Last week I made myself a fresh thyme tea. That particular day I was feeling a little low and heard this tea had great antioxidant benefits. In the end, the thyme was grounding and delicious and made me feel instantly better. The trouble was, it hadn’t only helped to cleanse my palate but it seemed…
Category: Inspiration
Interview with NLP coach, Mari
This week I had the pleasure of getting to know a very nice young lady from the suburbs of Barcelona. Her name was Mari and she was busy in her life with helping others to heal. In fact she was a Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) coach and Bach flower practitioner. “My God”. I thought out loud…
Reflections from the winter solstice
On the 22nd December I took a visit to the local hairdressers to celebrate the winter solstice. “How much hair do you think I’ve acquired since the summer solstice?” I asked the hairdresser. “Probably around four inches.” She said, smiling at me. “Ok. Then please cut it off.” I replied. As she went about cutting…
A sacred falcon messenger
It was New Year’s Day and I took the opportunity to walk. With a lifelong friend, we went to visit the mountains above Barcelona. After our two hour climb under the dazzling sun and our one hour meditation at the top, we stopped for a short tea break before we briskly walked back down the…
Interview with Marina Tsartsara – interdisciplinary dance artist and BMC® practitioner
This week, I was honoured to interview Interdisciplinary Dance Artist and Somatic Movement Practitioner & Teacher, Marina Tsartsara. Greek born and living in Barcelona, she was kind enough to talk to us about her life as both a performer and Somatic movement teacher & therapist. “So what brings you to Barcelona?” Was my first question…
Be a beacon
Did you ever wonder why life can sometimes be ever so brutal, ever so unkind, ever so unloving and uncool? Some say it comes from an ego playing a game of blame and hate. Others say it comes from not allowing our souls the privilege of being loved. I suspected that our beloved Albert Einstein…
An interview with photographer, Markus Henttonen
I recently spent the afternoon dining at a friends apartment and while I was there I caught myself indulging in her bookshelf. About three shelves down, next to a collection of travel books, I found a beautiful book of photography. Markus Henttonen: Twisted Tales – Road to Hope, it had displayed on the hardcover. Ever…
Discover a new gem, Sant Pere de Ribes
What with autumn on its way and the clouds meeting for display, I earnestly sought out a new experience this week. My intuition told me to follow a path over to a small mountain town, above the coastline of Sitges and Garraf, called Sant Pere de Ribes. That morning I took the bus from Placa…
A route to self-love
Last week, as the city grew back in abundance and the people were falling in love with its cooler clime, I began to somewhat fall out of love. Not with the city itself but with my usual spot and my usual theme. So I diligently allowed myself to change it. Then this week, as I…
How we benefit from the expressive arts
This summer I become indulged in hosting and facilitating poetry workshops in and around the city of Barcelona and was reminded yet again, under a new guise, the power in the art of poetry. For the past decade, my indulgence was in the art of creating and the art of writing itself. And when that…
To friendship on Sant Joan
Alas, here we are again, passing the celebration of Saint John the Baptist. Here in Barcelona, the Feast of Sant Joan is currently passing through our minds and souls and gifting us once again with a night of fires and friends, the beginning of summer and an opportunity to decide how we want to live….
Another Sant Jordi, another poem
@->->– Here we are again, another year, another book and another spectacular moment to celebrate Sant Jordi – the day of the lovers – in Barcelona. As it stands, the 23rd April is still the most romantic day of the year, where men and women all over the city exchange books for roses to honour…