A wonderful student recently shared something with me that sits at the very heart of why Paul and I teach the way we do. This person arrived at our doorstep having already invested her time, her energy, and her savings into a large corporate training program (training with twenty other people at the same time). […]
Teaching yoga is more than demonstrating physical postures. You already know this, because you’ve spent years watching what happens when people finally slow down enough to breathe. You have stood at the front of a room and witnessed the subtle, beautiful shift that occurs when a group of strangers drops their collective guard. In those […]
For years, you have held the hands of strangers in their most vulnerable moments. You’ve stepped into wards where the air is full of unspoken words, balancing the clinical duties of a shift with the deep human need for comfort. In the corridors of a hospital or the busy rounds of community care, you learned […]
Every single day, the British public is bombarded with glossy, comforting television commercials, social-media videos, and slick print adverts promising a revolution in how we say goodbye to our loved ones. These multi-million-pound corporate marketing campaigns sell a beautifully packaged illusion of simplicity, dignity, and freedom from fuss. The reason they’re so powerful is that […]
The rapid rise of direct cremations across the country has sent a wave of anxiety through the funeral industry. Many celebrants look at the statistics and fear that the death-care market is shrinking, wondering what will happen to their livelihood if families choose to bypass the traditional crematorium service altogether. While it is easy to […]
It is the question that every aspiring celebrant asks quietly, in the privacy of their own mind, before investing their hard-earned money into a celebrant training course. They look at the shifting landscape, they see the influx of new celebrants entering the field, and they wonder if the market is simply too crowded to sustain […]
There’s a moment of pure, golden excitement when a friend or family member asks you to write and deliver their wedding ceremony. It is a spectacular compliment, isn’t it? But once that initial rush settles, a quiet realisation usually drops in: this is not a wedding speech. If you have a background in business, teaching, […]
It is one of the greatest honours a friend or family member can receive: being asked by a couple to write or deliver their wedding ceremony. But once the initial excitement fades, a sudden wave of panic usually sets in. How do I structure it? What if it sounds clunky? How do I make it […]
Sometime around the turn of a significant decade, a quiet demand surfaces from within. You look at the career you have built, the roles you have played, and the expectations you have met for forty or fifty years, and you realise the shoes no longer fit. The corporate titles, the frantic rushing, and the […]
As I listen to the kettle boiling in the quiet of early morning, it brings space to think about the true flow of exchange in our lives. For too long, the narrative around soulful work has been tangled in the idea that creativity must be accompanied by sacrifice. You’re taught that if you possess a […]