Mhairi’s blog

Grace Period

I keep thinking about the concept of a grace period, which some companies and things offer you and what is meant by that. Giving someone a wide berth. When I was working on a headstand the other day, my teacher mentioned not gripping the fingers so tightly together when creating the ‘basket’ in which the […]

Grace

This month our theme is Grace. We’ve often talked about having grace as our theme but the exact definition of the word always alluded us and we were never quite sure exactly how it would play out. Even though the word grace is in my jar of 19,000 beads, indicating that its a quality/something I […]

Stand Still

I’ll never forget how still I became when I was in the middle of a jungle in Mexico and realized I was lost. I could see the rising panic in my boyfriends eyes which brought out of me a serious sense of calm and clarity.A real survival instinct came to me and I was able […]

Still Standing

I read a very helpful blog a few years ago about how to be successful in business. It stated that you should give to your community before you ask of it.Basically thats a very good way to go about all things in life; a little like listening first before talking. It seems common sense and […]

Upside down

This week has been a continuation of the whirlwind life has been recently. On the horizon the cabaret show. Last month the cabaret and the prospect of singing threw me into a serious state of anxiety. This month I was the black and white opposite. I was so calm as a cucumber I vaguely thought […]

Stand

This month our theme is Stand. Waking up contemplating the word this morning I was immediately drawn to an article which stunned me that I read this week. The article covered the brutality which the Yazidi women were enduring under the ISIS. The details which the article provided, as to how the slave women were […]

Stamina

This week has been like being in a washing machine on the fastest, most mental cycle. I was on a trip for five days visiting family, during which time 2 members of my family suddenly passed away. This is the first time in my life something sudden has happened to people I know. It exemplifies […]

Beginner’s Mind

A beginners mind in yoga is something we talk a lot about which basically means being present with where you are today and letting go of any expectations of where you should be based on where you were yesterday. Maybe yesterday you could do a headstand but maybe today you shouldn’t attempt it. Its being cognizant […]

Did it

Somehow, despite never having rehearsed the whole show and never having done it before with lights and costumes, We Did It. There really is something to that saying of don’t overthink it simply do it, that when the chips are down one really does have two choices, either sinking or swimming and despite not being […]

Just do it

This month our theme is DO which is easier said than done. Sometimes the little words can trip one up the most I find. Not over thinking or qualifying something just being confident that it is the right thing and doing it. I am feeling my fear and doing it anyway this week as I […]