So after a couple of pretty hopeless days last week, I had the opportunity to go on a San Pedro (Huchuma) Healing Ceremony weekend in a large wooden house surrounded by the lush Wicklow Mountains. As I left Mum’s house on Friday, I pulled the sheets and covers off my bed, packed my blankets and
I’m just home from the gym and feeling good about my effort. Started back again about 3/4 weeks ago after getting over the initial cold that had struck me after my trip away (3+ months in Plum Village). I’ve been (roughly) twice a week since starting and even though it’s a real push to get
Last week I had the opportunity to go on a 4 day retreat very similar to the one I spent in Plum Village for just over 3 months. This retreat was entitled “Happy Teachers Change the World: Mindfulness Retreat for Educators”. It was led by 3 Monastics from Plum Village in Doneraile, Cork, Ireland. Although
Sometimes I wonder to myself, am I just putting added pressure to myself by having this blog? It’s ironic. I want it to help me in having a form of release, to help in expanding and building my writing abilities, to help in building confidence in myself… Yet, I keep putting writing off until ‘I’ve