“Life is short. Break the rules. Forgive quickly, kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that makes you smile.” — Why do we love Mark Twain so much? After all, he’s been dead for over 110 years now. Although, saying that, Jesus has been dead far longer and he’s still loved so I guess that kind of thinking doesn’t stand up so well. Maybe it’s his humour then? Or his…

It’s Not Always Sexy, But It’s Real — … but let’s start with the sexy part first. The First Encounter Unlike other breathwork techniques, SOMA Breath has specifically designed brainwave music that’s designed to drop you into a deep meditative state. I didn’t know that at the time. All I heard was this deep base-y frequency beating to a rhythm of…

“Any fool can know.” Albert Einstein once said. “The point is to understand.” — On any given day, there are a million and one things to do. On a good day, these things are just a part of daily life. It might not be that pretty, but sh*t gets done nonetheless. On a really good day, these things flow with ease, style, and grace. …

If seeing is believing, now I believe. — I live on a farm on the outskirts of Cape Town in a place called Scarborough. I feel incredibly lucky to have arrived at a time when the farm was going through a new cycle. …

And why, I, for one am happy about it — Charles Eisenstein has been a guiding light for me of late, especially in the last two and a half years. He’s been in the company of Zach Bush, Ester Perel, Wim Hof, Russell Brand, and Vandana Shiva. Together, they’ve helped me understand the ever-changing world and give me hope, not…

Discover what the “Godfather of Motivation” has to say for himself — I first fell in love with Wayne Dyer because I heard him say things like: “Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul” And: “When you’re at peace with yourself and love yourself, it is virtually impossible to do things to…

Sometimes doing the uncomfortable thing makes us stronger — here are two proven methods to do just that — 1. Cold water therapy I’m not gonna lie, being submerged in cold water sucks. But (and it’s a big but) on a physical level, the sympathetic nervous system — our fight or flight response — strengthens because it learns how to manage stress. So, in real life, as stressful situations arise, the nervous system…

It reveals a lot about how it affects the overall health of the body — The name “vagus” comes from the Latin term for “wandering.” It represents the main component of the parasympathetic nervous system which serves many functions. It slows and stabilises a resting heart rate Slows and stabilises the breath Promotes digestion Improves recovery and healing times Produces saliva Helps to release endorphins…

Incredibly, it all started with an interest in beer — Like many discoveries in life, the pH scale started out with different intentions. At the age of 33 years old, Danish chemist Søren Peter Lauritz Sørensen was appointed head of Chemistry at the Carlsberg Laboratory in Copenhagen and was tasked with answering one burning question: How do you brew the…