Anyone who loves cats or even remotely likes them may well love a beautiful little book I was recently given by a friend.  Even if you are not a cat lover per se, you have to admit that cats do have a knowing and almost regal presence.  Most are ridiculously laid back and detached but exude confidence at the highest...

I’m using this week’s post as a bit of an opportunity to vent. It’s about something that I am struggling to get my head around. Everywhere I turn, there’s a new guru in the area of self-development. Now I am all for people putting themselves out there, offering their wisdom and / or experience to help people improve...

We all have the ability to infuse our bodies with additional energy to enhance the body’s natural healing process. The laying on of hands as in Reiki is particularly effective.  No matter where your hands are placed on your body, the energy, which is channelled through your hands, is attracted to the area where it is...

It’s time to start practicing what I preach. For the most part I do follow my own advice but the one area where I often fall down is my meditation practice. I had a session with a Chinese Medicine Herbalist and acupuncturist last week. Francis from Balance Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine suggested that I had way too...

Meditation is one of the best tools to balance our emotions and let go of stress and tension…that is until you get so frustrated with the incessant thoughts running through your head that it defeats the purpose of meditating. I have always struggled to meditate. My brain goes a million miles an hour and I used to get...

The purpose of this beautiful meditation is to draw the negativity from our body that causes stress and to balance the body’s energy using a quartz crystal. Crystals are believed to absorb negative energy and therefore must be cleaned regularly.  Some suggest cleansing in sea water, leaving overnight in moonlight or...