Today I'm exploring how yoga, the kleshas, Hawkins’ Map of Consciousness and Ho’oponopono can help us meet emotion with greater awareness, compassion and choice. Many people first come to yoga because their body is asking them to do something. Perhaps the back feels stiff, the shoulders are tight, sleep has become restless or everyday life is leaving the body feeling tired and overwhelmed. We may arrive hoping to stretch, strengthen or ease discomfort and then through our physical practice,...

Uprooted, re-rooted, and blooming in her own time. This morning, I took a photograph of a small iris in my garden. At first, I simply saw beauty. Then I remembered its story. This iris was transplanted from my mum and dad’s garden, just next door. It hadn't travelled far, yet it had still been uprooted, disturbed, and asked to find itself again in new ground. And here it is now. Small, steady, perfectly formed, and open. A quiet joy for insects and onlookers alike. It made me think about...

What if the knight in shining armour isn’t coming from outside, but awakening within? I’ve been reflecting on a little-known avatar in the Hindu tradition… and what it might symbolise for the times we’re living in. There is an avatar in the Hindu tradition called Kalki . He is said to be the tenth and final incarnation of Vishnu, the one who appears at the end of Kali Yuga - the age of confusion, corruption and spiritual forgetfulness. - sound familiar? He rides a white horse, carries a...