Background

Dealing with severe health challenges in childhood, mainly affecting the lungs, I had always been conscious of my own healing journey. I wasn’t aware of it at the time, but I learned to drop into deep meditative states and eventually, instead of struggling for breath, to become quiet and peaceful, which in turn led to less need for oxygen. Not being able to join in with many games and sports, also gave me the opportunity to sit on the sidelines and observe, which is something that I attribute now to my ability to take in the bigger picture and ask profound questions.

An intense sense of care for our world, its creatures, and people, kept me up and awake in my youth, even on the nights when I was well, and it was natural that as I grew up, (after many slips and misguided decisions!) I began to explore concepts which I felt needed to address a dual purpose: to provide a way to care for myself deeply, while also having a positive impact in a greater sense, to care for others, and our world, which is where the concept to ‘nourish ourselves while we nurture our world’ arose from.