The Beyond Growth event, held on Nov 3 at Grant Thorton on Fanshawe Str, Auckland CBD, and hosted by Degrowth Aotearoa, started promisingly with karakia, kai and networking. The vibe in the room was alive, and small pockets of people gathered around sumptuous catering to connect. Our name tags were made of upcycled cans with …
The Power of Surrendering to Life’s Circumstances
Today there were tears and a heart-opening surrender, but they didn’t come on the mat during morning salutations like yesterday. Today on the mat, I felt strong, clear and powerful. These tears came after my daily morning sun salutation practice, as I sat and wrote my morning pages, reflecting on the last 24 hours. After …
Reflections on Operating Within the Gift Economy via Dāna
Oh dāna, that virtue referred to within Buddhism and Tantra teachings where we practice opening ourselves up to freely give with generosity and to therefore receive the benefits that accrue from this experience. I’ve deliberately been leaning into operating from dāna for a number of years now, as part of using a mixed model for …
How to Experience Your Heart’s Desire in Four Simple Steps
What do you desire most in life? Are you orientating your life towards experiencing that desire? Do you want to orientate your life towards experiencing that desire? Do you know have to work skilfully with desire? Because that’s what it’s all about – using desire to take you all the way into the experience. Classical …
Battling Spiritual Materialism: That Time I was Kicked off an Online Summit
Recently, I was invited to appear as a presenter on an online Summit that was focused on raising consciousness. Turns out it was likely all about spiritual materialism*. When the invite showed up in my inbox, from people I didn’t know, I went to check out the material, check out their website, and see who …
Five Steps for Dealing with the Fear and Uncertainty of Covid-19
It’s Wednesday August 12th. New Zealand just found four cases of community transmission after 100+ days with none. Auckland is going into Level 3 Lockdown. The rest of the country is in Level 2 Lockdown. Those four cases are all within one family, traced to a man in his fifties. But it’s not yet known …
