Category Archives: Uncategorized

This afternoon there was a power cut while I was at work. Whereas I was happy sitting and enjoying doing nothing, most of my colleagues were looking for things to do, tidying up their desks, walking restlessly around the office… As I was sitting, revelling in the peace and quiet, I realised that the joyContinue reading “More than flexibility”

Mindfulness is all around us at the moment, there isn’t a day that goes past without somebody mentioning it, at work, in the medias… I used to approach mindfulness with a very focused, “I am going to be mindful of my actions” state of mind. It kind of worked when I was focused on whatContinue reading “Journaling – Being in the moment”

Journaling is something I do from time to time to put to paper what I have going on in my head, to clarify my thoughts. Usually, I write these thoughts down on notepads and – having several notepads – I usually misplace what I have previously written to find it much later on. Some organisationContinue reading “Journaling – change of air”

Yoga classes

Day to day life: working, playing with the kids, cooking, going out with friends, cleaning the house, looking after the garden… A series of activities that follow each other, more or less smoothly, some pleasant, some less so. They follow each other seamlessly, a long stream of things to do and very little empty, unusedContinue reading “A pause”

This week, I tried something completely new. The last time I tried a new kind of exercise was eight years ago when I started practising yoga. I walked into a class not knowing what to expect and never looked back since. Eight years on and a yoga teacher, I am now practising yoga every day,Continue reading “Trying something new”