Before Christmas, I got to spend the afternoon with one of Ireland's greatest ever rugby players, and utter gentleman, Johnny Sexton @sexton_johnny10 . We sat down and chatted all things, meditation, stillness, resilience, recovery, and the power of awareness/ control when it matters most!
It's just so incredible to have someone of his reputation and influence championing the benefits of this amazingly simple, yet widely misunderstood practice. Especially for younger minds, as well as the more tired vintage ones like my own!
My hope for 2025 is that more people realize the power they hold to be still, to regulate, to rest. And that I can help somewhat to demystify some of the preconceived ideas around what meditation actually is and how mindful awareness can support you in your day - whether you're taking an important kick or simply getting the kids out to school without a nervous breakdown ensuing!
Here's to a fantastic year with more people finding their power, the power of creating intentional stillness in their day! Moons x
#learntomeditate
Thank you to @mace_ireland@53six_agency@ben.condell for bringing this simple yet incredibly important message - to this normally noisy New Year period.
#meditationteacher #wellbeing #empowerment #stillness #support #newyeargoals
Let me tell you a funny story!...
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One I hear quite alot from friends and especially my coaching clients. One about a sticky, hard, frustrating time spent in the winter of discontent hahah... I jest, but it can be an incredibly sad and lonely ol spot.
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Like most things, it comes from lack of awareness. The awareness in this case about what you expected and what the reality is. For example, I expected Momma life to be rolling as effortlessly as it did with Willow, and it ain't. The disappointment I feel is largely down to the expectation I appointed to this time/situation. I see it, I can observe and work through it (after my thousands of hours study/work). And STILL it's sticky and hard.
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For most, they simply feel the discontentment shrouding them daily - it could be about work, a relationship, a life event etc.... - and they label is as fail, they reject it as wrong and most importantly they struggle on through it uncomfortably.
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When we have the power to see, ah ha... I have placed an expectation on here, I've loaded this thing with pressure from the get go...we can start to release the funk and approach with greater discernment, with more flow or.... change things up!!!! Intuitively navigating as we find it, rather than placing a round peg in a square hole and being annoyed.
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In short, if we can build greater awareness (hello coaching and meditation) we can give ourselves a better chance at meeting life as we find it. Rather than a tiring loop of expectation/disappointment. Does this makes sense to any area of your life?.
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Big love, we are all just walking each other home - figuring it out as we go. Mx.
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FYI for 📌 on the grid! HUMAN well BEING.
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Drawing breath and taking a moment to draw up my current framework. As I begin to assess, expand, reawaken, evolve and design... MORE.
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All intrinsically connected, all intentionally complimentary, all consciously curated to best be of service to YOU. My hope is always to help you harness these ancient wisdom practices and modern coaching/mindfulness techniques, to live life with a little more ease, awareness and power. Life is too short not to.
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All you get is now...
And the power to decide how you intentionally spend that now.
Perhaps living more on purpose this coming week...... is something you might let marinate in your mind for a while. Simply suggestion as always!
Mx
#lifedesign #lifecoach #meditationteacher #personaldevelopment #quotestoliveby
Everywhere I have ever lived and even in @moonsyogaloft , I have made sure there is a space(s) that I can make dark & cosy. A place to remove the ever present sensory overload of every day life.
Our nervous systems need safe, soft, slow spacesto recover (yes recover from "normal" life) and before I understood the science, I understood the assignment - to help myself chill the hell out!!!
You see by simply eliminating some visual input, you "switch off" the part of the brain that constantly scans for threats, allowing your parasympathetic (rest and recovery) mode to activate, lower cortisol, and boost melatonin. Yes I see you nod, we all need more of this.
So whether it's a blanket and an eye mask in the corner of a room or a room that you can make into a down regulation haven - I honestly think it's one of the most important (and important to life design) parts of any home!
#nervoussystemhealing #interiordesign #lifedesign #homedesign #nervoussystem
The potential of your POSSIBILITY can be the best remedy to many of your limiting beliefs!
Breaking through that barrier and creating some new potential realities, potential paths...is how we truly harness our power to create positive change in our lives.
Awareness is key, noticing where you are holding you breath, where you are settling and where you are playing in your comfort zone!
Let's not. Let's remember we only have one life and it's time to honour all that IS possible.
(Reposted as my music was crayyy on the last one!)
#awareness #lifecoach #meditation #personaldevelopment #empowerment
Life changed for me when I stopped expecting so much of my movement....
Gone are the days of unrealistic expectations becoming unmet disappointments. These days I don't get to move my assssssana as much (yogi joke, don't come for me Karen!).
My eyes are open, I observe that in this season of my life I'm running around a lot, I'm time poor, I'm having disjointed sleeps, I am craving R&R. So we adapt to that, with compassion. Remember her?
Life design, clearly observing and responding spans all areas of life. So many of us have rigid expectations with *gag* 'fitness' that create loops of shame, annoyance and guilt when WHEN we don't meet the goal/schedule/aim. What even is fitness...if not an individual level of life/body comfort that is so personal to determine!?!
