Everybody loves the sunshine…

Have you ever considered why it is that we wait with such eager anticipation for the Summer sun to arrive? Why you find yourself checking the long-range forecast, in the hope of finding evidence that Britain will actually be bathed in sunshine at some point? The sun...

The 21-Day Plank Challenge

Ushering in the Summer with the 21-day plank challenge Don’t stop reading now – this is NOT an attempt to throw this Chinese policeman’s record-breaking eight-hour plank into a cocked hat, with your own three-week plank! The Peacock Tree 21-day plank challenge...

The animating force of rasa!

Cast your mind back to the start of May and that weekend of glorious weather we had after months and months of cool temperatures and soggy boots. I daresay that at some point – perhaps as you walked into town along the river, or wrapped your tongue around a 99 for the...

This Perfect Moment

What are you doing right now, at this precise moment in time? You’re reading this, of course, but are you fully engaged? We hear so much about Mindfulness these days, but being truly present – being ‘in the moment’ – can feel impossible....

We are Six – and it’s brilliant!

Take your mind back for a moment and try to recapture how it was to be six years old. Do you remember  doing  cartwheels and handstands against the wall with your best friend? Can you recall the way in which a normal day could be transformed into one of magic, secret...