For love and health...

Meditation is a tool which changes your life! When you learn about the principles of meditation and why people meditate your knowledge and understanding of it and life go a lot deeper than ever before. Since I started to meditate I have found that I have a lot more control over how I react to situations that occur in my life as I can stand back and observe my thoughts rather than just reacting. Its almost like taking control of your emotions rather than letting them control you! Im still learning how to do this properly but now I feel I can recognise negative thoughts/feelings quickly and almost stop myself from going down that route. In time I know that this will become easier...at present I still sometimes go through an internal struggle before being able to calm myself down but at least I can get there as an end result. Brilliant :) Meditation brings about a state of awareness...aware ness of yourself, your thoughts, your feelings and your peacful soul! Its this awareness that...

To see a person smile is the most beautiful form of communication. In a smile you show joy! You show acceptance! You show love... While traveling in New York recently I discovered that this show of love bought a deep happiness to me and allowed me to share that joy with others. Share it with People that I didn't know at all. Giving a smile meant that so many people approached me, spoke to me, complimented me! They displayed love to me and this lifted my spirits so high! Such a simple thing...a smile, which is felt from deep inside brings such a profound effect to the world. Imagine the more people who smile at each other, the happier the world will be! The simplicity of that is beautiful! Absolutely amazing! I will make it my mission to smile as much as I can through my journey of life... :))))  

For a while now I have been practicing meditation. Be it active (as I explained in my earlier posts) or still, calmness. The meditation helps me calm my mind down, pause my thoughts and gain control so I can connect with myself. My real self! This connection allows everything to get stronger, I can hear my inner voice more than ever before and I just want it to get louder and louder. When you can hear your inner thoughts, your intuition, your higher self and you have the courage to face up to those thoughts and bring them into your physical reality, you will start to move to a truly happy and positive place. You will be following your joy, what feels right to you. This truthful presence brings about an inner glow. Wherever you go, you will feel this glow. You will wake up feeling happy, you will go to sleep calmly and with no heavy feelings or thought. A few Saturdays ago I went out with some friends. Never before in my life have I had so many complete strangers walk straight up to...

A few Saturdays ago I woke up to an upsetting thought. It was a thought from the past, one that meant a lot at some point in my life but now it was in the past. The memory of it still captured me though. I started to move through my day and decided that actually, I will let myself feel this emotion if that’s what is surfacing. I went shopping, I felt sad, I walked in the rain, I felt sad, I eat some lovely food but I was still feeling sad....and then I walked into the centre of town (no smile on my face just going through the motions) and there was a group from the church promoting their activities. They were trying to show how much fun it could be to be a part of the church. 6 men were doing a performance with straw hats. They were dancing along to some amazing soulful upbeat music! The words of the song were singing about having love for Jesus. I stopped in my tracks and stood still in the rain...I smiled at the performers. As I listened to the music it started to really lift my sp...

An amazing book By Teal Scott A few weeks ago while having a catch up with one of my good friends, he mentioned Teal Scott! He said look her up on YouTube. From that moment onwards I was completely inspired by this wonderful woman! She is an absolutely amazing character, truly inspiring! Touching peoples lives from afar, changing people, helping us remember or realise what we are all here for. Within just 48 hours of listening to Teal on her YouTube channel ( The Spiritual Catalyst ) I was completely hooked and wanting more! More knowledge! More realisation! So I ordered her book Sculptor in the sky. Getting this book was one of the best things I ever did! Im about half way through now, its only a very small book but crammed full of life enhancing information. One paragraph has so much wise information in it you almost have to read it several time to really really understand it and get your head around it. Teals speaks all about the purpose of life, being true to yourself and ...

Kettle Bell Love! Tuesday and Thursday nights I attend a kettle bell class. The atmosphere in this class is great! Everyone is so friendly and the workout is amazing! What I love is that the class is always different! No two classes are ever the same, so this means you work hard....really hard but don’t think about it as much as your attention is on the new exercise or completing the given circuit! The instructor Stuart (From Stu-nique Fitness ) is AMAZING! I cant talk highly enough of him! So encouraging! Motivating! A truly inspiring character! No matter how many people there are in a class...10, 20....he will always manage to give you individual attention! As hard as kettle bell training is I am in love with the challenge it presents. I thrive off the feeling of feeling strong. A strong woman who can deal with things on her own! I know its just a class, but for me it represents a lot more than just that! I now swing a 20kg kettle bell!! I am very proud of myself! Determined!...

Last night I went for a nice long 16km run! Completely zoned out in my active meditation I discovered a technique to make my running a lot easier!!! If you keep your mouth shut and just breath through your nose your chest doesn’t get tight and you don’t get as tired so quickly. It then comes more down to the stamina in your legs and rest of the body to carry you through. I always knew this but its hard to do when your so focused on running correctly and just getting through the distance! I forced myself to keep breathing through my nose and the result was amazing! Back in December 2011 I started a trial of Bikram Yoga (Leicester) ! This class is amazing in itself. I will talk about my LOVE for Bikram in another post as it is a subject within itself!! But Bikram teaches you one thing and that is to breath through just your nose for the whole 90minute class. This has helped me immensely with my running and other training in general! I would say Bikram Yoga and Running go hand in han...