Interview with crystal and reiki healer Pierluigi

In times of trouble I always look towards the wise and wonder what they would say or do. Then I remembered an encounter I had with a very young wise man whilst I was staying at a retreat centre in Penedes. When I met him he was in the kitchen soaking a handful of crystals…

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…

Uplift your spirit with an open fire

This month, I was astounded by the sheer volume of bypassers I saw on the route around my local mountain. But what I was more astounded by was the way we shared the route with the same intention. That was to collect vast amounts of pine cones for our open fires. I couldn’t help but…

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…

Current vibes reading from intuitive medium Nita

Did anyone feel that life provided us with an exceptionally temperamental pace this year, with plenty of storms and uncertain endings? This week, our guest intuitive medium Nita has kindly brought us some astrological wisdom to renew our minds and hearts and lead us forward with faith. Here’s what she has to say about our…

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…

A poem from the park

This week I would love to share with you a secret park. In fact the secret is not the park itself, since it occupies a large area of the city centre. But what is secret is that it is not alone. It has the flavour of a magic park, even when it appears so simple….

The moment calls for a festival – Barcelona does it well

I found myself one grey day last week sitting in a dim lit square in the district of Gràcia. Nothing special was happening at the time so I ordered an equally dim americano with ice to fill up the boring space. Then as the clouds descended deeper into the square, a man with a saw…

A real taste of kirtan in the park

It wasn’t that long ago that I took a walk around one of the most beautiful parks of Barcelona – Parc de I’Estacio del Nord. After a stroll past the masterful tightrope walkers, kora players, lovers snoozing side by side and children  posing in their latest yoga postures, I was drawn in by some very…

An interview with a creative goddess

I couldn’t help but notice her smile when I met her. She was sat in a coffee shop drinking a chai tea and looking through a magazine. The red lipstick stain she left on the mug made me look again towards her glowing face. Her name was Aoife and I came to meet her for…

Here’s to newness

A week ago, despite the building heat of Barcelona, I made a pact to meet some friends for a country walk. We were long standing friends that had met in the city many years ago. Duyen was the atypical Asian beauty who claimed to have an Italian soul for food, an artistic talent in crochet…