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I started a 28 day detox today! I know it’s weird that I didn’t tell you that I was planning for a long detox, but time just crept up on me and all of a sudden detox day arrived. This video tells you all about this awesome detox that I’m doing-

On Saturday night I went to a 5 Rhythms Dance class. It was one of the funniest ways to exercise, to express creativity and to feel safe to fully be present in the moment.

If you’ve never heard of 5 Rhythms before then neither had I before last week. I found out about it through a friend who I guess is even kookier than me (you know who you are and you know that I love your kooky self!). So when he invited me to the dance class I gave a shy little “sure” before wondering what on earth I had got myself in to.

I ended up dragging along my entire household plus one more. So our little group of six turned up to the class a little unsure of what to expect.

When we turned up the hall was full of about thirty lovely people warming up and moving along to the gentle music that was playing. We were instructed not to speak with each other after we’d entered the hall so this amped up my vulnerability a little. A couple of my house mates have just returned from a long holiday in India where they attended very similar dance events so they very naturally and confidentially joined the class and started to move along to the music with their own movements.

But then something very unusually wonderful happened. Within less than five minutes my vulnerability and shyness were completely gone. I then felt completely safe to move my body to the music in any way that I wanted to. This feeling of freedom was incredibly beautiful and I started to dance around the room with a huge smile on my face. And then the night just kept getting better and better. Continue reading →

I’m a newbie gardener but wow, I’m really loving it! I have discovered that edible gardening isn’t all about growing herbs, you can also grow skin care which is so awesome. Aloe Vera for example picked directly from the plant is so incredibly powerful and healing. WAY better than buying aloe vera in a tube, even if it is 99% …

I’ve had an awesome start to the day. I woke up early, made a green smoothie, went to the local pool for a few laps, lay in the sun for a bit then had breakfast with a friend.

And even though I’m kind of ready for a nap and it’s not quite lunch time yet, I feel so beautifully relaxed and happy. I feel so blessed that I can get so much enjoyment out of following a holistically healthy lifestyle - good healthy food, exercise, sunshine, and spending time with beautiful friendships.

Thing is, often we associated “being healthy” with “being boring” or having to do stuff that’s challenging or not fun. But in my opinion that’s a load of bollocks. All positive changes that you make to your lifestyle need to be enjoyable and fun and they need to make you feel good. Otherwise what motivation do you have to stick with them??

This kind of takes me back to a memory of my clubbing days when I was in my early twenties. I remember staggering home at 5am after a big night out and feeling incredibly rotten as I passed all the joggers and cyclists out on their morning run. I remember always feeling a pang of envy at how happy and healthy they looked, and how secretly I wished I was one of them. Continue reading →

I’ve been very excited to show you my spiral garden that Brendan and Suki from ROAR food built for me.

I’ve always wanted a vegetable garden so when I moved into this beautiful house with it’s massive garden, finally I could build my very own veggie patch. The spiral is just the start, soon I’ll have a heap of fresh produce growing …first I just have to figure out how to do it.

Wondering what all of this has to do with skin care? Check out the video-