Our Journey
The Blog
Contemplations
Blog pieces on life, mindfulness and living
Africa Calling
June 2023. One-and-half years in Mozambique. I am sitting on the veranda of the house we rent here overlooking the Indian Ocean while the birds and butterflies pass by. I am not much of a morning person - never have been - but the mornings are the most beautiful here.
Why I Teach
“Those who can do, those who can’t teach” was a phrase coined by fellow Irishman, playwright George Bernard Shaw.
"And Yet...."
I was never interested in this mindfulness lark. For most of my life, anything to do with meditation, spirituality or yoga was just weird “woo-woo” stuff. I was a practical, but fun-loving, atheist who left the Catholic church of my upbringing for many years.
Changes and Choices
Us humans have been long conditioned to fear change and everything that it might bring. Our unwillingness to accept change keeps us stuck in reactive and habitual patterns.