So what I’m here to talk about today is my own journey to finding my soulmate. I didn’t meet my husband until I was in my early 40s. And we’ve been married now for 11 years. So that was a journey. Oh, yeah, that was a bit of a journey of relationships and dating that […]
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For Valentine’s Day, I dipped into chocolate-covered childhood memories and made a lily for my husband.
Mum and I spent endless childhood summer weeks staying in my grandparent’s small, cozy flat in London. I always looked forward to spending time there, particularly with my grandfather. The flat was different from our home on the north shore of Long Island and I was a kid who lapped up and enjoyed diverse environments. […]
Why You Shouldn’t Speak Your Truth
WHY YOU SHOULDN’T SPEAK YOUR TRUTH We all have that friend who puts their hands on their hips and says ‘I have to speak my truth’ – and you find your stomach dropping. I’m all for living your truth – but you don’t have to be blunt and rude to do this! How often do […]
Benefits of Breathing in Yoga
On waking every morning, I do some simple yoga in bed. I spend a few minutes on easy stretches and conscious breathing. Breathing in yoga is a revelation. It can be brief and uncomplicated yet have a profound effect. At the moment, the nights are still drawing in and I breathe into the dark. It’s […]
Support Isn’t Weak – it helps you have confidence in yourself
Reconnecting to your Community How have you been poking your head out into the world? I’ve been a bit wary, stepping out a toe here and there before taking the plunge. Apparently I’ve always been this way, My father told me of a chat he had with my kindergarten teacher, who told him I would […]
Get Your Saturday Night Fever Strut Back
When I was in my mid forties, I said to myself – Antonia, you need to move more to keep your body ticking over and feeling confident in your body. The things I first tried were very much in the wheelhouse of what we do in the US – strive, push yourself, excel – go […]
When was the last time you felt good about your body?
When was the last time you felt good about your body? Become friends with your body. We’re very negative about your bodies, aren’t we – always finding fault. We don’t like this and we don’t like that. We’re too something and not enough something else. We say things to ourselves like, “just look at that […]
An old printing press gave me a frisson of history – how does that relate to yoga?
Something you might not know about me is that I spent decades as a Historian. I researched, digging into the past, putting puzzle pieces together to create a picture of what happened way back then. Sometimes the pieces were murky and sometimes there were holes in the puzzle but I loved creating a coherent picture. I’ve always been […]
Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training: 40 Day Kriya
I’m on day 34 of my latest 40 Day Kriya. It’s a profound and challenging practice, not just physically – each day feels different and emotions well up and sometimes even roil. This is the third 40 Day Kriya I’ve done – the difference is, it’s part of my Kundalini yoga teacher training. I am […]
What my Mum Taught Me about Using My Privilege
When I was about ten, my mother gave me a lesson in using my privilege. I didn’t know it at the time, but what she modeled has framed how I live my life. It was about 1977 and my father and I drove to Kennedy Airport to collect my mother. The breeze from the […]