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The importance of variation and creativity in a yoga practice

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It’s been a few weeks now since I signed up to do my Yoga Diploma teacher training course with Yoga Professionals & YMCA Fit. As part of the 500 hour course, I have to complete a yoga journal showing 60 hours of yoga practice which I’ve found so far to be really useful. Practising Sivananda […]

Vipassana Meditation — my 10 days in a silent retreat by Jeremy Brown

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I have long been interested in the idea of going on a meditation retreat and spending some time away from it all. Ten years ago, and completely new to all of this, I decided to follow that desire and attended the Dhamma Dipa Vipassana Meditation Centre in  Herefordshire, a Buddhist retreat in the heart of […]

Shambhala Buddhist Meditation Center in France — my experience

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Land of Bliss Dechen Choling means “Land of Bliss”. This is where I had the pleasure of staying for a week on a Writing and Meditation Retreat at the Shambhala Buddhist Meditation Center in the forests and hills of Limoges, France. My sister, who is Buddhist and practices the Shambhala tradition (a tradition of meditation […]

Soothing the ‘Monkey Mind’: A personal journey

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It started as an urgent need to change my life.  I was troubled by stress-related health problems, hopelessness and feelings of despair encircled me on a daily basis, and  I had virtually lost any semblance of perspective. Starting a mindfulness meditation course Four weeks later, following a synchronistic conversation with a friend, I started on […]

Choose a 30 day challenge and change your life in a month

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Pick your 30 day challenge — do it every day for 30 days — change your life in a month In reality, there’s loads of challenges you can do in thirty days. What have you always wanted to do or be good at? What new skill would you like to learn? What don’t you like […]

30 day challenge ideas for the Summer

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It only takes 30 days to break bad habits, implement new goals and change your life for the better. Try one of these 30 day challenge ideas and make this your best summer yet! After all, summer is a time of rebirth, replenishment and new, vital energy — it offers so many unique opportunities to […]

Autism — how meditation can help

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Meditation has been used for centuries to still the mind and help people find inner peace, tranquillity, and a greater connection with their deeper selves. The health benefits of regular practice for the general population of all ages are also well-known, but could people with autism be helped by it? Recent research in this area […]

30 day challenge ideas (with a hat and some notes)

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The 30 day challenge is all about trying something new for 30 days, implementing new habits and breaking bad ones. For those of you who’d like to mix it up a bit and introduce more spontaneity into your life, I’d like to present to you, the 30 day challenge hat game. What is the hat […]

7 mind blowing self development books to read before you turn 30

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Over the last 10 years I’ve been an avid read of self development books covering all topics from relationships to spirituality and meditation. I actually put off writing this article for a long time because I kept and continue to find books that really blow my mind. So, in no particular order, here’s my list […]


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