“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not” - Ralph Waldo Emerson Cycling touring is like an incessant itch that is only saited when doing the following: cycling touring, reminiscing about cycle touring or planning the next cycle tour. After my 2016... Continue Reading →
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A Mountain Pilgrimage
Wake before dawn. The sun has not yet risen on another year, but last night’s music still hangs in the air. Don a jumper for the first time in weeks and straddle the bicycle you can rent for just 40p. Say hello to the cook walking her cow. Say hello to three children riding one... Continue Reading →
What do mountains, meditation and magic mushrooms have in common?
“We begin to let go only when we see the pain that's caused by holding on” - Mark Coleman I came to India for the following reasons: to meditate, to spend time alone in nature, and to practice yoga. Feeling like I had adequately addressed the first objective, for now, I decided to move onto... Continue Reading →
2019: Your Year of Microadventure?
"One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure" - William Feather In 2017, I made the only New Years resolution I have ever kept, with a couple of caveats. To go on a microadventure at least once a month for the whole year. Originally the definition... Continue Reading →
Everyday Mindfulness: A Month of Zen
What image springs to mind when you think of yoga? Probably a young, skinny woman contorting into strange shapes suspended in Lycra, right? It's moved on from the wacky new-age hippy stereotype and now it's totally cool for ‘regular’ and ‘respectable’ people to sport power suit by day and Lululemon by night. Personally, I think... Continue Reading →
A New Country, A New Adventure
The first thing, before anything, is the wall of heat. It seeps through the door to smother you, seduce you, before you even leave that flying thing you arrived in. So unlike anything you're used to. An exotic lover coming to greet you. Air, with the weight and presence of a heavy secret. I pretend... Continue Reading →
Why do we practice yoga? A modern take on the eight limbs
My first yoga class was at a gym when I was 15. I’ll be honest, I came out thinking ‘well, that wasn’t really exercise and that lady was a bit too hippy-dippy for my liking. Maybe I’ll try pilates. Or Kickboxing.’ When I was at university a friend invited me along to another class -... Continue Reading →
How to Become an Everyday Adventurer
At some point in my life, people started referring to me as ‘the adventurous one’. They started saying things like ‘I wish I could do what you do’ and ‘I could never do something like that’. If you have uttered these words before, then I ask you to suspend judgement and think again. How did... Continue Reading →
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