Self Love and Serenity

14/05/2026

CHANGE THE WAY YOU SEE

I don’t have crow’s feet,
I have happy happy memories of laughing with friends until the tears flowed.

I don’t have frown lines,
I have the marks of my frustration and confusion, which I battled through, smiling in the end.

I am not going grey,
I have shimmering highlights of wisdom, dashed throughout my silver hair.

I don’t have scars,
I have symbols of the strength I was able to find, when life got tough.

I don’t have stretch marks,
I have the marks of growth and the marks of motherhood. My womanly evolution.

I am not fat,
I bear the evidence of a life filled with abundance, blessings and good times.

I am not just forgetful,
I have a mind so full of stories, memories and moments there is scarce room to hold much else.

I am not old,
I am blessed, with a life of great length, something not everyone can say.

Don’t change the way you look my friend,
change the way you see,

change the way you see.

Donna Ashworth
From ‘to the women’
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❤️ Art by the FABULOUS Lisa Aisato ❤️

The word ‘vakkar’ means beautiful 🤩

12/05/2026

☀️ Summer Solstice Sisters Circle ☀️

An invitation to pause, reflect, and reset as we welcome the energy of the new season ahead 🌻

✨ No experience needed — just an open heart ✨

Thursday 11th June
7-9pm
The Hyde out
£15

message to book 🌿

☀️

11/05/2026

Goddess training weekend with Andrea Jackson 🪷🧘‍♀️ just what I needed 🫶

10/05/2026

10/05/2026

She waited a really long time to be saved, until one day she decided to save herself, it was a very good day! ✨🫶

29/04/2026

It’s easy to picture meditation as a completely calm, still mind. Sometimes it is.

And often, when we allow ourselves to become quiet, our inner world grows louder.

We begin to notice what’s actually here—
the patterns, habits, and stories moving through the mind.

Meditation doesn’t require getting rid of any of it.

It’s a space to notice what’s here,
to listen, and to stay present.

This is svādhyāya, the practice of self-study.

Seeing how the mind moves, without needing to judge or fix it.

And in that space, something begins to soften.

Less grasping, less pushing away.
Just awareness, and the willingness to be with whatever arises.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re fighting your thoughts in meditation, you’re not alone.

Mindfulness of Mental Content with Sean Feit Oakes offers a way to work with what’s arising—observing, noticing, and gently returning to the present.

https://yogainternational.com/meditation/mindfulness-of-mental-content/

28/04/2026

Yoga is not a workout; it’s a work in 🧘🏻🌀👁️

23/04/2026

Brighter days. ✨