Sometimes life is royally hard. Nothing feels right, and relief feels far away. There’s a tool I call on at times like this. It’s a Tibetan practice called ‘Tonglen’ that I learned several years ago from reading Pema Chodron’s book ‘When things fall apart’. I was living in Far North Queensland at the time, in a miserable relationship, and nursing a terribly aching, disappointed heart. As you might have guessed I banked a lot on both that relationship and it’s consequent life

At this time of year, for those of us who are prone to sensitivity to intensity and lots of social expectations, anxiety can begin to escalate. Outlined below is my go-to practice for managing anxiety at any time, especially over the festive season. As I write this I happen to be delayed at Brisbane airport awaiting a flight to Sydney after facilitating a Trauma Sensitive Yoga Teacher Training today, and am actively using this practice as I wait for my flight time to be annou