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I can only think of two time periods in my life when I wasn’t naturally happy waking up in the morning. The first time was when I was in my twenties and had a job so far away I had to get up at 5.30am to arrive on time –…

I have recently come across the expression embracing what’s challenging from two different places, and just realised that embracing what I personally find difficult is what is needed of me too! Life is sending me into deep and clear reality… Let me start by saying that I like the word EMBRACE. There…

I am giving a lot of attention to my feet at the moment! May sound strange but it is part of the homework for the myofascial movement course I am attending with Gary Carter this year. I have just spent several weeks by pebbled beaches in the South of France,…

Summer holidays, heatwave, less to do at work, any of these situations can naturally lead us to slow down this time of year. Starting a holiday, it may take a couple of days before our body and mind accept this new rhythm where we don’t have to act with a…

I see life as a series of phases, and a new phase is coming up for me with my youngest of two starting university next month! From having found myself in a life situation for the past 25 years where I have been married, had children, have cared for children…

Challenge yourself, try something new, get out of your comfort zone, step out of autopilot – in my view, these expressions all mean the same thing! They will make you feel different and allow you to learn something new. To really live life (if you want to), I believe it…

Exciting times with the Championships in Wimbledon! So much tennis to watch, many tennis fans around, maybe the best time of the year in SW19? From watching tennis live or on TV, you might have noticed how the top players do multi-dimensional movements on court. They need to be strong…

Tennis players are in my head at the moment! I am watching too much tennis on TV… So I am watching all these great matches, and suddenly it occurs to me that I can’t really compare one player to another in terms of who’s winning and who’s not, as it…

Going inside has taken on a new meaning to me. In order to add hours to my present yoga teacher training, I recently signed up to Gary Carter’s 10-weekend Anatomy and Myofascial Movement course for Yoga Teachers. First weekend was this weekend, and I’m just blown away by what I’ve…

Without a doubt, my biggest failure was my divorce. I haven’t thought about my divorce as failure for a long time, and I also feel that it is something that is over, in the past. It’s kind of weird, I don’t associate with that feeling any longer – I don’t…