Ohhhh, Cranachan. Raspberries, oats, honey…. and shortbread, whipped cream and whisky. So good and yet so bad….. So here’s a very simple but more virtuous version if you’re on the home straight of that January health kick! You’ll need… (1 serving) A generous handful of raspberries (frozen is fine) Greek yoghurt (fat-free works too, it just […]
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Carrot Cake This is dense, moist and delicious, as well as being one of your five a day. Possibly two if you go in for seconds… Ingredients 2 cups of plain wholemeal flour (if you don’t eat wheat, you can use spelt or rice flour) 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder 1/3 cup agave nectar ½
Healthy, delicious cake. Really. Read More »
Why are you here? I don’t mean visiting this website – it’s always lovely to see you and I like what you’ve done with your hair – but why are you here, in human form, on planet Earth. What do you, all stardust and consciousness, plan to do with your time here? Are you going
The Journey Within – How to Find Your Purpose and Live with Intention Read More »
‘Darkness cannot drive out darkness- only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate – only love can do that.’ Dr Martin Luther King The horrific events in Paris on Friday shocked the world, and hit the industry which I and many of my friends call home, the touring music business. These murderers
Touring – a tribute to our strengths in times of darkness Read More »
Freelance (adjective): Self-employed and hired to work for different companies on particular assignments. Fear (noun): An unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm. Freelance Fear: Post-tour dread that the phone will never ring again (despite the fact this has not come to pass in your long career…. and you have it
Today is the last day of our two week Thai retreat, and I’m writing this in our treehouse in the wildly beautiful Koh Phangan jungle as it pours with rain. It’s been tropical-storming all morning, and the sounds of the wind and rain and thunder, the ocean waves below us, the birds and insects, are
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I LOVE doing nothing. Don’t get me wrong, I hugely enjoy the activities and work that I do, but I really value empty spaces in my calendar when my time is free-form and I can be playful and creative or quiet and still, according to how I feel. And I realise that may sound
From ‘to do’ to ‘ta-dah’ – how to cut the crap and get stuff done. Read More »
Holy handstands Batman, if I had a peanut-butter cup for every time I’ve heard that I’d be a very well-padded yogini indeed! It’s up there with ‘I’d like to try yoga but I’m not flexible’ as one of things I hear most often. I hear it when a student comes to me for the first
I’m not very good at yoga. Read More »
Last week I was invited to the Henley festival to see my old chum Lionel Richie. (I saw him a fortnight ago at Glasto as well – that’s more than I see most of my mates, so I figure we’re pretty much BFFs now.) Henley is not a festival of the muddy fields and tent
Bare Feet and Ballgowns: On Defying Convention Read More »
Those of you who have signed up for my newsletter (and thank you, it’s had a fantastic response!) will know that I’ve been musing recently about finding balance in our lives – between work and play, between the things we have to do and the things we want to do, between effort and ease. Well,
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