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  • Rachel Bonkink Seaside meditation

    Meditation to deal with chronic stress

    29th June 2021

    We can be our own worst enemy, I should have done this, said that, I’m such a …. Thinking like this, allowing the negative self-talk and beliefs to take over, has an impact on your overall wellbeing. Moreover, this constellation of negative thoughts can increase your stress levels towards chronic stress ...read more

  • and breathe

    ‘Just breathe’, how difficult can it be?

    6th October 2020

    'Just breathe, just follow your breath, allow the body to breathe', you've probably heard these words before at some point in a yoga or meditation class. Resulting in a sweet roll of the eyes perhaps. An understandable roll of the eyes as it can be seriously boring to observe your breath. I ...read more

  • Beach view meditation

    2021: How love and kindness might just be our way out

    22nd September 2020

    In our daily newsfeed, love and kindness don't seem to exist. Most people are completely fed up with all the Corona talk, the news, the negativity, the fear, all the opinions and the expert views? Plans getting cancelled, urgh… over and over again. Corona has catapulted us into a completely different world. I often ...read more

  • Cultivate more Peace of Mind with the So Hum Meditation

    30th May 2020

    After years of practice, reciting So Hum is still one of my favourite meditation techniques to teach. It is a very powerful and yet, a very simple technique. The mantra, so hum is like a tool for the mind. Something to hold on to, and something to go back to when the ...read more

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    Yoga for the Mind: a 5 Step Process to Overcome Fear and Anxiety

    27th April 2020

    Even for the most grounded person, it’s really not easy to rest in that calm abidance that is often times mentioned in Buddhism. These are seriously challenging times and so many feel pulled in all kinds of different directions. As a human species, we have been through a thing or two ...read more

  • make time or make excuses

    Make Time or Make Excuses: The Choice is Yours

    30th October 2016

    Oh, I would love to but I don’t know if I can make time.
    This must be the global top excuse when life gets busy or when you don’t want to feel guilty about skipping something. People spend hours though watching bad TV series, phones are getting at least 180 checks a ...read more

  • manifest your dreams

    Starting with Meditation

    28th August 2014

    Does the idea of starting with meditation freak you out? No time? You can't sit still? Too difficult for you? Too many (dancing and out of control) monkeys running around in your mind? Or would you even describe your mind as a Zoo, filled with monkeys and an occasional elephant passing by? Several ...read more

  • Do You Know What Your Problem Is? Well, …

    21st January 2014

    I'm a strong believer of the idea that changing your thoughts, can change your life. Many people ask me: But, how do we do that? It has taken me years to think the way I do, so how can I change that into choosing only those thoughts that serve me? Awareness ...read more

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    Why Do We Meditate? Why bother?

    28th July 2013

    It's just another Thursday morning and we just finished our yoga class. Tuning in with the breath, neck rotations, my crazy ankle flexes, some hip and heart openers, gentle twists, one sun salut, arm torture with the belts, forward folds, backward folds, warrior 1, 2, triangle, another sun salut, sphinx, ...read more

  • 5 Tips to Beat the Stress at Work!

    23rd March 2013

    At least 15 unanswered emails? ‘Always’ running late for appointments? Demanding customers on the phone? Feeling like an office zombie? Deadlines? Your boss being a boss? Thinking you urgently need a holiday or change, or both? Trust me, I know what it feels like, I was there! When you're stressed at work, a ...read more