From the monthly archives: January 2010

Breathe deeply

On January 31, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Healthly tips and tricks

In India they say you only have a certain amount of breaths in your life so breathe slowly. The breath like the beat of the body happens automatically, no thinking is required…… its part of the magic of life.

As our mind and emotional states fluctuate these also affect the fluctuations of the breath. The quality [...]

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Book review: Superhero guide to picking up chicks

On January 30, 2010 · 5 Comments · In Book reviews

One of the magnamonous men in my life Trevor Russell has made it his personal mission to encourage men to ‘man-up’, empower them to become better men and teach them how to create lasting connections with women.

He has dedicated years to studying and researching the male and female interaction process, not only the initial meeting, getting [...]

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Magic of Manifestation

On January 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Inspiration

I have been told that my 28th year is meant to be my most successful year to date according to a astrologer that I was introduced to in Maui, Hawaii a couple of years ago. Thus far I have to say he has been right with my personal life and business Essence of Living Yoga & Pilates studio at Mermaid Beach purring [...]

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Book review: The Road Less Traveled

On January 21, 2010 · 3 Comments · In Book reviews

The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth by the late M. Scott Peck, M.D was first published in 1978.  A classic book about the road to spiritual growth through discipline, love and gratitude, something I return to for guidance and highly recommend to others. The ideas put forth [...]

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My wonderful worm farm

On January 16, 2010 · 18 Comments · In Be the change

I live in a beautiful villa in Mermaid Beach however the only problem is it doesn’t have much of a garden area. There is no opportunity for a compost bin and being a vegan and living with 3 fruit bats we go through a lot of fruit and vegetable scraps. Up until now we have thrown them [...]

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Aloha & Namaste link

On January 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Inspiration

During my stay here in Hawaii the most common word used is aloha. I originally thought it just simply meant hello and goodbye but today I was enlightened on it’s true meaning.

The word alo means “presence”, “front”, “face”, or “share”; and ha, means “breath of life” or “essence of life.” So when you meet or farewell someone and [...]

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Follow your passion

On January 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Inspiration

Very few people can say they truly love what they do and do what they love. The key is to find a passion in which you can dedicate your life’s energy towards. The typical person will work 97,464 hours in their lifetime from the age of 18-65 working an average of 8 hours a day 5 days a week.

We have all [...]

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Stop watching and start living

On January 5, 2010 · 4 Comments · In personal

I’m here on the beautiful Hawaiian Island Kauai also known as the Garden Island and I find my beloved step son’s glued to the television and portable Playstation. We have a hard time at home trying to get them off the electronics (as I imagine most Western parents do) and one son suggested the only way [...]

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Gymnastics at any age

On January 1, 2010 · 6 Comments · In personal

It’s New Years Day and my body is aching, I can hardly walk after my 1st private gymnastics session yesterday!

This year I have committed to one on one training twice a week with a brilliant gymnastics coach. This is something I have wanted to do for years but didn’t have the time or resources. [...]

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