Are you a good sleeper? I know I'm lucky in that I generally get a great night's kip. I do my best to stick to my sleep hygiene routine, but in recent years I've upped my game. Here’s why I tape my mouth shut before I go to sleep…

I turned 60 last month and although it didn't quite go to plan, I had a lot of time to think about what I've accomplished, life lessons learned and those I'm still learning! It was good to look back, take stock and look forward and think about how I want life to look in the coming decade. I've lived a very full life with many ups and downs. So with that in mind and in no particular order, here are 60 life lessons I've learned in 60 years.

Sometimes life sends us a wake up call and we are reminded - once again - of the fleeting, precious and vulnerable nature of our existence. This reading by Danna Faulds sums this up perfectly.

Call me a creature of habit, but I’ve eaten the exact same breakfast every day since for the last fifteen months. It started with a smoothie bowl at the Little Ganesha cafe in Goa, one mouthful and I was hooked!

Certain simple, consistent practices are my golden ticket to emotional, mental and physical wellbeing.

Here’s what I’m filling myself up with daily for those times when I need some inner back up…

I was reminded last week of this quote by Pema Chodron. She is a Buddhist nun, teacher of meditation and author of many wonderful books…

Wow! It's been a bit of a roller coaster ride for me these last few weeks. Some days I feel bright as a button, full of energy and ready to roll. Other days - seemingly out of nowhere - I simply want to get back into bed, pull the duvet over my head and stay there. Are you feeling that too? We all need super simple tools that we can pull out..

Gosh this was a tough one – let’s hope I never get asked to go on Desert Island Discs! I’ve been reading spiritual books for around 25 years now so here, in no particular order, is my current top ten – the ones that never fail to uplift, inspire and encourage me to live my life like I mean it!

I've always been an avid reader and frequently have multiple books on the go - see the small selection above (and that doesn't include the pile next to my bed!). I'm always reading a novel, but if it's not gripping me then there'll be at least one more I've got going at the same time…

Some days, perhaps even today, we may feel our lives are not exactly as we would wish them to be - and we can often rely on social media to make us feel worse. Our inboxes and social media feeds are full of images of places we’ll never visit, bodies we’ll never have, objects we’ll never own and experiences we will never share - sleek sunlit yachts, six pack abs, smiling selfies…

Freedom of movement keeps you feeling young! Much of the juicy goodness of yoga comes from basic increased flexibility of muscles and loosening of connective tissue around the joints – and you can get that from a really simple practice…

What we think often comes out of our mouth and into someone else's ears. Our words impact how we feel and sometimes how others think and feel. They're how we share our fears, sorrow, joy, love and dreams…

Like most of us, sleep evades me when I’m under stress, the time I need it the most. A global pandemic, dramatic change in circumstances, health scares, exam results – there’s plenty going on right now that can get in the way of a good night’s kip…

So tomorrow sees me start my 60th revolution around the sun (just to be clear, that means I'll be 59 - it's not the real big one just yet!). And, in the words of David Byrne, I do indeed ask myself, 'Well, how did I get here'…

I’ve been meditating for over 20 years so I’m in the habit of simply sitting and watching my thoughts come and go, but in recent weeks this has been harder than usual to manage. When I need something more to focus on, I use a brilliant free app…

I've realised I'm very like my dog. She constantly rushes from one thing to another - 'oooh a squirrel to chase, oh a bird, hang on another dog to play with, that stream looks inviting' - and on it goes. While I don't chase squirrels or jump in streams at the drop of a hat, like her I'm easily distracted. We both have 'shiny new object syndrome'…

This is a simple journalling exercise to help you get clarity on what nourishes you. The things that feed your body, mind, heart and spirit from the inside out…

You may imagine that, as a yoga teacher, my practice is always zen, floaty and beautiful. Let me tell you, it’s not! Sometimes it’s messy, angry and distracted. There are days when I have no focus, can’t balance, feel weedy, my inner critic is yelling, my mat too damn slippy! The first truth of yoga is this…

Don’t get me wrong, I’m an optimist by nature, I know I’m incredibly lucky and I do count my blessings. But all too often I hear the platitude ‘think positive’ being rolled out and I wonder, isn’t telling someone to ‘think positive’ sometimes just a polite way of saying shut up and stop whining’?…

I think that happy endings are overrated. What about the happy now? A couple of events late last year woke me up to the fact that the future isn’t guaranteed. Life is meant to be lived now, not in some faraway future…