"Thank you so much for the beautiful reading. I have listened to the recording a number of times, and each time I do, I hear something different, or something else drops a level in my understanding. I was so inspired by your knowledge and clarity that I have signed up to study with you on your philosophy course.” - Fiona C
Wishing you a Happy Diwali, dear friend! May this Festival of Lights illuminate your heart with the light of a Thousand Suns! Endless rows of flickering candles recall that light Divine. It is the ultimate blessing of Diwali, the spiritual wealth that never diminishes. Diwali expresses itself through numerous worldly signs, all of them pointing to Read More…
Guru means dispeller of darkness, and the yoga tradition makes clear that every aspirant on the spiritual path needs a guru. It does not specify, however, what form that guru should take. The Holy Mountain of Arunachala, a form of Lord Shiva, was guru to the great saint, Sri Ramana Maharshi. In Sanskrit, Jupiter is Read More…
Irish clients bring me extra challenge! Not always, of course—and the charm, warmth and spiritual sincerity more than compensates. But the fact is, lots of you dear Irish (particularly of a certain age) haven’t a clue about your birth time. And despite your best detective work, nothing comes clear. Your birth time doesn’t exist in Read More…
A few days ago, I received an email from Easy Jet announcing they were back in the air. Good news, from so many points of view. Yet the declaration hit me wrong, triggering a wave of sadness that stayed with me for hours. “Where will you fly to first? the headline enticed, implying a line Read More…
It happened. An historical event—the magnitude of which none of us have known before—just happened. Covid-19 unleashed shockwaves into nearly every aspect of ordinary life. Suddenly, habitual activity came to a sharp halt. In a matter of days, the lockdown stripped away our routines, the action patterns that define identity. Society divided into two: the Read More…
Shiva is the Lord of Yoga. The Shastras say that the first yoga lesson ever was given by Lord Shiva to his wife Parvati, a form of Shakti. And it is through her that the great cornucopia of teachings comes to us. Shiva taught Parvati 84 asanas . . . or was that 84 crore Read More…
Fairy Tales suggest that true love lasts forever, but they never show us how. Once the Prince kisses Sleeping Beauty or finds the beautiful maiden whose tiny foot fits the glass slipper, wedding bells ring out over the kingdom and the story is over—with the assumption that “happily ever after” depends solely upon the right Read More…
Just as the cycles of Sun and Moon organise time into repeating patterns, so do certain other cosmic cycles—most of them little understood and hardly recognised—create recurring patterns that qualify time and shape destiny. The slow-moving planets (Jupiter, Saturn and the Nodes) mark phases of experience of long duration. For insight into the signposts of Read More…
The season of magic has commenced! And story has the power to transport. Which one is captivating you? I hope something, because when we lose the ability to journey into extraordinary realms, we lose the essence of our human potential. While Santa and his reindeer prepare for their midnight flight, a pregnant virgin riding a Read More…
All summer I’ve been thinking of writing a blog article, but it never happened. The topic was clear to me, the desire intense, but I couldn’t get started. I could blame it on the house guests I had all summer. But the real reason, I believe, is my own uncertainty about getting the words right! Read More…
