Filed under: spirituality | Tags: Babaji, divine, love, Spirit, spirituality, Yoga
Love and serve humanity.
Assist everyone.
Be happy, be courteous.
Be a dynamo of irrepressible joy.
Recognise God and goodness in every face.
There is no saint without a past and no sinner without a future.
Praise everyone. If you cannot praise someone, let them out of your life.
Be original, be inventive.
Be courageous.
Take courage again and again.
Do not imitate, be strong, be upright.
Do not lean on the crutches of others.
Think with your own head. Be yourself.
All perfection and every divine virtue are hidden within you.
Reveal them to the world.
Wisdom, too, is already within you.
Let it shine forth.
Let the lord’s grace set you free.
Let your life be that of the rose,
In silence, it speaks the language of fragrance.
Om namaha shivaya.
Babaji, 1984
A set of four beautiful educational cards produced in India. Each card contains viable seeds for a particular type of tree. Red Sandalwood / Adenanthera pavonina, Flamboyant / Delonix regia, Copper Pod / Peltophorum pterocorpum, Indian Laburnum / Cassia fistula.
Lend an active hand in greening the planet and conserving its amazing variety by planting a tree. A wonderful gift to share, whilst playing a part in sustaining our planet.
A pack of four cards are available to buy here
The sun is shining, birds are singing. It is that time of year again. Time to get outdoors and enjoy the spring air, and what better way to enjoy your lunch than having a picnic!
We wrote about wanting to sell blankets a little while ago on our blog. Well, we have found some wonderful picnic blankets we would like to share with you. They are 100% pure wool. Check them out here.
Filed under: Food, Online shop, Superfood | Tags: chocolate, Food, Raw chocolate, superfoods
Raw chocolate, cacao; the bean, or nib of the bean, in its natural state – not cooked, over-processed or mixed with cheap filler ingredients. It is mixed with with cocoa butter or agave syrup, berries and nuts to create delicious chocolate treats. Cacao is said to be richer in antioxidant flavanols than green tea, red wine or acai, and contains protein, fats, calcium, iron, carotene, thiamine and riboflavin.
A delicious treat that contains only healthy ingredients. Check out raw chocolate recipes here. Raw chocolate taster kits are now available to buy at Hector’s Farm, providing everything you need to get started in making your own chocolates. The kit contains enough ingredients to make around 30 chocolates, or 3 bars, it also contains a recipe booklet.
Filed under: Personal | Tags: beginnings, New Business, new start, online business, Quinault Rain Forest
It is quite some time since we have written about our progress. Manifestation of the farm on the surface appears to have come to a halt. I am settling into my new life as a yoga teacher, finding my feet, my yoga identity. It seems to be a time for nature and nuture, it is tempting to forge ahead despite this (and I have had a couple of futile attempts!) But we have given in to the forces around us and taken time out to nuture ourselves by responding to our calling, for me time out in nature, walks amongst the trees. It feels as though the first period of transition is coming to an end, what is round the corner though is yet to reveal itself. Hector’s farm is still very much in our minds eye, a clear vision as we originally talked about on this blog, the preparatory work taking place is internal.
We will soon be heading to Quinault Rain Forest in the National Olympic Park, for rest and more food for our soul. On our return we will work on our website, we will be selling some products we are fans of on our website, blankets, incense and chocolate making kits. My soap making abilities seem to have deteriorated, so no soap yet! So Hector’s farm is being created, it is coming from a deep place within ourselves and taking time to manifest into physical form, but it is coming!
Filed under: General, Personal | Tags: Applecross, beach, Bealach na Ba, beautiful, callakille, coast, cottage, Countryside, Deer, hidden, Highlands, Hills, Hind, Holiday, Kishorn, Lochcarron, Mountains, otters, scenery, scotland, seals, Stag, walking, West Coast
For the last week we have been on holiday in a little cottage called Callakille on the breathtaking west coast of Scotland.
Callakille
The cottage was about as remote a place as you could find, which was ideal for a week away from the day-to-day routine. The location was simply stunning; the Applecross peninsula is an amazing place. It has the best that Scotland has to offer, the coast line is right on your door step with Otters skirting in and out of the water on their fishing trips along the rocky stretches and Seals appearing in the calm waters of the many hidden away white sandy bays to take a look at who has come to visit their home. Inland, the hills rise up to accomodate the deer herds which were in abundance, climbing all the way up to high peaks which form a natural barrier to keep this peaceful area secluded from all but the determined.
Applecross Bay
The weather at this time of year gave you an idea of how hard life on the west coast can be, with strong winds and icy cold rains keeping you pinned inside snuggled up in front of a peat fire. On occasions though, the wind would drop and the clouds drift apart to allow the sun to shine down on this amazing place and give you enough of a view to enchant you forever.
We spent a few days exploring the hills, with Hector loving the freedom to charge around with nobody else around for miles.
Hector discovers the hills
On one walk, we came across two stags that were feeding just above the beach in one of the bays, as we walked up the hill, they both crossed in front of us, yards away from where we were walking, giving us a magnificent view of these gracious animals. The first picture below shows how well suited the animal is to blending into their surroundings.
A Stag allows us to walk on his hillside
Stags above Sand Bay
The highlight of the week though was talking a walk to the top of Sgurr a Chaorachain, the hill over which the highest road in Britain passes; the Bealach na Ba. The road itself is breathtaking, both from a driving perspective with the hairpin bends and also for the views. But taking the walk up the track from where the road crosses the hill and past the radio mast to the summit is well worth the effort to be rewarded with views down Coire a’Chaorachain which raise the hairs on the back of your neck.
View from Sgurr a Chaorachain
Of course, fearless as ever, Hector lead our way to the top:
Hector conquers Sgurr a Chaorachain
Breathtaking views back towards Applecross
Another sunny afternoon saw us discovering a sheltered cove near Cuaig with a pure white sandy beach. The calmness of the place reached deep inside as soon as your came along the path. The wildlife around you carrying on in their activities, seemingly oblivious to the intruders. After a few minutes though, a Seal popped its head up just off shore to take a good look at us playing with Hector on the beach. Happy we were doing no harm, it casually floated on the surface for 15 minutes taking in the sight before heading back underwater to leave us to enjoy the peaceful location.
Cuaig Beach
We discovered some hidden gems in Kishorn and Lochcarron which we’ll talk about in another post. Yesterday though, under clear blue skies, we said goodbye to Callakille and the surrounding beauty and made the drive back through some of the most beautiful countryside in the world to Edinburgh. We love Scotland and this holiday gave us another taste of why that is.
Callakille - beautiful and remote
