BLOG – Kristina Garla

The wisdom of death

The wisdom of death

What is death but the breath of life. Death is perhaps one of our greatest teachers. It gives great clarity to what is important. It has a way o...

Writing from the body

Do you ever, while journalling, catch a small piece of yourself floating off and imagining someone else reading the words as you scribe them? ...

Life

Discovering Hado

Today I discovered a new word. I love words. I love language. And I love it whenever I discover a word I have not come across before. Today, it was...

Followed by grace

For a while now, I have been followed by grace. Whenever I have paused and looked over my left shoulder, grace has been there. So it should be no s...

Self care

Burn bright, beautiful

"Burnout is a clue that the energy you are putting into something is coming from the wrong intention." Ram Dass. So obvious and simple. So true....

Life

Letting the light in

For years I lived in the heavy darkness of a suspicious mind. How I viewed the world was the result of a traumatic period in my past. A time when l...

Memoir

Love holds us together

Today it is 12 years since my father took off his human space suit and returned to stardust. It is 12 years since he died. Some years are easier th...

Life

For the grace of fear

Last night as I was getting ready for an online somatic breathwork session a small Redback Spider ran across my yoga mat and hid next to my water b...

Self care

Making friends with fear

Fear is a little bit of a conundrum. On one hand it can drive us to do great things and awaken our instincts to ensure physical safety. On the othe...

Memoir

Witnessing the wilderness

I have just returned from Arrernte Country, walking the Larapinta Trail in the Northern Territory desert with 16 wonderful women. It was a soul-sh...

Meditation

Reflections of a meditation teacher

Meditation is a beautiful gift, each and every one of us has inside, waiting to be discovered and nurtured. It is an incredible blessing to find ...

Life

The art of letting go

Lessons from the universe can come in unusual ways. Mine came in the form of a pair of gold earrings I bought recently on a trip away. They were a ...

Life

Serve the suffering

There is a lot of suffering at the moment. We are witnessing heartache and hardship at all levels: for individuals, families and communities, stat...