Conscious Living

Sun Signs and the Body

Astrology is a wonderful way to explore our celestial make-up, our vital energy and our physical health...

Harnessing our power with love

Part III of a IV Part Series Mars is associated with the solar plexus chakra and understanding the condition...

Chakras in partnership with Astrology Part II

Part II of a IV Part Series Connecting to our roots and joy Saturn is associated with the root chakra...

The Bhodi Tree

At the centre of my garden stands a Bodhi tree. It was grown from a pinch of seed and soil I gathered...

The Truth about The Journey of Trauma

Today, no one goes through life unscathed by trauma. The difference today, there has been a consciousness...

Remembering Who We Really Are - My Reiki Journey

I never felt seen! I could see others, feel them, read them and sense the parts they kept hidden, but...

Disability is not the problem... it’s how you define it

Sphelele Dlamini was born in 1996 with a condition that made it necessary to surgically amputate his...

A Wealth Odyssey

If anything can be termed an odyssey in modern life, it’s the wealth quest. Every single person...

The Gift of Looking Back

How the Past Gently Lights the Way Forward By Sharon Castle We often hear the phrase “don’t look back”—as...

Retreating at the Buddhist Retreat Centre Ixopo

What does ‘to retreat’ mean? The 13th century Zen master Dogen advises: “Take the backward...

Transcendence in your Lifetime

By Rob Nairn – Odyssey Feb/March 2004 #150 A true guru is an enlightened teacher – one who has gone ahead...

A Tribute to Rob Nairn

Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche, pictured with Rob NairnPhoto Courtesy Lindi te Water Looking backIt is almost...

Findhorn Phoenix Rising

LOOKING FORWARD FINDHORN By Geoff Dalglish, Odyssey’s pilgrim-at-large The celebrated Findhorn spiritual...

A Blog, All Hallows Eve, Odyssey and Synchronicity

2018 A NEW BEGINNING A NEW CHAPTER PART ll Debra’s Inaugural Editor’s Note, Minimag 1/2019 All, in the...

Looking Back - The Legacy of Findhorn

Peter and Eileen Caddy, their three young sons and close friend Dorothy Maclean. Celebrating 50 years...

From Jill’s Journal, Looking Back

Edition one, July 1977 to edition 250, July 2025 by Jill Iggulden Stevens On the 26th of February this...

200th Edition Odyssey Magazine Editors Chris and Silke Erasmus

Taking the ‘odd’ out of Odyssey

The fellow on the other end of the line, a chemical engineer, was surprisingly kind and rather effusive...

Odyssey, Synchronicity and the Unexplained

2018 A NEW BEGINNING A NEW CHAPTER PART l “The Universe is whispering to us” . . . Jill Iggulden-Stevens,...

Uncharted Waters – Our Epic Journey

Mosaic scene from Homer s Odyssey in the Bardo Museum in Tunis, Tunisia Odyssey Magazine has come full...

Looking Back to Look Forward

The value of introspection and understanding how the past shapes your future By Yael Geffen As humans,...

Escape the Job That Drains You!

Does your job leave you feeling drained, uninspired and longing for something more? If so, you’re not...

Blissexology - Sexual Healing

With thought leader Anne-Marie Clulow, founder of Intimacy Coach International When I first heard about...

Letters to Her: A Man’s Journey of Love, Loss and Understanding

A life shaped by women As a therapist, coach and author, my work has always revolved around understanding...

Grief as a Gateway to Transformation

Increasingly, evidence points to the growing issue of spiritual emergencies being wrongly labeled as...

Conscious Manifesting

My Reiki teachers all said, once we started practising Reiki, we should be prepared for our lives to...

Redefining Retirement

The U-Curve of Happiness, Contentment and Fulfilment For decades, retirement has been associated with...

Togetherness: Survival in a Hostile World

It’s a question that’s been plaguing me for years at this point and one that only grows more pressing...

The Rise of the Global Loneliness Epidemic

In a world where instant communication is literally at our fingertips, it’s both surprising and deeply...

Attention Crisis… Reclaiming focus in a distracted world

It has been said that silence is golden, that it is best not to speak ‘unless you can improve the...

Why a well workplace matters?

In today’s rapidly-growing digital landscape, the tech industry, more than ever, is regarded as a being...

