Fly with the feminine
Self-imposed stress Last month I went through a period of emotional stress because I wanted to give myself the gift of celebrating my 50th birthday in an appropriate way. What is appropriate? Well for me it means travelling to a new place where I … Read more
Summer: a time to visit my parents In August this year I took my elderly parents on holiday to the seaside for two weeks to give them some respite from the city of Turin where they live all year round. I did this … Read more
Summer: the symbol of motherhood Since we are in Summer I thought to talk about a subject that for women can be very sensitive and painful. Summer corresponds to the ovulatory phase in a woman’s cycle which is when a woman can conceive, … Read more
I was a city dweller for a long time … I was born half a century ago in Turin, a big city in the North of Italy where I lived continuously till I was 32, except for holidays. After working in the Maldives … Read more
It feels like a long time since that morning in July 2014 when I woke up and heard my inner voice saying “Start a women circle!”. Immediately I thought “Who is this?” and soon after I realised that I had heard that voice … Read more
Sometimes in life lessons come in the most unexpected way … It was a nice sunny Sunday in April and my partner and I decided to have a short break on the Isle of Wight, as it is quite close from where … Read more
This month I gave myself the gift of attending a Vipassana meditation retreat for ten days in Herefordshire at Dhamma Dipa. I had heard about Vipassana for the best part of thirty years and every time it crossed my path I noticed it, … Read more
We are in February, the month of love ‘par excellence’ and of course a very big commercial opportunity. I remember when I was a teenager and then later on a young woman how I felt when St Valentine’s would approach. All my uncertainty, self-doubt … Read more
We are in the month of goal setting frenzy and year review and everybody seems to be so willing to change everything in their lives … I wonder though, is it the right time to do this?This is what the outer landscape can … Read more
Autumn has wonderful colours and a very soothing energy that is very conducive for women to reconnect with their body and feminine essence. In autumn, when Nature starts slowing down, the temperature gets cooler and the daylight starts reducing, we tend to slow … Read more