Kirstie Sivapalan
It has took me a long while to appreciate silence. Our minds become accustomed to a level of noise which we don't realise becomes comforting, sending us signals that life is how we would consider normal. I used to love the distinct whirring and wheezing of the Jubilee line, the trilling of the beeps at… Continue reading The Cloak of Silence
Sadness is the colour blue. That shade of midnight. When the Sun has gone as deep as it can go and the faintest stars blaze like the strongest suns. Happiness is Yellow. Bright buttercup yellow. Like the swimming costume I wore when I was five playing in our paddling pool keeping cool in the heatwave… Continue reading Sadness is the colour blue
Writing practice today comes to you from one of our local pubs. It is one of the hottest days this year and we humans are already out in celebratory force intercepting sought after seats in beer gardens and cafes across London. It looks like this weather took us all by surprise. Although why is a… Continue reading Sun signs
"I have conversed with the Spiritual Sun, I saw him on Primrose Hill" William Blake It was one of those days today where the clouds are low and almost impenetrable, both at times gloomy and glum. The trees looked more like stone statues than living beings, placed on top of a ground that was hard… Continue reading The Hope of Winter
This month has been busy. Not that the month before was not, but this is a different kind of busy. An up in the air, juggling, planning, head-scratching busy. Because RSL Collective is changing. After over a year in Queens Parade, Willesden Green I have been blessed to connect with a number of complementary therapists… Continue reading Transformation
Back in London now. As soon as we arrived into Waterloo station it felt like I'd clattered into dense, whirling energy. It took a little while before I restabilised and was ready for my journey home. There has been something about this trip that has felt other-dimensional, especially yesterday and this morning, that we were… Continue reading Revealing retreat
I had planned to go to the shop today but the weather had other ideas as it's been a hot one today. Instead we walked some of the Thames path, on the less popular North side normally home to the City workers during the week. One of the joys of living in London is that… Continue reading Explore your world
My day off today. Ish. Because all I wanted to do was go sit in the shop and just immerse myself in those soft tingles, warm whispers I envisioned in early January. It was the first time I sat in there on my own since we had opened so even though there was still so… Continue reading Serenity Space
Today was a day to reconnect with nature. In London this usually involves going to one of the great city parks, in my case, Regent's Park. Thanks to my recent Mindfulness eductation I enjoyed some mindful time taking in the vast varieties of luscious green, the vivid rainbow colours of the flowers and the eccentric… Continue reading Her message to the City
As i walked up the streets of Islington towards Angel today, a street i've walked up a fair few times since living in London, it really felt I was looking at things with new eyes. Obviously observing the various elements of London in the sun does make a difference but still, it deeply felt so… Continue reading Sight unseen
Writing and M.E. 