It was Election Day yesterday. Naturally I’m loathe to get involved in choosing between parties, that would be way too controversial! I’m more interested in the observation that everyone seems to be 100% on board with the idea of a democracy without ever really questioning it. Admittedly, it seems to make sense on the surface. […]
We had a wonderful discussion at our recent ‘Off the Wagon’ workshop about the rhythms of nature and in particular, our biological and hormonal rhythms that are essential to a happy and healthy life experience. It feels like a great topic to expand upon as we begin our transition from Winter to Spring on this
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I thought it would be relevant to start this year’s first newsletter with a lesson from another of history’s renowned leaders, this one emanating from the other end of Eurasia in a little territory called Macedon around 2400 years ago. Find an upcoming course It was then that a brilliant and precocious child, named Alexander,
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Last month we wrote a post on love and how we may develop our capacity for feeling it and giving it. But what is this nebulous thing we call love? And is there just one type of love or are there many, like different colours of the spectrum? Find an upcoming course It seems that
Love: the most captivating, most enchanting and most compelling force on earth. Everything we do centres on our hunger to give love and receive it. Our activities may be shrouded by a more obvious motive force, but the underlying is always the seeking of love. Love of self and love of others. Find an upcoming
In his memoirs, Chairman Mao referenced an incident from his childhood which is incredibly instructive for us all, and one he seems to have woefully overlooked in his destructive rise to power. Find an upcoming course When he was a wee lad, young Mao’s mother had a garden which was the pride of the province.
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Here we are in the glories of India, taking a break after what has been a ridiculously busy year. It feels like we’ve rolled all our weekends into one extended break and our bodies are singing in thanks. This brings us nicely to the subject of dynamic rest. At least one of our newsletters has
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I had the great pleasure of being invited to dinner by one of our meditators and he took me to the very refined confines of the Bombay Brasserie. For all those who haven’t frequented this well healed Kensington establishment, space is certainly at its most generous here with widely spaced tables, perfect when you wish
As anticipated, June was an especially eventful month. What was perhaps less anticipated by most was the almost unbroken sunshine, the broken World Cup dreams and of course, the antics of Luis Suarez. Some may argue the latter two didn’t come as a huge surprise but the sight of the Uruguayan sinking his gnashers into
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I had the great joy of catching up with our dear friend and student Jasper recently as I was in his neck of the woods and so he suggested we lunch at this highly rated restaurant on the Thames waterfront. A very cute and unassuming place with barely ten tables to dine on, this little
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