The French Camino

Iā€™m at the 300Km mark as I write this short note.Iā€™m in a City called Burgos, a European Heritage site, the home of El Cid, a wonderful Cathedral and the Museum of Evolution of Man. Iā€™ve just walked through Atapuerca, a famous pre-historic dig site, where they discovered a new species of humans that lived …

Whatā€™s the meaningā€¦ Whatā€™s the meaning of life?

My thanks to Soul II Soulā€™s ā€œGet a Lifeā€ for the song lyric that inspired this essay.. It would seem that weā€™ve been asking this question since the dawn of time.. Jazzie B, the co-writer of the song has the following advice.. ā€œelevate your mind, free your soulā€¦ā€But what are we put on this Earth …

The Universe’s Spleen

In Chinese Medicine, the debate rages about Spleen or Pancreas..Ok, I’ve over thought that..This debate isn’t raging anywhere except my head..Seventy percent of the teachers I’ve worked with go for Spleen as the organ concerned with the gathering of Qi from food, and that it’s associated with the emotion of Worry and Over-thinkingā€¦ (it’s often …

Retreating in China again..

How I love China – as with every country, we have a preconception of how it will be, judging it by the way our media portrays it.That preconception has been destroyed, again and again. The people of China are wonderful, simple and dear-hearted folk.I have found NOTHING except amazing welcomes from them.The country is spell-bindingly …