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I would like to be here right now…

Lake Louise Cabin

Image by Daniel John Buchanan

Snuggled up warm with a good book, no TV, no Internet, just a stove to boil tea and a fire to keep me warm. Complete darkness and silence when I want to sleep, and fresh air and bright light to help wake me up in the morning. I could really do with retreating to this cabin at the moment…

I’ve been away from this blog for a while, because I have been too embarrassed to post and admit that I haven’t been doing anything to achieve a calmer life. I haven’t been meditating, I’ve neglected my yoga practice and my anxiety has come back full force. Starting a new job, transitioning to life post-university and dealing with other personal issues has lead to stress and panic. So, very simply I haven’t wanted to sit with or meditate on my feelings recently, let alone write about it!

Today however, out of the blue, I felt compelled to come back here. Back to my little neglected blog. I have decided to take a different approach. This will still, slowly but surely, document my path to greater awareness and mindfulness, but it will also be my little online refuge where I can post beautiful pictures and inspirational articles/quotes that I find.

This is the first of these posts, my little cabin in the snow…

Inspirational Photos…

I’m currently on holiday in Colorado, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the Rocky Mountains. I thought I’d share a few photos I took yesterday, while I was out skiing out in Blue Sky Basin, Vail, taking in the stunning views.

This is a view from the top of Vail Mountain looking out towards Blue Sky Basin:

Blue Sky Basin

The run called Grand Review:

On the other side of Blue Sky is a scary lip into the bowl that I’m not keen to trying skiing over!

View from Blue Sky

Finally, here I am on a run called The Star:

The Star

I hope you like these, I’ll try and take some more before we leave next week! I love skiing, I find it very calming. I also think it forces you to practice mindfulness and stay in the moment – if you’re mind wanders too much you’re likely to fall over! Concentrating on moving from one turn to the next, then the next and so on, is surprisingly meditative. A lot more work for your knees and thighs though! Today I took the day off to rest, write this post and take my time over a delicious hot chocolate. I am so thankful that I have the opportunity to be up here enjoying this.