intentions

Gentle Protest: Step-by-Step

The New Year finds me at my desk, with a clear intention: ‘Finish what you’ve started.’ For three years, a book has been gestating and...

Transforming the World from Within - audio course

During the height of the pandemic, I wondered how best to be of service. Staying home didn't feel enough, yet we were being asked to do...

Connecting our Inner and Outer Worlds

As I sit on the stoep, sewing a button on my shorts, I am reminded of the Zen poem that touched me in the midst of our hard lockdown:...

A Thousand Year Vision

With the pandemic putting all plans on hold, it may feel like we’ve been locked up in a prison of the present moment. Our planning brain...

Hiking for Climate Justice: how to keep going forward

Simien Highlands, Ethiopia – the roof of Africa I must admit that I didn’t greet the new decade with my usual enthusiasm. I’m normally...

Beyond Sustainable

I’m just back from Peru. What an adventure! I keep asking myself, what did I learn? What struck me most? I could be prosaic about the...

The Intention Wheel

Here is a blank Intention Wheel template that you can download and use to fill in the different longer-term intentions that you are...

It’s Time to Act!

I recently presented a workshop on Mindful Activism to the South African Guild of Actors (SAGA). The tagline of their organisation is...

Effortless Flow

At our retreat in early December, I was exploring an over-riding intention for the year ahead. ‘Effortless Flow’ kept popping up to see...