by Chrissie Astell | Aug 12, 2016 | Blog
In all our lives there are times when we face challenging behaviour from other people. Whether it is a colleague, friend or member of the family whose words or actions are unacceptable or offensive to you, the reason you become so upset is because, actually, you have...
by Chrissie Astell | Aug 6, 2016 | Blog
The fat balls hanging from the bird feeder in my garden are never ending source of amusement and fascination. On this beautiful Saturday morning as I write, sitting here in the garden, the to-ings and fro-ings of these well-loved little birds inspired me to think...
by Chrissie Astell | Jul 28, 2016 | Blog
Will you be by the sea, or maybe a river bank with a ‘beach’ area, over the next few weeks? Try this lovely exercise for releasing. I do it with the group at my Crete Retreat every year. During our lives we accumulate emotional baggage, as you know, which...
by Chrissie Astell | Jul 21, 2016 | Blog
We haven’t looked at a specific Archangel in depth for a while, so today, as I’ve just recorded a webinar for my course students, I thought this week I would write something about the transformational energy of Archangel Zadkiel. At my workshops, and especially...
by Chrissie Astell | Jul 14, 2016 | Blog
Watching children play is such a pleasure. I’m intrigued by their imagination, the crayon images which so clearly make sense in their eyes, and imaginary conversations between inanimate objects (like the salt and pepper pots) which never fails to make me smile....
by Chrissie Astell | Jul 8, 2016 | Blog
All faiths and cultures since the birth of humanity have created sacred spaces. Areas of peaceful prayer and tranquillity, music or chanting, dancing or the beating of drums, they can be as different in language and design as their diverse beginnings. Sacred spaces...
