Vuoi Fare Yoga?

What a 365 Duolingo streak has taught me about practice. 365 Days of Practice I've been learning Italian on Duolingo for a year now.  If you don’t know what that is, it’s a language learning app headed by a cute green owl that has somehow become a pretty good global teacher.  This week, I reache... Read More

37 Degrees

Observations on a week of heatwave Too hot, Too ColdWhen I got home last night, I was absolutely spent. Sitting down to draft my Friday newsletter, I thought to myself... 'Sack it, I'm way too hot to write this email.' Only that's not what I was thinking at all. What I was really thinking was, '... Read More

Saying I Do

A student asked his master,“What’s the difference between liking and loving? If you like a flower you simply pluck it, if you love it you water it every day.” -   Attrib. to Osho Wedding Season A couple of weeks ago, I attended a magical wedding in Tuscany.  It was one of those impossibly beauti... Read More

Getting to the Point

Voice Note Queen  I got sent this message on a group chat 👆- yes, yes, I know.  A window into my signature style of voice messaging.  What could be said in a minute, I usually take five.  Perhaps you’ve been on the receiving end of one of these from me or someone else and thought - Just get to th... Read More

A Hip Story

Hip Issues Over the past year or two, I've had a hip problem that simply won't resolve. It's not terrible. Just... there. A persistent, low-grade grumble I didn't ask for. I've seen an osteopath. Had massages. Done yoga, stopped yoga, reconsidered the ways I was practicing yoga. Visited doctors f... Read More

On My Radar

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” — Carl Jung When I got back from Spain this week, I went more or less straight from walking the Camino into a cancer education half-day.  Re-entry to reality. The first talk was about sarcoma, a rare f... Read More

Big Yoga Conundrum

“The Bird of Paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp”- John Berry I gave a presentation to my colleagues earlier this week about Lifestyle Medicine - a topic I care deeply about.   As I prepared, I could feel the familiar urge rising in me: do it well, do it properly, make it land... Read More

Six Years On(line)

Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much. 1st April 2020.  I am shut in my bedroom, isolating during the peak of COVID-19, wondering what on earth was going to happen next.  I’m sure you remember that strange time too.  The uncertainty, the isolation.  The rapid shift of everything... Read More

A Hero Lies In You

Walking past the trees this week, I’ve found myself peering closely at the magnolia buds pushing skyward, adorning the recently bare branches.  They seem to have appeared almost overnight, but of course, they’ve been preparing for this moment for weeks, gathering energy and waiting for the right ... Read More

I Need Holding Too

I went to an online restorative yoga class with my teacher the other day for the first time in months. I hadn’t joined a class in ages. When I think about why, I realise I’d been reasoning with myself that I could just do my own practice by myself.  “Light a candle, dim the lights and just get on... Read More