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2017 reflections
2017 you’ve been a year of surprises! My resolutions for you were to save hellav money, get fit and fab, deepen yoga studies. I did none of those. Instead, upon the urging of @maharamckay I booked a last-minute flight to New Zealand for three months to teach yoga at her studio in Dunedin. Took a little visa
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Are you happy now?
I first was asked this question on a bonfire night by the sea on Cook Islands. Susann, a young, vibrant and beautiful German, suddenly popped this question at everyone. We all had to answer her, one at a time. Some of us stuttered and started, “yea but…” She interjected and insisted, “no, now. Are you
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Women’s Circle on Forgiveness
Last night I attended a women’s circle in Dunedin. We slow danced around candlelit rugs, held mugs of hot chai tea, savoured bliss balls and listened. As each sister spoke we listened in silence—no response, no words of comfort or advice. Too often when a friend confides in us, we’d start forming things in our
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I hitchhiked for the first time!
I hitchhiked for the first time! I had a bus ride waiting for me. But I would’ve missed it if not for Mary, a local living in Oamaru. Mary looked to be over 65 years old — peppered bob hair, lean with small wrists, delicate spectacles sitting on the tip of her nose, pink flushed cheeks taut
SHENAYOGA 