Guest Blog: Stress Reduction for Fitness and Health
By Guest Blogger, Ellen Orton Description: Truthfully, everyone faces challenging situations in life. That’s why it’s crucial to find stress reduction tactics that work for you. Did you know…
Finding Your Calm Space: Yoga Nidra and Deep Rest
Yoga Nidra is a beautiful and effortless way to enter a state of profound rest. It is a wonderful way to find your calm space. Anxious, tired and stressed people…
Finding Your Calm Space: The Examen and Daily Reflection
Daily reflection on our choices and responses is a lovely way to discover inner calm. The Examen is a time-honoured approach to personal reflection and growth. During lockdown we spent…
Finding Your Calm Space: Making Time for Calm
Making time for calm is always a challenge. Calm rarely happens by chance. We all lead busy lives, juggling many responsibilities. Calm and self-care are often the first casualties. We…
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…