Category: Blog
The 1 question I ask to create in spite of it all…
Often (always) when I am starting a new project, my ego comes in with the beliefs; “You can’t do this Ella”, “You are not good enough” “You will be rejected” “Stop right now… you have to be perfect first and you are far from perfect”… BUT Over the past 20 years as dancer, choreographer, author,…
Metamorphosis… who else resonates?
I am wondering if maybe we are all going through a chrysalis moment… the messy middle… a planetary shift right now… hopefully some change for the better 💕 🌍 The wonderful Sarah Lotus Garrett (of The Mixed Bloom Room) wrote a post that resonated so much that it helped me put some of the feels…
Finding Your Way Back to Heart in Difficult Times
Today, I want to share something deeply personal with you: about one of the biggest pendulum swings I have had since 2017! And how I am finding my way back… Perhaps you’ll recognize yourself in this story, or find a light to guide you when your own path seems wobbly… When the Heart Goes Missing:…
Getting to the Heart of Connection through awareness (Part 2)
Last week, whilst on our Okan tour, I attended a talk: “What it Takes to Heal” by Prentis Hemphill, Marai Larasi, and Farzana Khan. One of my teachers phrases, “We don’t need to heal because we are already whole, complete and fixed exactly as we are”… kept popping up during the session… and I am…
The Heart of Connection (Part 1)
I am back from an amazing Evening with Ọkan at Yorkshire Dance in Leeds, and tomorrow we head to Bournemouth for our last two weeks of creation and the premiere of the full-length show at Pavilion Dance South West on the 4th April. Ọkan is a dance duet created by Akeim Toussaint, dancers and I that…
Maya Musings: Finding the Divine in the Mundane
Flowing with Life’s Unexpected Currents “Flow with what is, create from where you are, and watch as the ordinary transforms into something extraordinary” When life presents you with unexpected challenges, do you fight against the current, or do you flow with it? This week’s journey has revealed some profound insights for me about the alchemy…
The Power of Inner Truth (and following our intuition)
I am writing to you from Leeds (I let out a sigh of relief because my body feels so at home here and it is so nice to be out of the big smoke!) I am up in Leeds for various completions connected to teaching aerial, my beautiful marriage, and an amazing ancestral visit…
Your circumstances (and other people’s projections) do not dictate the outcome!
You can do whatever you would love if you listen to the whisper and follow your heart over your circumstances and ideas about your possibility! It was super exciting to teach my first aerial intensive this week, with a focus on all things The Rainbow Butterfly at a big London dance conservatoire. I found…
Musings over the holiday period
Wishing you a wonderful closing for 2024, and I hope you have had a restful holidays? I have been enjoying loved ones in Mauritius (where my husband is from), on our second mini-moon (or maybe big-moon… or half-moon?), as well as spending time with my and his family over Christmas… but most of all recharging…
Wholeness, Hibernation & Whyness?
I have been thinking “I should write”…”I should post”! But I don’t believe in “Shoulds & Shouldn’ts”, I believe in , “desires” “wants” and “would loves”… so I have been hibernating… and listening for the whisper of inspiration to strike Instead, I have been in a bliss cave of love and rest until out…