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This ones a biggy for me, a life without respect for yourself, others, nature and the planet is unimaginable. Again, this one is intimately linked to gratitude. It is a fundamental that says that life and everything in it is special, valuable and deserves to be looked after and honoured. Without respect, we take...

Is this not what we all crave – inner peace? It’s not even on your radar as a young person, life is more about exploration, excitement and results. Peace comes online later on. Having a peaceful life is not the same as having inner peace. You can still have a life of action and...

Love is our natural state, it is the heart, the centre of who we are, all positive emotions and states stem from love, it is bliss and ecstasy and of course when our lives are loveless we feel empty. We never lose love but we can lose touch with it. Sometimes we think love...

Our natural state is freedom, freedom to be ourselves, freedom to be creative, freedom of expression. We spend much of our early years focusing on the boundaries, rules and regulations of our families, communities and institutions. We spend all this time learning about restriction and conformity, some of which is necessary to socialise us...

Gratitude for me is the most important aspect of love. It is the sum total of appreciation, respect, joy, excitement and wonder, mixed with humility. It is not arrogant and does not takes things for granted. It is not clever or conceited but rather gracious and spellbound by the wonder of life and the...

Strength is within all of us if we choose to use it. It’s easier not to be strong sometimes and let other people do that job for you – and many are happy to ‘lean on’ or be ‘leant on’ but the benefits of being disciplined enough to develop strength are vast. Cultivating strength...

Happiness is an inside job. Nothing or no one can ‘make’ you happy long term, it’s like retail therapy….it’s glow is short lived. Happiness is an attitude, it’s part of gratitude and  is a choice that we make. We can wait for happiness to find us but it won’t, there will always need to...

Power and control go hand in hand – we can have ‘power over’ someone which is usually not a good thing especially if it’s used to manipulate a person or situation for the good of ourselves at the expense of others. Like smells or taste, some people can be over powering. Where we need...

Hope….what an essential. Hope is the anchor that keeps us ‘hanging on in there’ to life sometimes. The opposite of hope is hopeless….hopeless is beyond sad, it is resigned and flat, joyless and it weakens our whole energy field. Having hope is a lifeline when the going gets tough, in our everyday life it...

I’ve just read a book by Sondra Barrett, PhD, which has inspired me to write this, I loved the book, it added a bit more science to my knowledge of the cells which I have gained over the years as a yoga teacher and a nutrition obsessive ! Thank you Sondra. This was written...