The Lord of Beginnings and Remover of all Obstacles, Ganesh also known as Ganapati or Ganapataye is one of the best known and loved deities in the Hindu religion and is the most recognised of  all the Hindu gods outside of India.

According to Vastu...

"When inward tenderness finds the secret hurt

Then pain itself will crack the rock and let the soul emerge............ " Rumi 

Depression as with other emotional and mental illnesses,  

is frequently unnoticed, unacknowledged and often  hidden

well.

It is an illness...

It's a new year and I've promised myself to try and write more blogs, rather than gathering them in

my head as I have been doing. Not much good there if no one can read them ! I'm not a writer,  reading has always been my passion , but i've had to do a lot of writing...

I love how nature in her wisdom gives us herbs and remedies suitable for both the seasons and balancing  the Ayurvedic  body types.

As a child,  I'd find myself entangled in this long, sticky  plant and  would  intentially cover my clothes with this playful an...

I'm a morning person, I just can't help waking early and while I'm happy to get

up and do my Yoga practice and mediation etc, what I really look forward to 

my breakfast ! Possibly my most favourite meal of the day ! 

Yup!  I'm thinking about it when i should be focusi...

Ayurveda is the ancient system of healing from India that uses food, herbs, lifestyle, yoga 
and mediation to bring balance and the removal of disease by initiating our own true nature. 
This interactive workshop will introduce the fundamentals of Ayurveda and how to...

" People ask me what my religion is, I tell them , my religion is kindness “ 

   His Holiness The XIV Dalai Lama 

Patanjali’s classical text the Yoga Sutras describe the nature

of the mind and ways to control it's restlessness based on physical

( yoga ) and mental (...

WE ARE ALL UNIQUE

“We all yearn deep within our hearts, to know who we are, and why we are here...

He who knows others is learned, he who knows himself, is wise..” Lao Tzu

More people are now turning to Ayurveda as a  system of health care that emphasizes self heal...

 So.... I've decided to start talking about nutrition as I follow an Ayurvedic and  vegan lifestyle and diet.  I'm often asked  how do you get your calcium and  protein etc  and in relation to Ayurveda this often comes up as traditionally some dairy is  used to reduce...