Ruby 9 - Yoga, Chant, Stories

14/01/2026

Thoughts and Musings

“Although many people strive to be perfect, those who become wise know that perfection is a kind of death, and that our weird imperfections actually keep us alive. It turns out that the word perfect means finished or complete, or to go through the form. So that perfect means you've gone all the way through. And that makes perfection perhaps flawless, but also ultimately lifeless. Being fully alive means becoming more conscious of how we are wounded. And becoming a whole person means learning how to live with our wounds and our imperfections, rather than trying to figure out how to avoid them."
Micheal Meade

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07/01/2026

Thoughts and Musings.

“Humans have been exchanging all manner of material and intangible cultural artifacts for a very long time – generally, by peaceful and joyous means, but sometimes, of course, less so… Everything real has a shadow. We need to understand our global history much better and the long-term deep time migrations of people and cultures. It should be an encouraging rather than fearful experience. This is one world. There is one humanity facing a climate crisis that threatens us all. We need to work as one and those who have good fortune need to sacrifice and share with those who have less. This is one of the recurring messages in the stories.”
Ben Haggerty

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05/01/2026

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02/01/2026

6.15 - 7.15am is not exactly sunrise at the moment but it is still a gloriously peaceful time of day to practice.
I'd love you to join me online as we welcome the New Year.

30/12/2025

Thoughts and Musings

“What is wild cannot be bought or sold, borrowed or copied. It is. Unmistakeable, unforgettable, unshamable, elemental as earth and ice, water, fire and air, a quitessence, pure spirit, resolving into no contituents.
Don't waste your wildness: it is precious and necessary.”
― Jay Griffiths, Wild: An Elemental Journey

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29/12/2025

You are so very welcome to join me.

I'd love to share the start of 2026 with you.

26/12/2025

The end of the year is upon us and a new one soon to begin.

May your transitions be filled with light, love and peace.

And a reminder that my New Year Early Morning Intensive runs from January 5 - 9th, 6.15 - 7.15am each morning. $80. Online.

I love this intensive - it feels as though the work we do to welcome the new year, to set intentions, to ground ourselves throughout our five mornings together brings us closer to a state in which we can connect and thrive.
I'd love you to join me.
Please contact me if you would like to join.

24/12/2025

Thoughts and Musings

'You must have chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star,'
Nietzsche.

pic: Sally Riddell

22/12/2025

The end of the year is upon us, and a new one is soon to begin.

To inspire you for 2026, a reminder that my New Year Early Morning Intensive runs from January 5 - 9th, 6.15 - 7.15am each morning. $80. Online.
I love this intensive - it feels as though the work we do to welcome the new year, to set intentions, to ground ourselves throughout our five mornings together brings us closer to a state in which we can connect and thrive.
I'd love you to join me.
Please contact me if you would like to join.

19/12/2025

The end of the year is upon us.
For us in the Southern Hemisphere it is the time of the summer solstice.
This year we have a a new moon right at the time of solstice. There is something wonderful about that.
Summer and winter solstices hold a special place in my heart. They represent transitions, movement of light and day length, they inspire in me moments of reflection on the inwardness and outwardness of life and living, and I love that feeling of change that is inspirational that comes with this.
This summer, or if you are in the northern hemisphere, solstice also coincides with the end of one calendar year and the next. That feels special too.
May your transitions be filled with light, love and peace.
And to inspire you for 2026, a reminder that my New Year Early Morning Intensive runs from January 5 - 9th, 6.15 - 7.15am each morning. $80. Online.
I love this intensive - it feels as though the work we do to welcome the new year, to set intentions, to ground ourselves throughout our five mornings together brings us closer to a state in which we can connect and thrive.
I'd love you to join me.
Please contact me if you would like to join.

17/12/2025

A Moment of Reflection - December newsletter/blog

17/12/2025

The end of the year is upon us.

For us in the Southern Hemisphere it is the time of the summer solstice.
This year we have a a new moon right at the time of solstice. There is something wonderful about that.

Summer and winter solstices hold a special place in my heart. They represent transitions, movement of light and day length, they inspire in me moments of reflection on the inwardness and outwardness of life and living, and I love that feeling of change that is inspirational that comes with this.

This summer, or if you are in the northern hemisphere, solstice also coincides with the end of one calendar year and the next. That feels special too.

May your transitions be filled with light, love and peace.

And to inspire you for 2026, a reminder that my New Year Early Morning Intensive runs from January 5 - 9th, 6.15 - 7.15am each morning. $80. Online.

I love this intensive - it feels as though the work we do to welcome the new year, to set intentions, to ground ourselves throughout our five mornings together brings us closer to a state in which we can connect and thrive.

I'd love you to join me.

Please contact me if you would like to join.