Mental Health

So as the rest of the world is trying to speed up every moment I am trying to slow it all down. As many are readily inviting digital and AI and instant hot water taps and robot typed messages and automatic everything, I am inviting analogue and using my brain and waiting for the kettle to boil and letters and manual everything.

Most kids tend to have imaginary friends. I had imaginary animals. Three of them; a bird, a horse and a dog. If I could, I would always choo

Farming, mothering, being the family provider. All of these roles and many more offer little respite. They offer little space to breathe but

The most sensitive of our animals have often been the most poorly handled and often carry an inaccurate label. A label that describes who th

Last week I was setting up the central altar for our Wild Woman Yoga class. I popped on a playlist and found myself dancing, singing and...

‘Heart opening’, a little like ‘letting go’, always sounds so gentle and effortless like a rose unfurling its petals on a warm summer’s...

I have never thought about, talked about or longed for sleep more than I do these days. Other than a brief period of calorie deficiency...

Hey loves, I'd love to unpack a mindfulness concept in the context of... yes you guessed it... anthropology. 'Non-doing', 'just being'......

The benefits of being in nature are many... Standing barefoot on the earth reduces inflammation, stabilises our blood glucose and...

My heart breaks when I see photos of us like this. The ‘before’. Then I remember how easy it is to only remember the good bits. Before I...

It is so hard when joy feels far away. The landscape feels as though it’s grown monotonous and grey and it can feel unending. But just...

As the world begins to open up I have noticed fear creeping in. So I have been exploring meeting it face on. When I talk about fear I...

From addiction to obsession Before I discovered yoga I was in survival mode. I went from work to ​sleep to work and from addiction to...

The Shy Child Sent to Stagecoach I wasn't a naturally expressive person in the sense that as a child I was incredibly, painfully shy and...

Every year I get braver and braver in meeting my emotions and it seems the more resilience I develop the more challenging the emotional...

If my heart and I had a status it would definitely be 'it's complicated' but in recent times I'm starting to feel that we're actually in...

Living close to nature and on a farm keeps me deeply connected to the seasons and cycles of nature, which in turn serves as a daily reminder

I started yoga at 17 because I was obsessed with exercise and the Power Yoga VHS I used pushed me hard and kept me out of my body.  I exerci

It’s taken a global pandemic to give many people the rest they’ve needed for a lifetime. A recent study even showed that of the participants

Thinking is becoming a lost art, not just worrying, planning, remembering, judging and all of the usual mind fluctuations we cram into the b