Blogcasts, reflections, recipes and practices
‘Defrag the mind’ with a yoga nidra practice. Simple yet powerful, a yoga nidra practice can produce healing that leads to significant life changes. Founded in the yogic belief that to change the external experience of life requires changing the inner landscape of the mind, it builds the strength of whilst resting and restoring balance.
Read MoreHello and welcome to February. Here’s our latest news from Jasmine Pradhan, Balance Garden’s Editor
Read MoreWe’re surrounded by a message that insists always doing more, and that can make us feel like there’s no time for rest. Rest, however, is an integral part of being able to reach higher.
Read MoreKate-Lois Elliott takes a look at the fine line between being a slave to your passions and finding freedom within them.
Read MoreOne of the hardest parts of losing a loved one - whether it’s through death, divorce or separation - is the paralysis from those around you. If we don’t face loss, we can’t help others with feelings of grief. It also comes as quite a shock when we experience it for ourselves. Jen explores challenging the fear surrounding death by talking about it.
Read MoreWe miss a lot during those minutes (or hours) of the day spent with the phone four inches from our face. It’s a distraction causing us to miss not only what’s going on around us, but also what is going on inside of ourselves.
Read MoreA delicious and easy supper. Quick, simple, vegan. Yum.
Read MoreHow often are you prepared to go to your edge places? To really place yourself in a situation you know will challenge you to your limits in some way. Once a week? Once a month? Once a year? How often would you like it to be? What holds you back?
Read MoreHello and welcome to January. Here’s our latest news and seasonal musings from Jasmine Pradhan, Balance Garden’s Editor
Read MoreAs Winter Solstice approaches, Phoebe shares another Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) model for getting the most of new year’s magic to craft an intentional 2019.
Read MoreAs we also enter the party season, we tax our bodies a little bit more at night, and so if we can upgrade what we do in the morning, it will help our body to regain its balance more easily. That way we will have more energy to enjoy all the fun that this season brings with it.
Read MoreHow much time do you spend thinking about things that are unrelated to what you’re doing, missing out on the wonders of the present moment? Here’s why we ought to rediscover our childlike sense of wonder by fully engaging with the present.
Read MoreThese indulgent Florentines are a perfect treat. Made with dark chocolate, dried fruit and nuts, they taste sensational. Once you try the homemade version, you’ll never look back!
Read MoreFear can be helpful - it helps us fight, flee or freeze in a moment of threat. Anxiety, on the other hand, is not helpful. Anxiety is a state of being fearful of an imagined future threat. According to psychotherapist Jen Woodward, paying attention to anxiety, rather than pushing it to one side, can help us redirect it and create a more positive and thoughtful narrative.
Read MoreMeditation is popular and there are many types of practices to choose from. How do you know what to pick and how it will help you? We put together a simple and pragmatic approach to select meditation practices that evolve as your intentions change with time.
Read MoreMindfulness is a way of being. What’s often missing in the white-washed zen-style imagery that can shape our preconceptions of this practice is that it can really make our lives pop into a glorious, widened spectrum of emotions and senses.
Read MoreHello and welcome to December. Here’s our latest news and seasonal musings from Jasmine Pradhan, Balance Garden’s Editor.
Read MoreFind out how yoga can give your immune system a boost for a happy, healthy winter.
Read MoreThis month Ruby Dhalay is delving into the unknown with a less commonly used spice - the black cardamom. Bolshy in flavour yet amicable when used in harmony with other spices, it’s the lesser-known big brother to green cardamon which you might have used already.
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