Superabundance Moving from a scarcity consciousness to a superabundance consciousness in 2025

Co-creating superabundance from a spiritual and metaphysical perspective What can we begin to do right...

Manifesting Abundance

Affirmations are your conscious thoughts. Affirmations, really, are simple. They are you being in conscious...

Moving from a Scarcity Consciousness to a Superabundance Consciousness in 2025

Your practical guide to raising awareness, emotional states and ultimately, your superabundance mindset....

Superabundance: The Only Limit Is You

What if the universe had no limits to the blessings it could bestow upon you? One of my favourite reimagined...

Abundance Threshold

Consider abundance thresholds. Points along the wealth quest where you need to cross over a boundary,...

The Power of Crowns

#GiveThemACrown Reimagining Female Empowerment with Give Her A Crown In a world where stories shape our...

The Call of the Wild, Befriending Nature

Have you ever been moved by a particular smell, birdsong or wild animal, like a roaring lion, that left...

From Scarcity to Abundance

In our highly competitive world where ‘if only’ is an ever-present thought to overcoming challenges,...

Sacred Solitude

As I settle myself to write this article, I notice how I am drawn to create a space that supports me...

Finding Your Sanctuary

I find it interesting that the term ’retreat’ has become part of our everyday conversation, almost to...

Thoughts on retreating

“Take the backward step and turn the light inward. During a retreat everything is designed to allow that...

The Daffodil Principle

“Mother, you must come and see the daffodils before they are over.” This is how Jaroldeen Asplund Edwards...

The great age of entitlement

They, being the tiny minority of the privileged on the planet who believe the world revolves around them:...

The Education of Rain-child

“Rain-child is a young member of the Bushmen clan I work with in Botswana and was born during a Kalahari...

Doing Life with Heike: Taking up space

We’ve all seen the motivational posters: “Be the change you wish to see in the world!” “Take up space!”...

The Energy of Thoughts and Words

Even before I became a practitioner of energy healing, I believed thoughts and words had energy and this...

Open your heart and brain, heal your physical body

Are you feeling: stressed out, overwhelmed, anxious, exhausted, and tired of trying too hard or that...

Taking Life to the Next Level

If you are feeling stuck or recycling old painful patterns and looking for a way to shift and set yourself...

Wellness Within

Wellness Within™ Precedes Everything Else How so? In this frenetic world that we navigate daily, it’s...

A sacred dialogue between the self and the divine

Within the prose of this method resides a profound connection that speaks to the sanctity of existence,...

Lessons from India

It’s said that wellness begins within and this is an adage that is not only true but so often overlooked,...

River of Light – A Homecoming

The Wilderness Within By Steve Hurt There is no love affair greater than the love between a river and...

Wealth Wellness: Do you money well?

A decade and a half ago, I wrote a book called Money Well – How to Contain Wealth, about wealth containment....

Nianell, Love is Home, My Story

An interview with Nianell, multi-platinum singer, songwriter, author, healer, teacher and motivational...

Walking as a Prayer and a Blessing

Walk gently on Mother Earth. She is the only one we have. Thank you, Geoff, for reminding us to be reverent...

Yin Yoga is for Everyone

Yin Yoga is a gentle and uplifting practice that helps us heal both our hearts and minds. It is the ultimate...

Being Your Word

Becoming a conscious co-creator in your life How do you create the life you want? How do you stop feeling...

Five conscious steps to help you find your dream career

As an international career coach I see way too many people, particularly women, who, on paper, have it...

Conscious Choices and the Power of Self-awareness

“We are responsible for the choices we make and we are responsible for the consequences. To be able to...

The Seven Laws of Conscious Business Growth

Wisdom Dialogues with Colleen-Joy Wisdom for solopreneurs and entrepreneurs who don’t want to sell their...

Falling passionately in love with life

We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water. Archbishop Desmond Tutu...

Deep Forest: Inward Perambulations of Love

The Wilderness Within By Steve Hurt This morning, I walked a winding trail inside a dense coastal...

An Iron Hand in a Velvet Glove

waveλength – my story – with Phelisa Mangcu In this edition we focus on ‘Conscious Choices...

There is more to life: Unlocking a life of freedom and bliss

Many women, as they approach their 40s and 50s, find themselves looking for meaning beyond the success...

Kindness is always in season

In a world that’s characterised by an increasingly fast pace and growing egocentricity, it’s easy to...

