Category Archives: learn

Transforming Anxiety – with Elisha Goldstein and Action for Happiness

Posted on May 26, 2021 by lolkin

Fear + Uncertainty = Anxiety. How true. Who has not felt anxious in the last year? Elisha Goldstein says that 1 in 12 of us used to suffer from anxiety before the Covid pandemic, and now it is 1 in … Continue reading →

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Nobody home. Off to chase butterflies and talk to plants :)

Posted on November 21, 2020 by lolkin

Strange things are afoot. A couple of years ago, I watched a documentary about an American shaman in Peru, Souther Hamilton, ayahuasca and his Blue Morpho retreat centre. It must still be somewhere on Youtube. Their ceremonies looked profound. More … Continue reading →

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Breathwork practices to reset & recharge in less than 30min

Posted on October 31, 2020 by lolkin

After a month of campaigning to #cancelborat and CNN, Variety and The Times  exposing racism in this film as a result (campaign now running under #WeAreNotYourJoke), I am switching gears and preparing to take part in one of the  Blue Morpho … Continue reading →

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“Dance In The Fire” practice to manage emotions

Posted on July 25, 2020 by lolkin

Dawa Tarchin Phillips What To Do When You Don’t Know What’s Next I am going to lead you through a short exercise with your emotions. The first emotion that I would like you to connect with is the emotion of … Continue reading →

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Burn baby burn. What can we do with ourselves in times of coronavirus.

Posted on April 18, 2020 by lolkin

Who is up to what these days? I volunteer with the Hear Me App where I talk to folks from all over the world who need someone to talk to. And everyone is struggling, myself included. I’ve spent the first … Continue reading →

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“Mastering the art of manifesting” with Wayne Dyer

Posted on February 29, 2020 by lolkin

My emptiness practice appears to be over, for now. I’ve realised that the opposite of emptiness is joy, so I am trying to fill my life with as much of it as I can. My daily to-do list actually says … Continue reading →

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New practice – a sensory deprivation tank

Posted on November 9, 2019 by lolkin

As you know, I love trying new practices that allow me to prod my unconscious 🙂  While researching what next practice to try, I learned that FloatWorks offer floating  in a sensory deprivation tank (ok, pod) in London and I … Continue reading →

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Gong bathing with Third Ear – meditation, chanting and gong bath app from Leo Cosendai

Posted on August 6, 2019 by lolkin

My latest spiritual callings have been to take part in the gong bath and go on a water fast. The Psychedelic Society runs gong baths but the location is too far for me (East London). As if by chance 🙂 … Continue reading →

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Loner Wolf – Shadow Work Journal

Posted on February 10, 2019 by lolkin

I have been writing offline a lot lately, partially because I am working through the Loner Wolf’s Shadow Work Journal. I highly recommend it. It’s a compilation of exercises that help you uncover your dark side. Shadow work seems to be … Continue reading →

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Spiritual fitness – the Tibetan practice of 100,000 prostrations #happiness

Posted on January 12, 2019 by lolkin

I am not a big fan of exercise. But make it a spiritual exercise like Tibetan yoga or prostrations and suddenly I am all for it. Is there such thing as a spiritual gym? 🙂  I’ve recently started 100,000 prostrations, … Continue reading →

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