by Erin Dooley | Mar 27, 2022 | Happiness, Meditation & Mindfulness, Retreat News, Seasons
Updated March 2022 Letting go. It’s a gentle, soft sounding idiom that floats frequently from the quiet lips of yin yoga teachers, weaves itself through the texts of ancient yogis and spiritual teachers, and has no doubt made an appearance or two on your social media... 
by Nisha Prakash | Dec 3, 2021 | Happiness, Meditation & Mindfulness, Yoga
We’ve all been here. That place where we want to relax, but our minds decide to race onwards instead. One beautiful antidote for such situations is aromatherapy;  the art of using essential oils to shift energy and support healing. As humans, our sense of smell... 
by Nisha Prakash | May 3, 2021 | Meditation & Mindfulness, Reflections
As a society, stigma around the practice of sharing our emotional and mental realms seems to be fading. Wonderfully – we’re starting to open up about personal struggles and mental health issues, with more vulnerability than ever. It’s no understatement to say... 
by Nisha Prakash | Jan 17, 2021 | Affirmations & Positivity, Meditation & Mindfulness, Reflections
Some of us hear our inner voice loud and clear. We make aligned decisions quickly and seamlessly. On the other hand, some of us have the opposite experience. We struggle to know what we truly think, want or don’t want. What has happened here is that we’ve silenced our... 
by Tatiana Apostolova | Oct 21, 2020 | Creativity, Happiness, Meditation & Mindfulness, Reflections, Retreat News
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if creative ideas flowed effortlessly any time we needed them? Unfortunately, for most of us this is not the reality. We often feel stuck, replaying the same situations in our minds again and again with the same results (or lack of results).... 
by Nisha Prakash | Oct 19, 2020 | Happiness, Meditation & Mindfulness, Reflections, Rhythm
‘We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.’ – George Bernard Shaw The world of adulting is one we’re all pretty familiar with. We’ve all caught ourselves getting excited about cutlery sets, new sheet covers and... 
by Nisha Prakash | Sep 18, 2020 | Meditation & Mindfulness, Reflections
‘Silence is not the absence of sound, but the presence of an inward-listening awareness.’ – Maria Popova In this day and age, many of us are excessively surrounded by noise. We’re being exposed to news, entertainment and a constant stream of technological... 
by Nisha Prakash | Jul 27, 2020 | Affirmations & Positivity, Happiness, Meditation & Mindfulness
It seems as though time is flying… but can you believe we’re already just over halfway through the year? It’s time to re-examine those New Year’s resolutions, and to take a look at how you’re tracking. It’s time to pat yourself on the back, as well as to... 
by Tatiana Apostolova | Jul 22, 2020 | Meditation & Mindfulness, Reflections
It seems like only yesterday that we were celebrating the start of this year and planning for a happier, healthier and more prosperous New Year. Here we are now, past the halfway point. We’ve all experienced some successes and some failures. We’ve stayed true to some... 
by Nisha Prakash | Jul 1, 2020 | Affirmations & Positivity, Meditation & Mindfulness, Reflections
So many of us move through life at a pace that we ourselves can barely keep up with. We focus on our desires or next steps – and lose sight of what is actually here right now. When we live our lives this way, contentment becomes an unattainable goal: a receding... 
by Nisha Prakash | Dec 1, 2019 | Meditation & Mindfulness, Yoga
‘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 thousand year old Vedic natural healing system of India. As we... 
by Nisha Prakash | Oct 17, 2019 | Food & Recipes, Meditation & Mindfulness
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 guidance system is up to us. Learning how to intuitively eat is... by Happy Buddha | Oct 5, 2019 | Happiness, Meditation & Mindfulness, Nature, Retreat News, Yoga
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 Happiness enough for having a laugh and experiencing what it’s... 
by Tatiana Apostolova | Jul 14, 2019 | Meditation & Mindfulness
Unfortunately it sometimes feels like life gets the better of us. There’s just too much to do, not enough time and we don’t seem to be getting any closer to our goals. But the thing is, there’s no need to wait until the weekend, or your next Christmas break to feel... 
by Happy Buddha | Jun 27, 2019 | Meditation & Mindfulness, Music & Sound Healing, Retreat News, Rhythm
Is there anything more endearing than watching a baby bop up and down to a tune on the radio? As humans, we are born with an innate joyful response to music. We naturally tap our feet, hands and bob our heads when a good song comes on. But somewhere along the way we... 
by Nisha Prakash | Jun 19, 2019 | Happiness, Meditation & Mindfulness, Yoga
The popular book ‘Fitness Is a Religion’ might have a daunting title, but it certainly contains some truths. It raises a few interesting and transformative ideas – the central one being; ‘Fitness is a religion, a way of life rooted in the deeply held conviction that... 
by Michelle Taffe | Jun 4, 2019 | Meditation & Mindfulness, Music & Sound Healing, Retreat News
“IGNITE YOUR SPIRIT” ~ Our new tagline. But what does this mean, we hear you ask? Do you want me to set myself of fire, I hear you ask? Well, not literally, but metaphorically, YES! Come sit down with us beside our beautiful cosy Happy Buddha fireplace and... 
by Tatiana Apostolova | Jun 3, 2019 | Meditation & Mindfulness, Yoga
When you’re feeling grounded, you’re like a big, strong tree rooted firmly into the earth. Fierce winds may ruffle your crown, and you might even lose a few leaves and branches. But still, you remain standing – and your life force helps you to recover quickly... 
by Michelle Taffe | May 16, 2019 | Meditation & Mindfulness, Reflections, Retreat News
No matter how deep our heads are in work and every day life, we cannot deny that we live in a very technology centered world today. Mostly everyone, down to even children in primary school, has mobile phones. Research from the latest 2018 Yellow Social Media Report... 
by Happy Buddha | Apr 29, 2019 | Happiness, Meditation & Mindfulness, Nature, Retreat News
“Your attention is your currency, practice how you spend it, save it, give it.” – Elena Brower Living with Intention This morning a kookaburra sat on my veranda for close to an hour. He was completely still – but far from idle – his attention never... 
by Michelle Taffe | Apr 27, 2019 | Happiness, Meditation & Mindfulness, Reflections
What do you consider a daily ritual? It might not seem like it, but each one of us already has certain daily rituals. Each morning, we brush our teeth, without thinking, because having clean teeth is seen as a basic necessity for a good-feeling body. We also usually... 
by Michelle Taffe | Apr 25, 2019 | Meditation & Mindfulness, Retreat News
Mindfulness is very much a buzzword in our society today. People today live life at a much faster pace than every before, thanks to instant connection and instant messaging, and mobile phone technology meaning that people are somehow ‘on’ all the time. The lines... 
by Michelle Taffe | Mar 4, 2019 | Meditation & Mindfulness, Reflections
‘The Brain that Changes Itself’ is a book about the neuroplasticity of the brain, published in 2007, by psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Norman Doidge. The findings reported in this book are based on his own and others’ scientific research on what happens to... 
