking with my dog through the fields near my home last week, I was moved to see the wind passing through the wild and agricultural grasses. […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJuly 8, 2023
EKADASHI – A GREAT TIME TO REST YOUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED WELL-BEING
EKADASHI: A GOOD TIME IN THE LUNAR CYCLE TO REST THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM WITH GENTLE FASTING AND HOW TO DO IT! Ekadashi falls on the 11th […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJuly 8, 2023
LET GO AND REST: PACIFYING PITTA AND VATA DOSHA
We have been exploring, in classes over the past few weeks, the notion that the Summer season is not only a time when Pitta dosha (that […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJuly 1, 2023
My E.N.E.R.G.Y Enquiry System
In our New and Full Moon Circles, we are working with the practice of Self-enquiry. I love the power of enquiry. It is a much […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJuly 1, 2023
AYURVEDA BODY TREATMENT FOCUS: NAVARA KHIZI
This is a wonderful treatment, one of my favourites to receive. It is strengthening and nourishing, and among other things relieves joint pain and stiffness. A […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJune 30, 2023
A Practice for Joint Pain and Stiffness, and much more….
The Joint Freeing Series is a practice I use regularly in my Yoga Therapy sessions. You can practice it all or isolate parts of it to […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJune 30, 2023
Nuturing Resilience In Challenging Times with Yoga and Ayurveda
This week is PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) Awareness week in the USA. I am not sure if we have such a day in the UK, […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJune 27, 2023
A Personal Journey of Healing Which Still Informs My Ayurveda-Yoga Approach
There’s a way of blending of Ayurveda and Yoga which I love…and I love it because each one of these wisdom traditions so perfectly complements and […]Do you like it?0 Read moreMay 10, 2023
New Course! The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: A Journey Into The Essence of Yoga and Your Essential Nature
NEW Course! The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali A Study of the Essence of Yoga and Your Own Essential Nature I’ve talked for a while about beginning […]Do you like it?0 Read moreMarch 13, 2023
Fenugreek, one of the most ancient herbs
Fenugreek is one of the most ancient herbs used medicinally by humans. There is a story I have come across that once when the Prophet was […]Do you like it?0 Read moreMarch 7, 2023
Thursdays, Jupiter and the Guru
I recently added two new offerings to my weekly schedule. One is a free livestream meditation on Thursday evenings, the other is a Thursday morning meditative […]Do you like it?0 Read moreMarch 6, 2023
Silence is Golden: Mouna
On retreat, we always have some time in Silence, On the Alchemy of Yoga Retreat in Cyprus, we keep silence on waking until after our first […]Do you like it?0 Read moreMarch 6, 2023
Millet: The New Ancient Wonder Grain?
I recently learned that Millet used to be the staple grain of India, not rice. It is a grain that was used in Asia as long […]Do you like it?0 Read moreFebruary 25, 2023
A Little Spring Season Guidance
If we look around in our natural environment, we will see many young shoots sprouting forth, but not much more. These young shoots have an astringent […]Do you like it?0 Read moreFebruary 24, 2023
Spiritual Causes of Illness and Their Cures
THE SPIRITUAL CAUSES OF ILLNESS AND THEIR REMEDIES Ayurveda recognises three levels of healing: physical, mental-emotional and spiritual. As there are three levels of healing, then […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJanuary 26, 2023
Yoga As A Path of Purification
Did you know that Yoga is a path of purification I have been writing recently about cleansing with nutrition, breath, and visualisation. We can add to […]Do you like it?0 Read moreNovember 15, 2022
Ahimsa, the principle of non-harming
DO YOU KNOW THAT THE HIGHEST PRINCIPLE IN YOGA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BECOMING STRONGER OR MORE FLEXIBLE ON YOUR YOGA MAT?…. THOUGH IT MAY […]Do you like it?0 Read moreNovember 1, 2022
About the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
I’d like to introduce you to one of my most prized texts. Actually, I have multiple translations and commentaries on the same text: I love it […]Do you like it?0 Read moreOctober 4, 2022
On the matter of Silence…
“Listen to the silence, it has so much to say.” Rumi How do you relate to silence? Is it something you relish or fear? Do you […]Do you like it?0 Read moreJuly 29, 2022
Why you need Ayurveda in your life!
Why you need Ayurveda in your life! Ayurveda is the oldest known medical system and it is believed to have influenced all our major original medical […]Do you like it?0 Read moreMay 29, 2022
“A GOOD DIGESTION TURNETH ALL TO HEALTH” GEORGE HERBERT
The digestive system is recognised in Ayurveda as both the seat of good health and the root cause of disease, depending on whether it functions well […]Do you like it?0 Read moreMay 28, 2022
SPICE UP YOUR LIFE WITH AYURVEDA: USE SPICES FOR HEALTH & VITALITY
In Ayurveda, good digestion is the cornerstone of good health. And fundamental to good digestion is Jathar Agni (digestive fire). Eating for our Ayurveda type and […]Do you like it?0 Read moreFebruary 1, 2022
THE MOON, OIL AND LOVE IN AYURVEDA
Ayurveda has long had a love affair with oil. If you have ever had an Ayurveda body treatment, you may recall that you were anointed with […]Do you like it?0 Read moreFebruary 1, 2022
THE RADIANT MORNINGS YOGA PROGRAMME: SHINE FROM THE INSIDE OUT
What is special about the Radiant Mornings: Ayurveda Yoga programme? We have all experienced the power of Yoga to impact our body, mind and hearts. When […]Do you like it?0 Read moreNovember 27, 2021
10 REASONS TO DEVELOP A DAILY YOGA PRACTICE & 5 TIPS TO CREATE ONE:
Most yoga teachers and seasoned practitioners will extol the benefits of daily Yoga practice. Although they barely need to say anything, right? The benefits are more […]Do you like it?0 Read moreOctober 4, 2021
KNOW YOUR METABOLIC TYPE TO BOOST VITALITY AND LONGEVITY
I THINK WE ALL REALISE THAT NOW MORE THAN EVER IT’S IMPORTANT TO STEP UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. There is so […]Do you like it?83 Read moreOctober 4, 2021
5 IMMUNE BOOSTING AYURVEDA HERBS
I was amazed to find the other day that our local Waitrose was out of both ginger and turmeric. Besides being disappointed that I was without […]Do you like it?63 Read moreOctober 4, 2021
AGNI, AMA AND OJAS: Digestive Fire, Toxicity and Reslience
Ayurveda, the ancient medical science of India, is gaining increasing popularity within and outside of India as a time-tested solution to many of our 21st century […]Do you like it?48 Read moreOctober 4, 2021
THE MOON, OIL AND LOVE IN AYURVEDA
Ayurveda has long had a love affair with oil. If you have ever had an Ayurveda body treatment, you may recall that you were anointed with […]Do you like it?11 Read more