Are You Trying Too Hard?

There is a fine line between effort, which is crucial to achieve health-related or any other goal, and trying TOO hard, which in many cases, has the opposite effect.  In other words, to heal from disease, effort verses “letting go” must be balanced.  As phrased in the spiritual jargon: there must be room for “the…

The Ancient Power of Yoga to Heal Far Outstrips Modern Medicine

Yoga, the ancient bodymind and spirit practice, has been known mainly for the benefits of this system’s exercises. But for thousands of years, since the Ancients themselves explored and developed Yoga, it has been used as a deeply healing process. A systematic process which not only helps us to stay strong and vital, keeps stress…

Pain

At first The red and the green Fought with each other And each of them was pure Then the grey opinion said That they were bad And had to be hidden From the public Parts of them As is always the case Showed up Anyway Unstoppable And right But not any more Pure and innocent…

Sound Therapy and Reiki Healing

Are you familiar with sound therapy? It is often used alongside reiki healing therapy to give powerful transformative treatments. Here is my early experience of sound therapy from a spiritual retreat I attended several years ago: I attended a spiritual retreat for a weekend on which I was introduced to the ways of our Shaman…

Hydrate with Water

We lose water by urinating, from medication and from sweating. You can lose up to a quart of water during exercising and by doing physical labour for your job. A lack of hydration may result in fatigue, light headiness, fainting, heart palpitations and chest pains. Water flushes out your system and the toxins which will improve…

Hypnosis/Hypnotherapy: What it is and is not!

I am a retired Clinical Hypnotherapist, although I do help people from time to time, when my inner guidance directs me to do so. However, to all intents and purposes I have retired from that excellent healing profession. Nevertheless, consequent to my subsequent books I have written, and the many articles I have written, mostly…

The Astonishing Power of Meditation to Heal

There are so many, many definitions of what Meditation is, and of course there are many systems of teaching Meditation technique. The Yoga approach is one of the most well known and structured ways to learn. The Zen way, of sitting zazen, is one of the least structured meditation practices. And this is J. Krishnamurti’s…

Release and Wonder:  The Gifts of Gratitude

I have been invited to present at a Mind Body Soul Summit in December and as part of my preparation for this, I wrote the following blog.  The Summit is entitled Release With Gratitude, and so the presenters will all be exploring various perspectives on this.  The organiser, Sue Allsworth of Authentic Smile, is also…