MEDITATIONS

  Winter Solstice Reflections Te Ao Māori is a way of life that is attuned to the subtleties of the natural world, grown out of the experience of being rooted...

Your browser does not support the audio element. Creating and maintaining an altar can be a comforting ritual to renew our faith in something unwavering and true as we face...

  Home is your first, work is your second. Where is your third space?   A third space is one that is imbued with meaning and purpose by the people...

Your browser does not support the audio element. What are you harvesting?     The Harvest Moon is typically around the Autumn Equinox. It is called this because it provided the...

Your browser does not support the audio element. The Nature Fallacy: Something is good because it is "natural" and bad because it is "unnatural.”   I have had to wrestle...

Your browser does not support the audio element. There is no such thing as eternal sunshine because there is no such thing as a spotless mind. If you are anything...

The beauty of boundaries & the art of wholeness   “Ecotones are not merely boundaries or edges; rather, they embody zones of active interaction between two or more ecosystems… The...

To see through “a glass”- a mirror - darkly is to have an obscure vision of reality. The expression comes from the writings of the Apostle Paul discussing the limitations of human...

Thigmomorphogenesis is the phenomenon by which plants grow and develop in response to touch. It is made up of 3 ancient Greek words:  θιγγάνω (thingánō) to touch μορφή (morphê) shape γένεσις (génesis)...

The luminous beauty in everyday things is a quintessential feature of Spring. Not only is the natural world re-awakening to greater warmth and light, but we too are re-awakening to...

If you live with chronic illness, then you know that maintaining hope can sometimes feel hopeless. Especially during the depths of winter, when melancholy can once again sink its teeth...

"Insomnia is a kind of revenge for all those thoughts that you refuse to have in the day that are coming back to bite you." - Alain de Botton  ...