A return to authenticity

There is a great little story which shows the importance of being real, genuine or authentic. Here is...

Recognise, Understand and Conquer Self-doubt in 2024

It refers to a persistent feeling of self-doubt and the belief that one’s success is merely due to luck...

'You have not danced so badly, my beautiful sweetheart'

In this world so focused on continuous upgrade, never ending improvement and self- improvement, how often...

Navigating the holidays: mental health challenges amidst festive cheer

December, with its sparkling lights, decorations and the promise of joyous celebrations, is a month that...

Whale Songs and Deep Listening

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with...

When does self-reflection become self-destructive

Self-reflection is a big topic in the spiritual realm. Fundis from Alan Watts to Carl Jung often highlighted...

#TheAfricaIsee

As September ended, I was reflective on some of the interesting speaking engagements I delivered through...

Doing Life with Heike: Life’s Three Ingredients for a Smooth Ride

There are so many layers to the wonderful, complex (and sometimes very confusing) beings that we are. ...

Blissexology: The magic of the sexual energy path

Having a spring in your step! With thought leader, Anne-Marie Clulow founder of Intimacy Coach International....

Hope, Peace and Love 75x100 oil on canvas

Birdsong

Featured artist Julie Tugwell Set aside your thoughts and bring your attention to this page. Sit for...

Taking a Giant Leap of Faith

News has reached us that the Findhorn Foundation spiritual education centre in the north of Scotland...

An ancient awareness of the power of belief

We aren’t just genetic puppets. Dr Bruce H Lipton, PhD, looks at a cosmic joke that has (some) scientists...

The Power of Belief

Oh there they are – we all have them, we all act according to them, they differ greatly at times, they...

The healing power of inner wisdom

Wisdom Dialogues with Colleen-Joy Turn stress and suffering into clear seeing and solutions in minutes....

How to contain wealth

Goldfish will grow in accordance with the size of the pond or fish tank they are in. The bigger the container,...

And, before we know, this year is in full swing and so are we. Or are we?

Lots of “how did we get here? “, “where did time go?”, “I wonder what this year’s got up it’s sleeve”...

Embrace the tiger, return to the mountain

Meet Tai Chi Master, Sifu Leo Low Ming at the KwazuluSpirit Festival Leo Low Ming is a dedicated, professional...

Evidence for the Immortality of Consciousness

Materialistic thinking suggests that perceptions of life after death are a creation of the brain. Using...

(Extra) Ordinary Success

How much is enough? The richest one per cent took nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world...

Secret of the Pyramid Revealed

“In the beginning was the Word…” No matter whom you ask, you’ll get a different answer or theory to the...

Epigenetics and Emotions

OLD THOUGHT, NEW THOUGHT Old thought-beliefs dictated that the mind has no influence on, or control over,...

‘Doing Human Better’ - A focused, outcomes-based approach.

Alongside the digital growth space and entry into a metaverse, coaching is at the top end of new professions...

Walking with the masters: Jiddu Krishnamurti

I have said it? Don’t believe it.” “Belief has no place where truth is concerned.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti,...

Living in the new age

“Small wonder that we stand confused, alternately arrogant and frightened, chaotic in our purposes, in...

Wavelength: The Higher Principle

Wars have gone on since ancient times with an aggressor on one side and an invaded land on the other....

When you love money, money will love you back

Do you love money? Do you really, really want it? Do you pay attention to it, appreciate it, give it...

Mother Africa, Earth Medicine

The continent of Africa is a vast treasure trove of traditional medicinal wisdom. The people that live...

Healing Trauma Through Music and Sound

Most Johns Hopkins otolaryngologists feel that, if you want to exercise and stimulate your brain, it...

Sound, Healing of the Ancients

Music has the power to affect our health and wellbeing. This belief and related cultural practice has...

Destigmatising Mental Health

According to a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) survey conducted in 130 countries, Covid-19 has...

Wealth is a feeling and a state of being

Growing up, I always felt wealthy. Even though I knew others owned houses with gardens while my parents...

Pilgrim!

Geoff Dalglish reflects on the gifts and challenges of an adventure-filled life. Long before the pandemic...

Our Spiritual Selves, Thoughts and the Brain

“Aboriginal cultures do not make the usual distinctions among rocks, air and humans; all are imbued with...

ART TO HEART, open your heart with art.

Creating art gives respite to the brain and opens the heart, thereby creating feelings of empathy and...

