At the beginning of the year, many of us set goals and resolutions. This can be a great way to direct our focus to what's important to...

What if you paused and noticed your inner experience, right now? In our mindfulness practice, this might look like taking a moment to...

When I wake in the morning, you roll over, curling into a heavy crescent. All night, you've been breathing, carrying on the thread of...

I invite you to pause and notice the sensations of the feet. Perhaps feeling into the points of contact - the sense of touch where the...

There is a story in Zen circles about a man and a horse. The horse is galloping quickly, and it appears that the man on the horse is...

I have a new fern in my study that keeps catching my gaze. Mostly, I enjoy the shades of green, and its messy hair shape. The other...

What do you notice about your efforts - in your mindfulness practice? In your creative endeavours? One tendency I notice: when I lean...

When life is busy, and you're pulled in all directions at once, and you feel hardly able to complete one task let alone all that needs to...

I just got back from a road trip down to Utah and across to California, stopping at several National Parks along the way. Each place was...

I invite you to pause and notice: how hard are you working? You might find an answer in the body. Are the brows furrowed or smooth? The...

Have you had this experience? There's something you want to do. Begin a painting. Send a poem for publication. Reach out to a friend you...

“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now!" - Attributed to Goethe* Oh,...

“And what will be needed, if the story is going to be good, is: everything , all that you are, even those parts you don’t like or usually...

Where are you right now? We might start with where the body is in space - the points of contact with the floor or chair, the position...

I invite you to take a moment to pause. Perhaps closing the eyes and tuning in to the sensations in the body - the gradations of pressure...

Last month, we started to explore the territories of doubt and trust - two attitudes that can be understood as existing on a spectrum...

Remember a moment when you felt a sense of trust. Perhaps it was surrendering into the arms of a loved one. Or resting in the warmth of...

Before I sit down to write, I make myself a cup of tea. It doesn't much matter what kind - breakfast, jasmine, mint, or iced in the...

Most of us experience fallow periods when creativity and motivation slow down or appear to cease altogether. We may feel we're putting in...

The inner critic might feel like a fanged beast blocking your creative path. Like a mythic hero, you might draw your sword and fight, or...