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The 3 Businesses
3 truths to get to greater peace, clarity and personal empowerment. Byron Katie’s concept of “three businesses” refers to a foundational principle in her teachings about personal responsibility and the nature of our thoughts and emotions. Our thinking and out feeling....
SPRING EQUINOX – REFLECTION QUESTIONS
Spring or Vernal equinox is the day when the sun is directly above the Equator, making the day and night of equal length, marking the start of Spring. From this day onwards, the days become longer than the nights. I am so here for this. Are you? Spring is the...
What Is Reiki?
Reiki is a way of bringing us back to a state of wholeness. It is a form of energy healing whereby the practitioner, either via hand contact onto the fully clothed body of the receiver, or via distance healing, taps into universal energy and channels that energy for...
DISCOVER REFLEXOLOGY – A PATHWAY TO HOLISTIC HEALING
Let us explore this ancient healing bodywork. This photo depicts Nadia, Kat’s mum, receiving a foot bath, our first welcome step for every Reflexology. This allows for clean feet, which is important to you, not so much to me, and it is here where we establish eye...
THE 8 LIMBS OF YOGA
The practice of yoga entails more than merely physical yoga postures. Let’s look at all eight limbs of yoga and how we can incorporate them into our life. Sage Patanjali, a philosopher and physician living in India about several hundred years BC, is said to have...
AUTUMN – LET GO, ELIMINATE, REFLECT
Transitioning from yang to yin! THE SEASON OF AUTUMN IS ABOUT LETTING GO, ELIMINATE, and REFLECT. THE LUNGS AND LARGE INTESTINE, THE ELEMENT OF METAL, THE EMOTIONS OF SADNESS AND GRIEF are associated with the season of Autumn according to TCM. According to the Chinese...
The Connection of Yoga, the Full Moon and Easter
The date of the Christian Easter is determined based on the Lunar calendar. Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first Full Moon following the autumn (here in the Southern Hemisphere), or the vernal (in the Northern Hemisphere) equinox. This means that the...
RITUALS AND WISDOM TO BEST UTILISE THE ENERGY OF THE NEW MOON
NEW MOON – A TIME TO GO INWARDS, FIND CLOSURE AND SET INTENTIONS FOR A NEW PHASE OF LIFE AND MOON CYCLE, and more... New Moon is a fabulous time to honour the transition from one month to the next and one lunar cycle to the other. It is often a time when we...
The FREEDOM INVOCATION CHANT and the OM
OR WHAT’S THAT SINGING AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF CLASS ALL ABOUT? The chant at the end of class is a freedom invocation with the following meaning and words- “Lokah Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu” “Let all beings everywhere be happy and free.” And may my own...
“CAT PULLING IT’S TAIL” – A YIN YOGA POSTURE with MANY BENEFITS
Yin yoga is a gentle, slow-paced style of yoga that focuses on holding the poses for an extended period of time with minimal effort and an emphasis on deep relaxation, releasing tension and promoting a sense of overall wellbeing. Yin yoga targets the connective...