Be a rebel, decide your own definitions.
Life's too short, go easy on you, you're doing great. Shake, dance, sing, yoga, run, play and feel content.
Remember the lads* in the blue zones mostly incorporate their *fitness* into their every day lived experience, not - designated gym time. And they are heralded as the healthiest, longest living hooomans on the planet. Grá, Mx
#fitness #healthandwellbeing #personaldevelopment #lymphatic #breathwork
* lads being a universal bogger term for all peoples
Because...
NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE YOU.
Ouch. This was/is probably one of the most frustrating disappointing hard to digest truths of my adult life. But once accepted... this truth pivots to become something liberating and motivating.
Our modern world is extremely challenging in a subtle every day way for a lot of us... Many of suffer symptoms from simply living in a world in such discord with our human nature. The speed of the intensity the stimuli, the distraction, the noise, the should, the excess of doing. The list goes on...
The village is gone and most people are at capacity trying so hard themselves to get through that... honestly we need to stop kidding ourselves/ hoping that someone is going to save us. Of course we can, we must reach out and create a support system and lifelines that help us to move through the sticky times but I truly believe that for most of us - we need to sort that for ourselves. Figure out what we need and meet that need.
Basics that get forgotten as we wade through the trenches hoping/wishing/praying. So if you are feeling this and see this, maybe start with the basics... have a wriggle, breathe on purpose and find some non-doing space in the day, every day... (sliding in the meditation word here as a suggestion...).
Then, we begin to begin. With some improved clarity we decide how we are, who we are and what we need. It's time to save ourselves!
* I speak to those of us simply suffering in the everyday but overarching are pretty OK. Mental health is vast and nuanced so for many it is very important we contact a professional straight away when it all feels too much. We don't have to figure it all out alone and it's ok to not be ok.
#mentalhealthawareness
#lifedesigncoach
#livingyoga #meditation #nervoussystem
The best time to start was yesterday, the second best time to start is now! And it really is a decision, we will almost never...feel ready.
Procrastination has had a quiet grip on me for a while now, I think it's bound within a complex weave of matresence reverberations and longtime perfectionist issues. Lately I've been adopting a make it happen, then make it perfect attitude. It's like giving yourself the grace, acceptance, hall pass to simply try without ridiculous expectation.
Life is too short to give sh*@ts or waste time.
Go do the thing. Or, if you are feeling stuck... give me a shout and we can wiggle it out in a power hour.
I am winding down some coaching clients as we turn the corner towards summer and might take on some rare one off pop up sessions for those needing a wee nudge. Grá Mór, Mx
#lifecoaching #support #claritycoach #lifedesign #livingyoga
Meditation Teacher/Teacher Trainer & Life Design Coach. Yes.
And obviously long term Yogi, Corporate/Event lover, Podcast Guest, Yoga Holiday Curator and recently Celebrant! But the foundation of everything I do in my work/personal life is and always has been ..............TO HELP PEOPLE FEEL BETTER!
The base principles of my approach are grounded in ancient philosophy and modern techniques but are mindbendingly simple in nature!
.....We need to know ourselves better, in order to know what we, the individual needs...to FEEL better.
Easy, accessible and simply requires an understanding of - WHY & HOW. Stillness & Strategy.
Living Yoga.
#lifedesign #lifecoach #meditation #awareness #wellbeing
Come with me as I undertake one of the BIGGEST honours of my life...MARRYING two gorgeous humans!
In what has been a crazy full week of love, I got to jet off to Portugal and celebrate the partnership of @catiepauley and her gentleman Aaron.
Since walking into The Loft many moons ago, Catie has been a very special person to me. My American little sis, Yogi mentee and all round sunshine human.
It was incredibly hard not to burst into tears when I saw her fairy goddess self breezing towards the aisle, but I pushed those tears right down and we did it!!!
We married them!!
Although I am used to speaking, MCing, teaching...this hits differently...being part of someone's special day, core memories. So although the nerves were strong, the honour was stronger and I couldn't have been happier to play a part in the next chapter of their love story!
Mx
#weddingbells #yogi #celebrant #lovestory
#adventuretime
Come with me....
Part ☝🏻 of the most gorgeous trip to do a very important job!
A job that although I knew in my heart I could do... gave my MIND a lot of fodder to - question, feed fear trying to push me back towards 'safety'.
This year is all about pushing myself back into areas of discomfort for growth.
It can all seem easy, glamorous, fun on the interwebs but there is usually a whole lot of funky feels that need to be waded through to get there. It's so incredibly worth it, but it's important to know that usually nothing - no thing, no lifestyle, no preferred state of mind is naturally stumbled upon and we are 2.5 times more programmed towards safety than taking that risk.
So brain training, taking more risks and being rewarded with new pastures of potential is great but remember beyond the shared end result....... is usually a whole lot of messssssy!
Let's get more messy.
Mx
#worktrip #travel #wellbeing #lifecoach #yogi
