It's not very British to write an end of year reflection, especially on going with the flow. The last time I did something similar a friend from the US said I sounded very American. I think she meant positive -…
What does your yoga practice look like? Bathed in sunlight, sat on the mat in your best gear, all peace and light? Me too. Yeah right ... My yoga practice can actually be more like this experience. Recently, I was…
Back to work blues? Greeted by a mass of emails and retreating to the kitchen/toilet/cafe at every opportunity? Emails can be a poke in the face at work - yet another thing to do, someone complaining or a 'who stole…
'You don't want to reflect on the past year or make new year resolutions. Just keep going - or you'll drive yourself crazy!' This is what a wise and hilariously frank friend said to me on New Year's Eve. She's…
Once upon a time I won a prize from my local running club. A winner's medal for a time-trial? An award for a personal best in a half-marathon? No - a copy of Little Miss Chatterbox for, erm, conversing. I…
Clinging to loose mountain rock amid gale-force winds, I looked to my friend Karen and thought: ‘what have you done?’ It’s always good in a crisis to find someone to blame. Then I laughed, picked myself up, wobbling like a…
When I was looking at visiting Pondicherry I couldn't find a bad word about the place. Seriously, I tried (I like to be prepared). But Google and fellow travellers - eastern and western - would only deliver kind words about…
‘You will be lubricated, scrubbed and sweated,' says the grinning Ayurvedic doctor. Sounds scary? Yep, I was a little apprehensive, especially when he causally mentioned the possibility of far more daunting cleanses. Block your ears (no, that's not a treatment),…
I crashed in Kovalam. Physically. Mentally. Guiltily. Ridiculously. My travel plans for this Kerala leg did not go to plan. I'm not even sure what the plan was but it didn't meet my expectations. I split my dress, broke my…
The food you eat and its effect on the body is a popular topic of conversation among westerners in India. You'll find you know more about the digestive systems of newly found friends than people you've known for years, with…
