Hello.  It’s me .. and I wonder if, like me, you wonder where January has gone?

Where did the first month of this bright new year go?

I took a lovely graceful transition into the New Year with a retreat in our beautiful and spiritual Byron Bay .. amongst the palm trees, hot winds and crashing oceans.  And I was hopeful, even convinced, that when I journeyed back to ‘home life’ the path would be a slow and steady one. (You can read and see more about the retreat here)

Didn’t happen quite as I expected.

There was a palpable energy swirling around in January .. did you feel it? On a global basis there has been a gathering of energy, protests and worry, a sense of urgency and refocus; and personally, once I got home, there has been an ever quickening of pace .. social events, family events, bright new ideas to roll around, opportunities unexpected, requests that needed attention.

So I have been feeling a little s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d

You?

At our recent Bliss Bomb Retreat (Summer) as we looked around the room, there was a sense of tiredness and low energy. In the philosophy of seasonal living, Summer is joyful, entertaining and creative, and traditionally represented by FIRE .. the glowing energy of regeneration and purification. In Chinese medicine, fire and sun manifest as the heart – the seat of our divine consciousness, and that which sustains our wellbeing.