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20/10/2017

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02/03/2017

"Nature always wears the colours of the spirit." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

15/02/2017

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15/02/2017

A wonderful article by Stephen Buhner on the importance of nurturing our interconnectedness with nature. "More than once I have walked in deep forest searching for the path that lay concealed beneath my feet."

Gaian Studies is a center for earth centered learning, offering vision quests, wilderness retreats, nature studies, sacred plant medicine, sweat lodge, Tarot, Astrology readings, and herbal medicine including alternative lyme disease treatment.

11/02/2017

"Yoga practice can make us more and more sensitive to subtler and subtler sensations in the body. Paying attention to and staying with finer and finer sensations within the body is one of the surest ways to steady the wandering mind." ~ Ravi Ravindra, The Wisdom of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide.

08/02/2017

The simple but beautiful little Padgham Room at Warley Woods, home to Wednesday evening's classes. There was a wonderful energy in tonight's class, with a focus on the Ahimsa Yama (non-violence) and the heart 🙏🏻✨❤️🌳. "Love is the first seed of the Soul" ~ Rig Veda x.29

08/02/2017

Feeling very blessed that the second class at Warley Woods is now also fully booked 🙏🏻. "Yoga is the space where flower blossoms." ~ Amit Ray, Yoga The Science of Well-Being

08/02/2017

"Taking the time to regularly remove ourselves from urban settings and spend more time in nature can greatly benefit our psychological (and physical) well-being."

While it may seem obvious that a good hike through a forest or up a mountain can cleanse your mind, body, and soul, science is now discovering that hiking can actually change your brain… for the better! Hiking In Nature Can Stop Negative, Obsessive Thoughts Aside from the almost instant feeling of c...

31/01/2017

"The miracle of a single tree in the middle of nowhere originates from its own power, its own belief in itself." ~ Mehmet Murat ildan

28/01/2017

"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the ‘Universe’ - a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts, and feelings, as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." ~ Albert Einstein.

28/01/2017

So looking forward to teaching in this beautiful place. "The forest makes your heart gentle. You become one with it." ~ Pha Pachak

15/01/2017