Add Flavour to Your Kitchen Essential oils can take your Cooking to another level of Aromatic Delight. Whether your a raw cook, meat lover, vegetarian or addicted to sweet delights essential oils can enhance your food and add therapeutic benefits. But if you’ve never used oils in your kitchen before
What happens to our childlike open innocence as we grow? Seeking understanding of the great mystery is the beginning of awakening.
Mosquitoes are pesky and annoying at the best of times but they can also carry nasty guests. My son recently contracted Ross River Virus which is carried by mosquitoes. The female mosquito gets it from feeding on animals like wallabies and kangaroos and passes it on to humans.
Chai Tea forms part of my morning ritual and I love it. I have tasted so many different chai’s but still I have to say “Mine is the best”. And… since everybody adores my chai tea, I am sharing the love with my recipe here.
Dying with Dignity Dying with Dignity also known as Euthanasia (a less appealing term) is something we only think about when we are personally touched by the suffering of a loved one. I had never thought too much about it until recently. It has been a big year already for me.
Self Care and Mindfulness Could you do with a little more self-care? How about some simple daily mindful balancing rituals? As a teacher, writer, musician, wife and mother I fit a lot into my day. I’m sure you do too. The thing is… I love everything I do. So I have
Terry’s Challenge with the loss of an Eye This is the story of my husband Terry Oldfield, a musician and composer who has lost his eye this summer due to the discovery of a Choroidal Melanoma. I hope that this is helpful to others facing the huge challenge of enucleation
Yoga Chitta Vritti Nirodha The yoga sutras begin with Yoga Chitta Vritti Nirodha. This is the best and most original definition of the Essence of Yoga and a foundation of Mindfulness. Translated as “Yoga is the cessation of the disturbances or modifications of the mind”. Or.. Yoga is the stilling of
The Quality of breath can affect our Quality of life.
Breath is life. Many people are very low in vitality, feeling exhausted all the time and often suffer from anxiety. This could link to their breath.
Grief To Gratitude To tell the truth I never planned to write Shining Through From Grief to Gratitude. Why would I? I never imaged my memoir would read this way. But my world was suddenly ripped apart by the death of my 17 year old son Prem to suicide. And I
