Thank you for all your support throughout 2011. As always, I am truly grateful for your continued belief in Be Genki. Such a joy to be doing what I love to be doing, with continued love and encouragement from you.
I once heard a phrase that I like to remind myself of often:
those who believe in magic, are those who get to experience it.
Wishing you a wonderfully happy and healthy holidays with the new year bringing with it an abundance of love and magic. xSam
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Tagged dream, happy new year, inspiration
Love this oh so important message from the lovely Dain Heer!
Open your eyes. What could you see around you that you haven’t been willing to see that’s been there all the time? What could you see if you were willing to just open your eyes and have a different point of view about the world? What could you see if you weren’t so focused on what seems like the problems of life and if you actually considered the possibilities that around you instead?
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Tagged Access Consciousness, Dain Heer, inspiration
Another amazingly beautiful TED talk by Louie Schwartzberg.
Some of my favorite bits:
When people see my images a lot of times they say “oh my god”. Have you ever wondered what that meant? The “oh” means it caught your attention. It makes you present. It makes you mindful. The “my” means it connects to something deep within your soul. It creates a gateway for your inner voice to rise up and be heard. And “God”, God is a personal journey we all want to be on. To be inspired. To feel like we are connected to a universe that celebrates life. Continue reading
Whilst the holiday season is something that most of us look forward to, jumping with joy, it can also become a little stressful, frustrating and exhausting.
With the risk of sounding a little like the Scroodge, please be sensible. It’s not called the silly season for no reason. Partying, drinking, indulging, overeating and running around like a headless chicken from event-to-event and shop-to-shop, trying to please everyone but yourself, it’s no wonder many of us feel tired, rundown, overweight and stressed as the new year rolls around. Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, silly season
I first heard about Green School via a TED talk a number of years ago, so when the invitation presented itself to visit whilst in Bali with some dear friends we jumped at the opportunity.
Love the concept! Loved seeing all the little kiddies running around outside, playing in nature, as opposed to cooped up indoors underneath fluorescent lighting playing with plastic toys or in front of a computer screen. Love the vegetable gardens interspersed between the classrooms. Loved the farmyard animals. Love that the entire school is built from bamboo. Continue reading
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Tagged bali, education, green school, inspiration, sustainability
The first thoughts that come to mind when I hear the word Switzerland are ‘eco’ and ‘green’ – not only for the beautiful lush green valleys and mountains sprinkled with pretty flowers, but also for the admirable respect the people of Switzerland have for nature, the environment and sustainability. And how apparent that it is indeed green that we associate with this region. Continue reading
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Tagged Aura-Soma, inspiration, sustainability, switzerland
Mindbloom has a deep, spiritual purpose to help you improve your life, nurturing a virtual tree by engaging in positive behavior related to health, exercise, relationships and finances. Co-founder Chris Hewett calls Mindbloom a “social life game focused on health and wellness.” Genius! Love it!
To start growing the life you want visit www.mindbloom.com
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Tagged inspiration, mindbloom
October 1st is the kick off day for Vegetarian Awareness Month. A wonderful initiative to help inspire us to think about what goes in our mouth and how our choices can impact the world in which we share. We can all stick our head in the sand, if we so choose, and ignore the reality of what goes on in the world. Or we can do something about it. Continue reading
Having just returned from a weekend in Paris, I am inspired to write. Yes, I know, I’m hardly the first person to be inspired by a visit to la ville de l’amour. But I won’t be sharing my musings on days spent aimlessly strolling through the streets, gazing at masterpieces in the Louvre, visits to all my favorite haunts, romantic walks by moonlight along the river, champagne in Saint Germain, or feasts of French delicacies as I’m sure you’ve heard it all before.
What I would like to share is a little slice of Paris that we can all create no matter where we are in the world. Continue reading
harvesting of biodynamic spelt crops for use in the Active Energised Organic Skincare range
In today’s world, it seems that we are bombarded with brands making bold claims to be “this” or “that” and nowhere else is this more apparent than the beauty industry.
When we read the label of a product and it claims to be natural, organic and/or made with love, how do we really know if that’s true or not? Continue reading
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Tagged active energised organic skincare, aeos, Aura-Soma, biodynamic, shire farm, spelt
I am forever grateful and deeply inspired by people who live their lives boldly; those who aren’t afraid to take that leap of faith in to the unknown; to follow their heart and take risks so that their dreams can perhaps one day become a reality; to create new dreams; to step up and challenge the “norms” and what society conditions us to believe as “real” or “truth”; those who seek consciousness, to “wake up” from the disillusions of what it means to live, to be successful and to be happy. Continue reading
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Tagged awakening, being wrong, consciousness, inspiration, leap of faith, stumbles
Here’s a little snippet of happiness for your Monday morning. I hope it provides as much inspiration and joy for you as it does for me.
Can’t wait to see the complete documentary – a visually driven film by Sagmeister about happiness. Its a proper look at all the strategies serious psychologists recommend that improve wellbeing, they include meditation, cognitive therapy and psychological drugs. Love it!
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Tagged happiness, happy film titles, sagmeister
