Sundari Austin

The more I practice love and gratitude, the calmer my day is.    Today I had many opportunities to connect with my heart.  The choice is mine. Grateful today for:-  The blessing of my wide umbrella that kept me dry on this rainy day. Soy chai with a friend before work.   A wonderful gift. […]

It is the first day of February and today I am starting my ‘Living in Love and Gratitude’ project. For the next three months I am going to focus on living a life filled with love and gratitude. I’ll be sharing my ideas, experiences and results on this blog. My intention is to be mindful […]

I am the midst of sorting out the masses of paper I have accumulated over the past few years. Sometimes it is hard to let go. But letting go I am, well sort of, I still have the ‘maybe’ pile that I will tackle another time. I am enjoying sifting through some of my old […]

I’m coming close to the end of my holidays, and my to- do list is still staring at me! Oh well, girls just wanna have fun! Seriously though, I have been procrastinating on sorting out my wardrobe, so today is the day! I started a few hours ago and I am now taking a break […]

Today the Lunar New Year is celebrated and the New Moon in Aquarius. I love celebrations. Last Friday night I enjoyed the beginning of the festivities for the Chinese Year of the Water Dragon, with friends in Belmore Park at Central. Thousands of people gathered to have fun, watch some amazing performances and celebrate. The […]

It is often easy to be compassionate and loving towards others, especially family and friends, but how compassionate and loving are you towards yourself. The other day while out and about I came across a second hand copy of the book, The Compassionate Mind by Paul Gilbert. I love the synchronicity, as I was aware […]

The celebrations continue. xxx Last Friday I attended the wedding of Jane & Alex. Jane is the eldest daughter of my long time friend, Lynne. I’ve watched Jane grow into a beautiful woman and I feel blessed to have been included in the celebration of her marriage. xxxxx Another beautiful celebration was held on Saturday […]

Out with the old and in with the new! Time to celebrate! The past week or so has seen me enjoy a wonderful Christmas with my family – a very special day xxxx – finish work for the year – I’m now on holidays xxxx – and spend New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day […]

I love facilitating The Artist’s Way course and I really love it when participants follow their creative dreams and take action. Last weekend I enjoyed seeing Kelli perform in a fun play at Darlinghurst Theatre. Go Kelli! Fantastic performance. On Sunday I got to see Jessica fly high on the trapeze at her performance in […]

Tonight I danced my way into bliss. I joined in ‘Aware-Being” – a dance meditation or form of ecstatic dance. It was held in Glebe at Cafe Church. Facilitator,Virginia Sada York, is an experienced Dance Movement Therapist, and what an amazing woman she is. The dance is all about finding your aliveness, releasing the chattering […]