Food that feeds your purpose.

To change your life, change one thing that you do every day. The understanding that slight changes have...

The Road to Healing Unresolved Trauma

The Road to Healing Unresolved Trauma by Diana Collins Smith | Conscious Living, Print Articles, Summer...

Release, Love, Heal … Repeat

Release, Love, Heal … Repeat by Angelique Koster | Conscious Living, Print Articles, Summer 2021, Thought...

Lack of Black Stem Cell Donors has Fatal Conssequences

World Cancer Day 4.2.2022 is themed: ‘Spread the word, speak up and stand up for a cancer-free world,...

Discover the Miracle in You

Discover the Miracle in You by Jeff Levin | Conscious Living, Print Articles, Summer 2021 Imagine a world...

Enlightenment

Words Yolande du Plooy We live in a world where each of us is conditioned in a certain way, be it the...

From Confrontation to a Change in Attitude

From Confrontation to a Change in Attitude by Jill Iggulden Stevens | Conscious Living, Good Reads, Print...

Do you aim to BE YOU each day?

Do you aim to BE YOU each day? by Samantha Lewis | Conscious Living, Print Articles, Summer 2021, Thought...

Doing Life with Heike

Doing Life with Heike by Heike Sym | Conscious Living, Print Articles, Summer 2021, Thought Leaders And...

Conscious Parenting

Conscious Parenting by Ed and The OM Team | Conscious Living, Parenting HELPING CHILDREN DEAL WITH GRIEF...

Better Parenting with the Enneagram

Better Parenting with the Enneagram by Ann Gadd | Conscious Living, Parenting, Print Articles, Summer...

Money Alchemy

Money Alchemy by Kiki Theo | Conscious Living, Print Articles, Spring 2021, Thought Leaders, Uncategorized...

The Expansiveness of Boundaries

There is an art in allowing and an art of flow; we have learned to let things go, to accept and allow...

The ‘Silent Dis-ease’

Words Val Ball and Ruth Manson-Bishop “She almost thought she’d said the words aloud, but she hadn’t....

Mindfulness and Children’s Emotional Wellbeing

As adults we look at life through a dusty lens – we forget what it’s like to play, to laugh, to imagine...

How to Spring-clean your Mind to Bring Change in your Life

Birds tweeting, the smell of fresh grass, the sun on your skin… We’re all waiting for it, summer is around...

The Wilderness Within

A NEW Green Living Column by Steve Hurt In every edition RenewalHolding the earth in our hearts Spring...

The Swing of Life’s Pendulum

Words PW du Plessis Attraction and abandonment, the continuum of rebirthing While the cat, Samantha is...

Wisdom Well Dialogues with Colleen-Joy

An Odyssey Community, members-only, Interactive Zoom Event https://wisdomwellway.com/ Dates to be announced...

BodyTalk, a Healing Modality like no Other

The world has been turned upside-down with the advent of the global pandemic. Physical illness,...

Finding Inner Peace in Time of Turmoil

Q – When in silence with yourself, allowing your awareness go to the place where peace and joy...

Did You Know?

Mid-life adults today face financial strain and are struggling to provide for their own retirements as...

How Emotional and Mental Baggage Impacts Conscious Parenting

A relationship with ourselves sets the foundation for other relationships we have with others, be it...

Doing life with Heike

And before we know we are halfway through another year… The world is still upside down, restrictions...

Doing life with Heike

Emerge! Rise, it’s Time to Shine Hello and congratulations – you made it through another rollercoaster...

Connecting the dots backwards

Growing up I enjoyed playing outdoors. I was a Brownie, then a Girl guide; I did speech and drama; I...

Gender Based Violence & the search for the purpose to ‘live on purpose’

GBV (Gender-based Violence), the term for these hurtful and sometimes unforgivable acts; slowly our world...

FiNd your HaPPy!

Did you know? Happy People Do These 10 Things To be honest, there is no more doubt regarding the fact...

Gender Consciousness for Therapists, Life Coaches and Healers

In recent years, therapists, counsellors, life coaches and healers have all been challenged to provide...

Left Undone

Words Carolyn Chilton Casas Left undone – a prompt given to us in a writing class. My first response...

Money Alchemy for the Apocalypse

Words Kiki Theo If ever there was a time to believe it’s now! If ever there was a time to have faith...

