Finding Your Calm Space: Sacred Space for Calm
Creating a sacred space can help you build calm into your daily life. We are material beings, and our physical surroundings have a big impact on how we feel and…
Finding Your Calm Space: Mantra Meditation
Mantra mediation is an ancient and beautiful way to calm the mind. I am a big fan of Kundalini Yoga. This beautiful practice involves lots of mantra repetition and chanting,…
Finding Your Calm Space: Loving Kindness and Relationships
Living in a state of loving kindness towards others is crucial to our calm and wellbeing. I am always humbled when I hear about people who forgive in the face…
Finding Your Calm Space: Gratitude
Gratitude is powerful. Multiple research studies demonstrate that practising gratitude is one of the best ways to be calmer, happier and more successful[i]. When my seven children were younger I…
Finding Your Calm Space: Haiku, Poetry and Meditation
‘No one travels Along this way but I This autumn evening.’ - Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694 Haiku is a Japanese poetic form closely tied to meditation. Classic haiku are works…
Finding Your Calm Space: Create and Craft for Calm
Create and craft your calm space with crochet, colour or macrame. There are so many soothing and accessible ways to access your natural creativity. I always enjoy working on my…
Finding Your Calm Space: Daily Journaling
Daily journaling can help bring calm, focus and direction into your life. During the recent lockdown I began every day by writing three longhand pages in my journal. This was…
Finding Your Calm Space: Baking Bread for Calm
Baking bread is a soothing and calming process for all the senses. At the end you have something delicious to share and eat. It’s a great way to care for…
Finding Your Calm Space: Sounds and Silence
Sounds and silence are everywhere, inside and out. Our bodies and the natural world exist in constant vibration. We can tune in on some of these vibrations in the form…
Finding Your Calm Space: Getting Close to Nature
Getting close to nature is good for our mental and physical health[i]. There are so many ways we can find calm and happiness by getting involved with the natural world…