‘Success is more about what you say NO to than what you say YES to. You can completely destroy your personal energy by saying yes to the wrong types of things.’ - Teal Swan We've all been there....
Happy Buddha Blog
A collection of articles we’ve written about yoga, meditation, creativity, happiness and everything in between…
5 Tips for a Spiritual Summer
There’s no denying the magic of lazy summer days. You know, the ones where soft sand calls our name, and we spend our eating fruit and drinking in sunlight. It’s the time of the year where adventure...
Setting Intentions for the New Year
New year, new intentions: new you.... The start of each New Year is like a blank book, and the pen is in our hands. It's our chance to write a beautiful story for ourselves, and to shape the...
How to stay grounded over the holidays
Oh, the holidays. Carols, lights, gifts, shopping, family, parties, food, food and more food. For even the most grounded person, it’s easy to caught up in the buzz this time of year. The season can...
Ayurveda: the Science of Life
‘Through Ayurveda you will discover all the forces of Nature working within you, and that you yourself are a replica of the cosmos…’ – David Frawley Ayurveda, or the ‘science of life’ is the five...
Our Top 5 Yoga Mats
Yoga mats for everyone! With the variety of yoga mats available these days, searching for the right one would overwhelm even the happiest of shoppers. From sticky mats to towel mats - there are yoga...
Ways to be More Eco-Friendly at Home
At Happy Buddha Retreats, we look to the yogic principle of ahimsa; meaning “compassion” - to guide how we treat ourselves, each other and our planet. This is why we’re all about practising small...
Intuitive Eating: Bringing Love back Into Our Diets
Each one of us has a unique awareness of our own experience. We each have a beautiful, powerful sense of intuition - a gut feeling about what is right or wrong for us. Whether or not we follow this...
Destination Happiness
Happy Buddha is on TV!Talk about happiness!! In the midst of winter a film crew retreated with us and here's the final result. We can't thank Angie Hilton and the crew from Destination...
Ignite Your Life: A day in the life of a retreater (and how music meditation produced happy tears!)
Music meditation, yoga, and great food: recently, I was lucky enough to attend an Ignite Your Life retreat at Happy Buddha Retreats and it was transformative in more ways than one... Ignite Your...
Spring retreat: create space for something new
'Spring is nature's way of saying: let's party!' - Robin Williams Spring is officially here! With our departure from the cold winter months, this glorious season brings with it the energy of growth,...
7 Healthy Foods to Make You Happier
‘Let Food Be Thy Medicine.’ - HIPPOCRATES Nobody denies the incredible impact that healthy foods have upon our bodies and minds. We really are what we eat. However, due to today’s processed food...