Life is a Dance
Life is a Dance By Sara Jane What is your favourite music to dance to? When was the last time you let yourself feel the music? Do you have a song or piece of music that when you hear it, you close your eyes and just let your body move or sway to it? How […]
Fire: The Gift of Life
Fire: The Gift of Life One of the 4 Elements, Represented by the Salamander By Sara Jane When you think of Fire, what comes to mind? A roaring log fire that keeps you warm in the winter, the flames of a Bar-B-Que cooking meat and vegetables on a Summer’s afternoon or evening or a house […]
Walking the Paths of our Life
Walking the Paths of our Life By Sara Jane Walking, putting one foot in front of the other again and again and again. When we are born, we can’t even sit up without help but slow we build up strength in our muscles and one day we do it without help. The more we move […]
Laughter: A Tonic for the Soul
Laughter: A Tonic for the Soul “A smile is contagious, let’s start an epidemic” I first read this while I was waiting for a blood test, it was on the wall of the cubicle and it has stuck with me ever since. I did try researching the rest of these quotes about smiles and laughter […]
Masking Your True Identity
Masking Your True Identity By Sara Jane Worzel Gummidge is a character in a late 1970’s British children’s program, a walking, talking scarecrow who had 3 different heads for different occasions. How many heads or masks do you have? Are they all authentically you? And what is the difference between a head and a mask? […]
What is Normal?
What is Normal? Whose Definition is it any way? By Sara Jane Many years ago, as a teenager, my parents ran a small hotel in Torquay, Devon. During June, we had a small groups come to stay of Nuns and ladies who were “Mentally Handicapped” (the old terminology). Even then I remember thinking who is […]
Learning to Be Comfortable in your own Skin
Learning to Be Comfortable in your own Skin By Sara Jane What do you consider “being comfortable” is? Your answer will be different to everyone else’s. Yes, even if you are in a long-term relationship or married, you will both answer from your own perspective and it will vary, even if only slightly, from your […]
Magic
There is Magic All Around By Sara Jane Close your eyes and imagine Imagine there is nothing, you can’t see anything, it is black, there is nothingness. You can’t hear anything there is silence, you can’t feel anything. Nothing – an existence without stimulation for your senses. Slowly you become aware of a sound, of […]
What is a Hunch?
What is a Hunch? By Sara Jane Think about it for a minute, which feeling do you call “a hunch”? When I started to think about this I came to the conclusion that to me it is just another word for intuition or gut instinct. You get “a hunch” that something feels “right” or “wrong”; […]
Dramatic Occurrences
Dramatic Occurrences that become Pivotal Experiences By Sara Jane When you hear the word “dramatic” what do you think about? Dramatic scenery, a dramatic occurrence, amateur dramatics ….. What do you consider to be a dramatic experience? Drama happens in everyone’s life and for some it can start very young – here is a little […]