I always wanted travel to change me, to turn me into a different person. I didn’t want to just observe like a journalist or an anthropologist - I was after new ways of seeing and being! Part of that drive was positive - the pull of a beautiful wide world out there - but part was also negative - a yearning to escape from places where I felt I didn’t fit in, as well as from the worries and insecurities of my own mind.
It’s a quest that has led me to some fascinating places and people and many intriguing new experiences over the years. And while these have all been very interesting (OK, a couple perhaps also a little regrettable..) there are three arts that I came across on my travels that completely changed my life. So much so that I subsequently spent years becoming qualified to teach them myself, so that I can now pass on the best of what I’ve learned!
These practices can have a rather esoteric reputation, but in fact they’re all at heart practical and down-to-earth, backed up by science and accessible to anyone willing to give them a try. That’s actually part of their appeal for me, as I’ve always been very much a practical romantic.
What is a bit out of this world though is the transformation that they can bring to your life, delivering happiness, health and harmony in even the most challenging of circumstances.
The irony of course is that the escape I had long been seeking in foreign lands ultimately came through three things that I’d been carrying with me all along - my body, mind, and breath - if only I’d known how to use them properly! But, then again, I probably never would have if I’d stayed on more familiar shores. As Henry Miller said, "One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things".
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