Asking for help
Change for the better rarely comes from within. Left to our own devices we tend to go around in circles, thinking the same old thoughts, repeating the same old ...
Author: Kaspa
To sit in a place
In preparation for the Wild Therapy training I am taking this year, we have been invited to find an outside place, and to sit in it for ten to fifteen minutes e...
We all have many inner voices
We all have different parts. There’s a part that wants to go to work, and a part that wants to stay in bed. There’s a part that wants that extra donut, and a pa...
Coming out as a Body Psychotherapist
Over the last few weeks, until just recently, I’ve been experiencing some nervousness. Towards the end of last year I started getting ready to advertise as a bo...
Surviving Christmas and the New Year
We are moving through the longest nights. What happens at this time of year? In the run up to the longest night we put up our decorations and lights, go to part...
Autumn and Winter Well-being
This month I was asked to write about coping with the disappearing sun, for our local magazine All About Malvern. This is the article I wrote: Worcester ...
Letting go, unravelling and something new
There is a time and a place for most things. When I started teaching mindfulness classes when we moved to Malvern I was excited to offer them, and I’ve always e...
What about desire?
I’ve just returned from a weekend of silent walking on the Malvern Hills. We walked nine miles south, and camped overnight, and nine miles back the next day. It...
When things are out of control
Remember when it snowed in February? The temperature dived below zero. On the Wednesday evening of the cold weather the temperature inside the temple started t...
Great Gratitude – Great Peace
A few days ago my thoughts were wondering all over the place. I was remembering things to do, making lists and composing emails. I was in the middle of walking ...