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Home has been a pretty fluid concept for my partner and I…in the past 9 years we’ve spent about 4 years on and off travelling, a year and a half living interstate and the rest of the time never living at a particular address for more than 2 years!
And now we are “home”…or at least, living in one place in my hometown with no fixed plans on the horizon to go anywhere else.… Keep reading...
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This weekend I was very blessed to attend a Tibetan Buddhist meditation retreat, set in peaceful bush surroundings with kangaroos and kookaburras for company, and led by the extremely warm and generous nuns and volunteers of the Perth Kadampa Meditation Centre.
If you’ve read my previous posts about attending Vipassana retreats, or you already know what they entail, this retreat was very different. Whereas Vipassana is quite a strict and disciplined 10 day retreat, with students meditating in silence from 4am to about 9pm each day, this weekend retreat was more like a fun meditation holiday with new-found friends (and LOTS of good vegetarian food!),… Keep reading...
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I was staying in a very basic wooden bungalow with a verandah and a hammock, perched on the edge of the Mekong River on a quiet little island of farming families in Laos…there was no electricity, my rent was a paltry $1 a day and it took literally HOURS to get meals from the local family who owned the property (everything was made from scratch, and if you wanted chicken or fish the wait was longer – the fish had to be caught and the chicken be-headed!)… Keep reading...
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If someone had of told me I was going to be responsible for a large group of people in a developing country by running spiritual retreats in Nepal, I would have laughed out loud…though I do remember when I was 15, a psychic at the Conscious Living Expo said my work was going to combine alternative health and travel! What was I even doing at the Conscious Living Expo at 15 you may ask?… Keep reading...
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Yoga is not just about getting bendy in lycra or chanting weird mantras – it’s actually a deep and complex system to achieve happiness and union with the divine. Underpinning this system is a set of ethics and observeances (called the yamas and niyamas) that are essential for living a pure and stress-free life.
One of the yamas, is Satya or honesty.
Patanjali, the “father of Yoga,” teaches us that living a life of truth and honesty is essential on the path to spiritual union with our deepest self.… Keep reading...
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