Each morning you have been gifted a blank canvas with the opportunity to design your life. Are you designing on purpose? Or are you living in default mode, in reaction to the elements around you? The intention is defined as an aim or a purpose; a determination to act in a certain way. To be …
7 ways to Make your Home a Weekend Retreat
Work’s tough. Sometimes the week gets you down. How do you make sure you’re back up by Monday? You could transform your home into your own refreshing, re-energising weekend retreat. Though a spa weekend or a mini-vacation would probably be preferable, there are seven things you can do to make your home even more relaxing …
My Intentions for the next three months
I spent a few hours this morning, setting my intentions for the next 3 months – especially as one season is coming to an end and a new one is about the begin; Autumn – my Soulmate Season. After the last few months of uncertainty with this pandemic – my body, mind and soul are …
My Intentions for the Summer
This morning I journaled my intentions for the rest of this beautiful summer season. We’re already halfway through the Summer, and it was spent on moving house (and turning our new house into our home of course). After a busy, fast-paced 3-4 months, my body, nervous system and inner self are asking me to slow …
How to create a Journaling Practice
When you think of mindfulness, what do you picture? Is it a luxurious savasana at the end of a yoga class? An afternoon spent perched on a meditation cushion, listening to relaxing music and focusing on your breath? A moment, amid a crisis, spent centring yourself and watching your thoughts float by like clouds? Yes. …
How to Perfect Your Cleaning and Organising Skills
Taking care of a whole household is a task we never underestimated. We know how time-consuming and sometimes very tiring cleaning procedures may be, but there are simple ways to improve your techniques and the results of your cleaning activities. The key to having a perfectly cleaned and good-looking home is no other but organisation. …
Investing in Yourself
If you had an hour today to invest in YOU how would you use it? This comes down to your relationship with time and committing to make yourself a priority too. Many people feel like there isn’t enough time in our schedule to care for ourselves. Whether it is exercise, time for breathing or relaxing, …
10 Ways to Love Yourself more
Self-love is something you feel. You know when you are not loving yourself, that you feel drained and tired and out of balance. Also, feelings of anger and frustration are signalling that something is out of balance. There are many indicators for the need for more self-loving care-taking. Because when we love ourselves, we are …
Daily Meaningful Mindfulness Routine
Since learning about Mindfulness, passing my Mindfulness Diploma a few years ago and practising Mindfulness in my daily life, my life has shifted tremendously. Living in mindfulness simply means living in the moment – in the now! Mindfulness helps you to calm the compulsive chatter in your head and to get some rest from your problems, your worries and …
Visioning My 2020
My morning ritual tends to be different every day based on how I am feeling and what I need, but more often than not, it includes journaling. I have been drawing on my journal a lot lately as a tool to begin preparing for the new year. So, I wanted to share some of my …