There are moments when life seems to be happening to us rather than with us. Someone says something that upsets us. Plans fall apart. An opportunity disappears. We find ourselves worrying about something we cannot...
Think of a time you set off somewhere new. It doesn’t have to have been far away. It might just have been a new path on a familiar walk, a different route to work, a...
A‘ohe pau ka ‘ike i ka hālau ho‘okahi This Hawaiian saying is often translated as: “All knowledge is not in one school.” It is a simple phrase, yet one that contains a great deal of...
In many traditions, the trickster shows up in myths and stories as the disruptor. Not to destroy, but to wake us up. In Hawaiian lore, the legendary demigod Maui is a classic trickster: bold, curious,...
Protecting or Harmonising? There was a time when almost every spiritual or esoteric practice I encountered seemed to begin with protection. If you were meditating deeply, exploring altered states, visualising, journeying, or doing energy work,...
Have you ever noticed how some days you feel alive, clear, magnetic, and deeply connected to life… while on other days everything feels heavy, flat, or strangely difficult? Most people are taught to think about...
Is Your Energy Being Drained or Directed? A topic that sometimes arises on the classes we teach is that of energy and the concept of ‘protecting’ your energy and ‘energy being drained by other people...
What If? What if your reason could simply be… just because? There are many books and quotes about the importance of having a why. You will sometimes hear the line often attributed to Nietzsche who...
There are times in life when things can feel complicated in a way that is hard to explain. Not dramatic, not a crisis, just a low background sense of effort. Too many decisions. Too much...
Most of us know tension well. It shows up as tight shoulders at the end of the day. A clenched jaw in difficult conversations. A knot in the stomach before making a decision. Often, our...
