Creating your own new year ritual
New Year’s Eve is here!! What are you planning? I used to put a lot of pressure on myself to make December 31 the best night of the year, and to stay up late. That often led to disappointment. I…
5 Things the Dying Want Us to Know
I originally read about this book Opening Heaven’s Door: Investigating Stories of Life, Death, and What Comes After by journalist Patricia Pearson and thought it was quite interesting. I want to clearly state that I do not agree with all that…
I will never be a well behaved woman
I would rather pass my days lying in the middle of dirt roads, staring at the full moon with a bottle of summer red in my palms. I would rather have kids when it suits me, not when society expects…
Creativity Exercise – Image Streaming
Are you keen to find ways to increase your creativity? If so, you might like this exercise. I find it really gets you into a habit of thinking creatively, noticing rich details and really engaging your senses. You can do…
Transformation
The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are
Thinking about transformation.
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
The Spiritual Meaning of Colours
Colours are one of the most beautiful and also one of the most under-appreciated aspects of our physical realm. We are surrounded by colours, but how often do we notice the numerous subtleties in the myriad shades. One of my…
Writing and delivering a eulogy – 5 tips to make it easier.
Writing and delivering the a eulogy for a loved one can be and extremely difficult thing to do. For anyone preparing a eulogy for a loved one, this is my advice – keep it personal, and make it your own….
Art as a spiritual practice
Nancy Azara is a sculptor who has been teaching for 35 years. She came of age during the feminist movement of the 1960s and began a lifelong spiritual practice that has influenced her art and led her to teach and…
Mothers day – celebrating the mother in us all
To some, Mother’s day is just another day concocted by the greeting card and floral companies, a cultural holiday dominated by consumer pressures. For those whose mothers have died or are distant, and for those who have never been mothers, the…
Celebrating Samhain
As April turns into May, millions of people across the globe are observing the sacred time of Samhain Samhain, means”Summer’s End” and pronounced saah-win or saa-ween, Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest and the start of the coldest half…
Creating a home yoga nest
In my home, the two most important rooms in the house are the art studio and the yoga room. My yoga room was in need of a bit of a make over so last week I got stuck in to…
Burial traditions around the world
Do you have your funeral planned? Maybe you have heard a song on the radio and know that is what you want played while throngs of people cry and wail at your passing? Maybe you have decided you want to…
Finding freedom in commitments
Among other things I am a marriage celebrant, so I regularly see couples who are committing to each other for the rest of their lives. For many people, just thinking of the word “commitment” can evoke a wide range of…
Rolling up from standing forward fold – is it worth it?
If you have been following me on Instagram or Facebook you would know that I joined these wonderful yoga practice intensives taught by the highly skilled and just plain wonderful Julie Smeardon at Shri Yoga in Brisbane. I am learning…
Creating Creative Ritual
I love the quote by painter Chuck Close: “Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work.” Real creative professionals know that creativity isn’t about a spark, or inspired moment. Sure those things happen, but they’re rare…
Finding inspiration
It can be so hard to find inspiration at times. Especially for those of us who have a 9-5 job outside of art. We may be too tired to think straight, or distracted by our daily routine. In such situations,…
What is a funeral?
A #funeral is the word we use to describe the whole ‘event’ in which we honour some one who has died. A funeral comprises the rites, rituals, ceremonies and/or any other meaningful observances that we carry out in order to honour or…
Rituals to increase passion and embody love
Since the very beginning of time, people have attempted rituals that induce love and stir desire. Some of the best stimulants of this type are naturally occurring foods like avocados, onions, ginseng, and ginger. These have a very subtle effect,…
Finding your artistic passion
Making art is part of the human experience. Whether it is painting, sculpture, poetry, cooking, even the way you dress each day, it doesn’t matter, its part of who we are. I really believe that anyone who says “I am…
Open your heart chakra pranayama
Yoga postures, or asanas, are often the first thing people learn when they start yoga. Depending upon the style of yoga you are learning you could also have the pleasure of learning pranayama. The word Pranayama comes from two words,…
Atelodemiourgiophobia
Can you believe this word? This is real – this word (that I cannot pronounce) means the fear of imperfect creative activity. It fits so perfectly with my thoughts of late. Its January, I am making a million plans about…
Ritual to usher in a new year
I want to share with you a simple way to bring in the new year. A simple ritual to cleans your environment and soul perfect fro the ending of 2017 and what ever it held for you so that you have a…
Resolve to Evolve: Set Your Yogic Intentions
Set an intention and infuse the new year with positive change. On New Years Eve I did a yoga workshop with the wonderful Julie Smerdon at Shri Yoga. I used this time to reach deep inward and look for what…
Drawing Inspiration
How do you find inspiration for your pen drawings. It’s a huge world out there and there are a gazillion things to draw, – that’s right, a ‘gazillion’. It’s really a matter of picking something and getting started. It doesn’t…
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