Well done you – for getting out of bed this morning! This time of year is one when modern society mismatches our physical and emotional needs. We are in the depths of winter, the light levels are low, we want to get up later, and we tend to have low energy. This first week back … Read more
Wishing you New Year Blessings full of optimism and love for a wonderful 2025! This is often the time of year when we start thinking about changes we wish to make and sometimes we can be too harsh with ourselves. Be kind to yourself this January. Look around in nature – all is quiet. There … Read more
We are now in the final few shortest days of the year. The Winter Solstice is almost upon us. This is a time to rest, regenerate, and reflect upon the year we have had. I know it can be very challenging to do this at this busy time of year, but can you try to … Read more
The Winter Solstice occurs for a few days around the 21st/22nd December. This is when one of the Earth’s poles is tilted furthest away from the sun, resulting in the longest night and the shortest day of the year. People celebrate the winter solstice for cultural, spiritual, and practical reasons. This event has been significant … Read more
In November, nature is turning within, the days are getting shorter and shorter. This is a great time of year for us to surrender. Give in to tiredness, go to bed at silly o’clock, keep warm, eat deeply nourishing foods and attend to your physical and emotional needs with a gentle passion. Over the next four weeks … Read more
Well the seasons have definitely changed now. We have entered Autumn, the season of letting go. Recently a lot of people I have interacted with have been expressing unhappiness at the end of summer, and some also dreading the long winter months, the cold and the extended hours of darkness. I used to be that … Read more
I’ve been very quiet on here over the last few months because its been a very challenging time for me. I have been diagnosed with cancer, received treatment and now got the all clear since I last wrote a blog. Its a huge shock when the C word comes into your life. I am still … Read more
Well Spring is definitely the time of new beginnings. I have been taking some time this winter to become quiet and refocus my direction. I have a few ideas in the pipeline that I wish to share with you over the next few weeks and months. Firstly, I am in the process of writing a … Read more
I have recently been playing around with the idea of offering no resistance to whatever occurs in my life. I frequently feel like I have ideas and plans of what I would like to happen, or feel like should be happening in my life but often then doesn’t happen for one reason or another – … Read more
I do hope you have all had an enjoyable and relaxing summer. From a Chinese Medicine viewpoint, we are now approaching late summer and certainly out in West Sussex I am noticing the evenings getting shorter, the sunset light is dropping in the sky, the chickens are roosting earlier and the horses are wandering to their night … Read more