Being human
and life's little mysteries

Today I’m feeling grateful to have an intelligent body. A body that remembers. A body that carries my unique imprint of experiences; a...

I have a 77 year old liver; the rest of my body is 51. This mismatch of age between a vital organ and the rest of my body does not rest...

March, 2020. By the time Covid broke out, I had stopped commuting into London on a weekly basis for work. After four months, it had...

Gurur Brahmā Gurur Viṣṇur Gurur devo Maheśvaraḥ Guruḥ sākṣāt paraṁ Brahma tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ Our creation is that guru (Brahma-the...

Many of you know me to be a practitioner of yoga and veganism, which I have subscribed to at two distinct points of my life: as a late...

So many metaphors about life. A landscaped journey; making lemonade from lemons; cyclical like the seasons; a recipe for disaster; like a...

It’s been said that the health of the spine reveals the health of a whole system. Afterall, the spine is a superhighway to the life force...

As 2021 approaches, we have yet another moment of looking through a portal – a point between A and B that feels, sometimes, like no man’s...

Morning view from kitchen. As The leaves have fallen off this statuesque beech tree, so too I’ve been going through my own state of...

Back to the Future I recently was in Dartmoor, the home to several Bronze Age ruins. Grimspound is the best preserved stone circular...

Sometimes life feels but a series of transitions. From one day to the next, from one season to another. What we often don’t see until we...

Lessons learned from the Coastal Path : a summer update Hiking, or rambling as they call it here in England, has always been a favourite...

When we’re born, we don’t realise that we are setting out on what will be an unknown, epic journey.  A life unfolds over a long time, and...

Hello Friends, We are living through extra-ordinary times. Unprecedented times. Times that maybe even will give rise to social...

entropy. dissonance. chaos. These are words we normally associate with times of tension and lack of clarity, and they may even resonate...

Ever prepare for a trip with the best intentions and the utmost care, and then, by no fault of your own, the plane, train or boat fails...

…but the real winning is in having the courage to get wet. Bhagavan Das once told me ‘Life is messy, you’ve got to roll your sleeves up...

The autumn time of year is a delight for witnessing change. Down here in Surrey, the chestnuts are opening up for the taking; fungi of...

A childhood memory: It’s 3am, pitch black and freezing outside. A few of us huddle together in my aunt’s barn, blankets around our...

Most of us have regular opportunities to break out of our comfort zone, a chance to try something new. Whether that is waking up a little...