The idea of using meditation to ease pain is not a new one, and there’s been a lot of scientific research in this area. Just last year researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that participants in their study, who were actively meditating, reported a 32 per cent reduction in pain […]

We’ve just returned from a week in Far North Queensland. We love exploring this vast country and state, so much to see, such amazing landscapes, so many breathtaking views. While in Cooktown one of the things I really wanted to do was a rock art tour with Nugal-warra Elder and story-keeper, Willie Gordon. Willie is

Having a background in journalism I still find it hard not to read, listen to or watch news, no matter how depressing it might be. I recetly said to my husband “what’s happened to the ‘Good News Story’ segments they did almost every night during the pandemic?” But over the last couple of nights we’ve

My husband and I were recenty on holiday on the Sunshine Coast – which is a stunning part of the world. We’d been wandering around looking at these amazing beach and river front houses, gasping at the prices and pondering what the people who owned them must do for a living. As we walked along

I don’t know about you, but I’m really feeling the cold at the moment. A bizarre thing to say really, living in Queensland, Australia, but it’s true. Queensland is known affectiontely as the Sunshine State and it’s really living up to its name at the moment – with clear blue skies and sunshine during the

This Sunday – May 21 – is World Meditation Day… so what better day could you pick to try out a meditation or mindfulness practice? Many people tell me they can’t meditate because their mind is too busy or distracted. But some of those same people, who’ve tried my sessions, have surprised themselves at how

At one of my meditation sessions this week we used a mantra to bring a sense of calm into our body and mind. It’s a fairly simple technique – repeating a word or phrase quietly to yourself. “I am calm.” But at the end of the session there was a lovely sense of calmness in

I recently attended a peer group for meditation teachers and the subject up for discussion was ‘imposter syndrome’. All of us, without fail, said we’d experienced it. In fact, I’ve only ever met one person who said they’d never experienced it. “Why would I?” she said. “I’m not an imposter. I’m me, I can’t be

I was guiding a meditation this morning and we were just entering our silent phase when ‘busy doing nothing’ came in to my mind. I noticed the thought and let it go, but it came back to me this afternoon. At first I assumed it was from the A.A. Milne books about Winnie the Pooh…

I love the idea of talking to plants – and quite often I do it! Just recently I spotted this anonymous quote circulating on social media: “If speaking kindly to plants makes them grow… imagine what speaking kindly to humans can do.“ It’s a beautiful sentiment and one that resonates deeply with me. There’s so