by Michelle Taffe | Jan 16, 2023 | Happiness, Reflections, Seasons
And just like that, we’re back at January… The first month of the year is always a blank book, and we each carry the pen. Recognised by many cultures around the world across time, this new cycle evokes a real energy supportive of our transformational and...
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 Happy Buddha | Jan 8, 2019 | Retreat News
“Dare to be selfish first so that you can become truly selfless always.” Jason “J-Boom” Legaard This is a quote that tends to shake up a lot of people when they read it for the first time. The initial reaction is wait a minute… be selfish first? But we’ve all been...
by Happy Buddha | Dec 1, 2018 | Retreat News
Don’t you want to get away? I mean for real… like a weekend getaway where you do nothing but detach the stress ball in your brain. Where you disconnect from all your tech that seems to constantly wreck your creative flow. A location where “The Grind” is completely...
by Michelle Taffe | Jul 29, 2018 | Reflections
The Fourth Agreement: Always do your best First published in 1997, Don Miguel Ruiz’s book The Four Agreements has since sold millions of copies. The book consists of four principles to guide you to living a life of love and happiness. This is the fourth in a...
by Michelle Taffe | Jul 23, 2018 | Reflections
The Third Agreement: Don’t make assumptions First published in 1997, Don Miguel Ruiz’s book The Four Agreements has since sold millions of copies. The book consists of four principles to guide you to living a life of love and happiness. This is the second...
by Michelle Taffe | Jun 18, 2018 | Reflections
The second agreement, ‘Don’t Take Anything Personally’. First published in 1997, Don Miguel Ruiz’s book The Four Agreements has since sold millions of copies. The book consists of four principles to guide you to living a life of love and...
by Michelle Taffe | Jun 12, 2018 | Reflections
The first agreement: Be impeccable with your word First published in 1997, Don Miguel Ruiz’s book The Four Agreements has since sold millions of copies. The book consists of four principles to guide you to living a life of love and happiness. This is the first...
by Michelle Taffe | May 9, 2018 | Reflections
How do we become really intimate with everything that we are experiencing? How do we learn to stop our avoiding and shutting down and escaping – all ways of not being present with what is? Intimacy. Sometimes paraphrased as: In To Me See. What does that word bring up...