Getting The Ball Rolling

So, yesterday was a busy day. I sent off an application for the yoga TTC (teacher training course) in Austria in September, and I e-mailed the Sivananda Ashram in Canada about going there as staff for 2-3 months after the TTC. No word back from either of them yet, but at least I got the [...]

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…and a Happy New Year

Start as you mean to go on they say. I started 2012 by sleeping til gone noon, then lazing about the flat playing online games and watching movies. So, a lot like 2011 then, lol. Ok, technically I started 2012 at the Sivananda Yoga Centre enjoying their new years eve celebrations. I went along early, [...]

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Om One, Om Two, Om Three…

   

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Sivananda Meditation Retreat

Well, I’m back from my exotic yoga holiday to sunny Putney. Might seem a bit weird going to stay for a week somewhere half an hour away from your own front door, but then again why not? You go where the teaching is, and when the day starts at 5:45am – with the ringing of [...]

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A Spiritual Life?

There’s this idea that following a more spiritual path in life, becoming a monk or a priest or something, is somehow easier than getting married, having kids, and buying a house. This came up recently in a conversation, and it’s not the first time I’ve heard the idea. In fact it’s something I used to [...]

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A New Life In 30 Days?

I once heard somewhere that if you wanted to make a change in your life it took 30 repetitions – turning down 30 cigarettes, exercising 30 days in a row – for that change to stick. Now I actually don’t believe that – I managed to give up smoking overnight, and I’ve had long standing [...]

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In The Land of Kiki

Hello My Loves. Well, what’s fresh in the land of Kiki? Let’s see… First up, as I sit here writing this I’m listening (again) to the Mix Master Mike Show on XFM. Proper old skool DJing from he of the Beastie Boys fame. If you haven’t go check it out via their Listen Again service [...]

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A General Update

It’s been a long time since I did an all round update of my pursuit for a Brand New Life. The reason for that is simple, I’ve been out doing stuff. I’ve also been avoiding going on about things too much so as to avoid a false sense of achievement, as outlined in this video [...]

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Sivananda Yoga Retreat

Well, I’m back from my yoga retreat. Quite a weekend, let me tell you. Hard work sometimes (getting up at 5:30am for example) but certainly worth it. And I don’t feel half as tired/achey as I thought I would. Maybe I’m getting better, lol. It was at Gaunt’s House, which is this big old former [...]

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A New Hope

Trying to explain enlightenment to someone is like a turtle trying to explain to a fish about dry land. “But there must be water there?” says the fish. *   Luckily my problems aren’t nearly as difficult as that (just trying to attain enlightenment is hard enough). … So last week got a little dark [...]

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