journal writing

Current research shows that writing about yourself in a positive sense is linked to better emotional and physical health. So what’s stopping you? It’s time to find the courage to put pen to paper and write your memoir.

We look at how journaling about your dreams can help you to interpret their meaning and understand how they relate to your life.

Which of your beliefs, actions or patterns do you feel may require a hairpin turn? Are you ready to make that change?

Whether it’s stories, poems, songs or daily notes in a diary – writing can be a pathway to wellbeing.

Putting pen to paper is a time-honoured way to gain clarity in your life, work through tough situations, heal from trauma and gain a deep sense of authenticity and purpose.

I am by nature a hybrid creature, part eclectic bower bird and part minimalist traveler.

It can be scary to talk about suffering from depression, as you risk being judged by others. Expressing your feelings on paper, however, may have multiple benefits.

My yoga mat is a safe haven from which to play, to shift mountains from my mind and create space as wide as the skies.

The alarm sounds six am and I roll out of bed and onto my yoga mat, managing to keep my eyes closed throughout the entire movement. Surely that’s an asana in itself right? Sleepasana maybe? I move slowly through my warm up postures, but stay a little longer in Balasana (child’s pose). Working my buttocks […]

Crack, pop, bend, snap, grind, meld, mesh, breathe, release, goes the sound of my skeleton as it reluctantly welcomes day three of yoga school. A sinkhole of stagnant, rigid energy resides at the base of my spine: the result of an eight-hour, deep yogic sleep. As I wake up, slowly the energy starts to rise, […]

My 21 day yoga school experience gave the word ‘intensive’ a whole new meaning.

Whether it’s a scrap of paper, a locked journal or a glowing computer screen, if there is a nagging worry that won’t go away, write about it. After all, who better to share your problems with than a blank page?