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Audio Meditations
Towards the end of the year in 2018, I decided to do a 30 day challenge of recording a meditation a day, nothing fancy just a recording done from my microphone mic on my phone. I tried to explore the different styles and techniques I teach at Billabong Retreat and...
Meditations for Every Situation
Here is my recent article I wrote for Body and Soul: When social dramas, work or relationships are playing on your mind, try these practices by meditation teacher Basia Nowacki of Billabong Retreat. The beauty of meditation is there are a variety of techniques to help...
What is Pranayama
“Breath is central to yoga, because Breath is central to life” T. Krishnamacharya. “Breathing is one of the most important and fundamental processes of our human system: a reflection of what is happening within us, and a way for us to influence our mind and feelings”...
What style of yoga do you teach?
A question I often get asked is; What style of yoga do you teach? And if you have been around in the yoga community you are probably well aware that there are so many different styles not to mention add on yoga styles like Acroyoga for example. I personally went on a...
A Taste of Mindfulness
Mindfulness is a very practical way to bring meditation into your everyday life. It’s a technique that can be practiced at any time of the day, wherever you are and what better activity to practice it than when you are eating a meal or a consuming food. When we bring...
Labelling Thought Meditation Technique
Observing Thought Patterns: Explore this technique to really see and experience how your thoughts affect your life and how you feel. This technique also helps in so many other ways, have a look at the mind map below to see all the benefits and the steps to follow. Or...
What is yoga really about
Just a small snippet about what yoga is really about – inspired by preparing for my yoga introduction class I teach at Billabong...
My time at Vipassana 10 Day Silent Meditation Retreat
I recently did the 10 day vipassana silent meditation retreat and since I have had a lot of questions about it I thought I would write a short post about my experience. Most people have heard something about Vipassana, that 10 day silent meditation retreat. I had also...
Want to feel more Love?
Have you noticed when you experience a positive experience like awe, hope and amusement it feels great, but when that experience is shared with someone the experience seems to be elevated, why? well according to Dr Barbara Fredrickson (World renowned researcher of...
Is the goal to feel happy all the time?
Since I’ve started telling people that I am studying positive psychology it’s been interesting to notice a common remark: “Oh so is the goal to always feel happy?”. Now I’m a big advocate of balance so I was happy to read that nobody in positive psychology advocates...
What follows positivity
I’m currently undertaking a positive psychology course and while it’s been fascinating in so many ways one of the big moments of insight came when I learn’t that being positive had a lot more to offer then just feeling good. Firstly I understood that there is a whole...