The Magic of Brainspotting

Part 11 continued from page 40 in the Autumn Edition The first time I tried Brainspotting, I didn’t...

Tao and the Zero Point Field

“There is a universal flux that cannot be defined explicitly but which can be known only implicitly…...

Pangolins: Scales of Injustice

Pangolins have long been sustainably harvested by local communities for their meat and scales, but today...

What is an End-of-Life Doula?

“The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike,...

The Shadow-Self

I think the shadow-self can be described in a number of ways by people who have different approaches...

Olde Worlde Science Meets Modern Healing

The five elements Much like life today, life in Shakespeare’s time was an intricate system where everything...

Rune Awakening

Is it possible that an ancient oracular system, which evolved more than a thousand years ago, could still...

What is the Relationship between a Fountain and the Words of a Good Person?

Proverbs 10:11 says, “Like a fountain of water, the words of a good person give life.”“I think this Proverb...

Top Five Hacks for a Budding Superwoman

Women play many roles in their daily lives. We are loving mothers, adoring wives, dedicated daughters,...

Social Media, Common Sense and…‘Keeping your Head’ in Crazy Times

We live in a time when thoughts – and more particularly feelings – sweep around the planet...

Having a Rough Time? - Let it Be

“When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll, whatever my lot, Thou...

Big Pharma, Dirty Lies, Busy Bees and Eco Activists

Excerpt for Odyssey magazine, from Chapter 2, “Dirty Little Lies” You’d probably expect this book to...

Your Body, Your Choice

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Conscious Cleaning … turf the toxins

After the long and chilly winter season, when introspection and hibernation are the norm, spring starts...

Seven ways you can make meditation a part of your life no matter how, hectic or frenetic it gets. Most...

Cultivating Joy in a changing world

Joy is our birthright and something sought by people of all cultures. If this is true, then why is there...

Conscious, Gender-Free Parenting

The goal of gender-free parenting is not to paint the parenting landscape with a wide brush of androgyny...

The Hidden Gift of Divorce

When he finally left me for another woman I fell apart. The weight of my pain sunk me into the depths...

The Importance of Self-advocacy

Self-advocacy is the ability you acquire, as you mature, to know your strengths and weaknesses. It means...

Within Your Heart is a Dream

“May the dreams you dream today, be the life you live tomorrow” You are amazing. You are the creation...

The Importance of Self-Empathy and Being Kind to Yourself Right Now

“…the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves is not having the courage and respect...

Finding Direction in Times of Struggle, Stress and Suffering.

“Be like water making its way through cracks … adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around...

At the crossroads of life?

Take the road less travelled? Most people are just existing, not living. Looking back, one of the reasons...

Science Shows Old Dogs are Great at Learning New Tricks

I am very wary of the term “Golden Years” partially because of the irritating adverts for retirement...

The Vegan & Plant Powered Show will go on!

… and will be both a live and online event with a Joburg show also planned South Africa’s...

Make the Most of Autumn's Harvest

Never will I ask an August sky: “Where has last July gone?” Oscar Hammerstein ll (from Oklahoma)...

Hypnotherapy to Aid in Dementia

Having worked in this area with both clients and family over many years, one has to first clarify what...

A New Kind of Intelligence?

Is contemporary education equipping us to live in harmony with the Earth and our fellow beings? “We educators...

Climate Change or People Change?

“As more and more people become spiritually aware, they change the whole world.” The intensity of living...

Beyond COVID-19

Astrologers have been predicting a world recession for a long time. We just had no idea that this would...

An Uncommon Bond, An Undeniable Truth

Do you know that sensation of being totally committed, determined, prepared? It was 2005 and I’d had...

The Gut Has Become Known as the Second Brain

I’m in the business of helping others heal their bodies with better food choices but that’s not the whole...

Goddess’s Guide to Great Sex & Sexual Fulfilment

Words Willow Jayne IN A WORLD, that places so much on the external world as our source of fulfilment,...

Ancestral Healing, Rediscover your Home in ‘Love’

Our ancestors are our origins, our power and our heritage. The themes that concern them mirror our own...

Abundance Is Your Natural State

I follow the teachings of Adamus, an aspect of St Germain. Recently he was uncompromising and stern in...

A Powerful Healing Odyssey

“They never told me getting honest with myself in recovery would be this hard.” A spiritual rock-bottom...

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