I’ve long been aware of the relationship between a Zen mind and a Zen home. My ultimate home is one that holds beauty wherever the eye lands. A bright burst of colour from fresh flowers. Furniture that sits in perfect balance within a room, creating cosiness and comfort yet still allowing plenty of space for energy to flow. And of course there must be windows, looking out onto nature. BIG windows, ensuring that wherever I stand in my home, I feel nature and sunlight pouring through the windows. I have a lovely lady who comes in and cleans for me each week. She does a magnificent job of keeping the surfaces of my home sparkling and clean….with all-natural products, of...
I’ve always loved animals and nature. It runs through my veins, just like my spiritual path, and my love of essential oils. As a child, every single creature was precious to me. Whether it was an injured lizard I brought home, or a wailing cat, they all had my undivided focus and care. I can’t say that my love for animals and nature has grown – it was already at 1000% as a child. But it’s matured, as any love tends to do. As I reflect back, there was one pivotal experience I had. I was 13, and my parents took us on a holiday from our home town of Brisbane down the coast of New South Wales, to Sydney...
I have found that there is only one thing that heals every problem, and that is: truly loving yourself. When people start to love themselves more each day, it’s amazing how their lives get better. They feel better. They get the jobs they want. They have the money they need. Their relationships either improve, or the negative ones dissolve and new ones begin. Loving yourself is a wonderful adventure; it’s like learning to fly. Imagine if we all had the power to fly at will? How exciting it would be! Let’s begin to love ourselves now. Here are 10 Commandments by Louise Hay to help you learn how to truly love yourself. Intuitively pick a number between 1 and 10, and see which affirmation...
Over the last two weeks, we've been exploring our Chakras, and how to balance them using meditation and creative visualisation, and also essential oils. This week, we’re going to explore a third way of balancing our chakras, and that’s using specific yoga poses. Because yoga is not an area of specialty for me, today's blog is brought to you by the beautiful Sophie Stokes, a yoga and fitness instructor based on the Gold Coast. A well-rounded Chakra yoga practice is specifically aimed at unblocking the Chakras so that the energy, i.e. your prana, can move freely through the body. This practice can include: Specific Asanas (ie. body poses)Pranayama (ie. breathing practices)Mudra (ie. special hand positions), andMeditation (ie. mind and consciousness training)...
Last week, we spoke about what the Chakras are, and how to balance them using meditation and creative visualisation. This week, we’re going to explore another excellent way of balancing our chakras, and that’s using essential oils... 2. Balancing the Chakras with Essential Oils But wait – did I just say “balancing chakras with essential oils?” How can essential oils do that? Aren’t they just this pretty smell that comes from parts of plants, that are used to make homes smell nice? Well – sure – that’s a very basic way of looking at essential oils. But oils are far from basic. Essential Oils are incredibly sophisticated natural compounds, containing hundreds if not thousands of natural plant chemicals in perfect...
