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3/9/2020 0 Comments

Heart Route 39 in  Delta del Ebro, Spain

Offline 

Inside my Cancerian shell
Cooking up a feast

A feast full of love, dreams and ambition
A feast full of drinks, overflowing with gratitude,
A feast ending so sweetly
Reminding me what was missing from all the other meals
High in courage and free from self-comparison

A feast so delicious I invite you
To travel
To this VIP location
Inside yourself
For the most rewarding meal of your life

Then once you're full
Feel free to invite others
Follow your heart

Cycle your heart out ... offline

Location
Delta del Ebro, Spain
Accommodation: ​Camping Ampolla Playa

Heart route
5.16km, all flat
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Cycle your heart out

Highlights:
Watching the sunrise at Platja de l'Arenal
Seeing Flamingos!
Sketching Maya and David sleeping like babies
Taking Maya Kayaking for the 1st time!
Delicious Paella for lunch at
 Lo Goleró
The sunset at  Mirador norte de la bassa de les Olles

Celebrating our 2 year anniversary at Restaurant La Barraca and seeing a blood moon!!

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If you would like to disconnect and create your own heart route, click here to learn my top 5 steps!

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13/2/2020 0 Comments

Heart Route 37 in Barcelona

Quiet Love

No need to sweep me off my feet
Just a forehead kiss will do

No need for extravagant jewellery
Your hand holding mine will do

No desire for a giant bouquet
A plant that blooms will do

No surprise luxury hotel
A tent under the stars will do

No fancy restaurant needed
A heart-shaped ride will do

No need for changing you
Your quiet love will always do
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26/11/2019 0 Comments

Heart Route 35 in Altea, Spain

Body still, Mind on fire

The numbness spreads
My legs gone dead
If only I could move

The tenacious fly
That active gardener
If only I had silence

My familiar friends
Worry and Fear
Always around, but never welcome

Body still, mind on fire

Breathing interrupts
Damn that feels good
Stomach growing like a balloon

Emotions join the stream
Thoughts pass like clouds
Even the ocean seems calmer

Sitting cross legged
Silence starts to spread 

Body still, flames reduced
Mind at peace
Follow your heart

Before learning about mindfulness, my mind was like a chaotic snow globe, always shaking, my thoughts flying here, there and everywhere! I craved to have a vacation from my mind, and found life just so overwhelming all the time.  
After years of cycling my heart routes I slowly learnt that it was focusing on my breath and the sensations in my body that took me to a place of momentary calm.

​When I learnt that mindfulness is about paying attention to the present moment on purpose, it all started to make sense. 
Cycling my heart out had been my own meditation, and learning to combine it with seated meditation everyday enabled me to finally find a way to settle my snow globe thoughts.

After taking an 8 week mindfulness course a few years ago in Barcelona, I decided to deepen my understanding and travel to the south of Spain to take a MBSR Teach Mindfulness course with Mindful Academy International.

Cycle your heart out ... mindfully

​“The mind is like water. When it's turbulent, it's difficult to see. When it's calm, everything becomes clear.”
​Prasad Mahes
Location
Altea, close to Alicante in Spain
Accommodation: Hotel Tossal Altea 
Bike Rental: Ashe bikes

Heart Route
Several different bike maps, two helpful bike assistants, and dozens of attempted heart routes, not one seemed to want to emerge. I was close to accepting no route could be found, and just enjoy cycling mindfully along the sea, but that's the beauty of letting go, seconds later Cecilia at Ashe bikes pointed at the map, she'd found it! It got me thinking about all the times I've longed for something, and never came close to reaching it, until I finally let go.

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The route represented the challenges along my teaching course, the doubts, the confusion.
With the final part along the sea, peaceful, calm and full of joy. It will always remind me of the life changing course, the people I met, and all those I hope to  help ride inwards.

Highlights:


-Parròquia de Nostra Senyora del Consol​
-Mirador Paseo Maritimo

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I couldn't have completed this course had it not been for my teacher Kathy. Her years of experience and wisdom was truly inspiring to learn from. Grateful to my beautiful international group, it was such a joy to support and learn from one another.

My top mindful tips for you:

Meditation doesn't mean you always have to sit still, next time you ride your bike notice the following...
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How do your hands feel on the handlebars? 
How about your bum on the seat? 
Your feet as they rotate the pedals? 
How does the wind feel on your face?

Try paying attention to the present instead of worrying about your to do list today, or your conversation with whoever yesterday. 

My thoughts won't stop,
I can't sit cross legged,
I don't have time,
I'm too busy,
I'll start tomorrow,
I'm doing it all wrong!

Sound familiar? The beauty of mindfulness is to practice kindness and compassion to ourselves, and that all those thoughts above are perfectly ok to feel.

Thoughts won't stop? It's normal just observe them
Can't cross your legs? Use a chair
No time? Try 2 minutes
Too busy? Take 3 deep breaths,
Starting tomorrow? How about now
Doing it wrong? No, you're not

Click below for more tips on how to ride inwards heartfully!

Ride Inwards
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25/8/2019 0 Comments

Heart Route 34 in Copenhagen

The Danish Route to Happiness

A sea of cycle lanes
More bikes than cars
A city in synch
Hearts seem to link

Boat-lined ports
Picnics packed and ready
Candy coloured streets
Riding to the beach

Help that lady off the bus
Feed that hungry red squirrel
And as the sun starts to set
The best hasn't happened yet

Replace phones with candles
Share love not posts
Eat together not alone
You’ve discovered hygge in your home!
Follow your heart 

Cycling around Copenhagen had been on my bucket list for several years. I was curious to find out why Denmark won award after award for not only being a bicycle paradise, but also the world's happiest country. Luckily for me, my amazing friend Christina helped me find out why!

Cycle Your Heart Out for… hygge 

Location - Copenhagen, Denmark
Heart Route - 7.15km 

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Highlights 

- Copenhagen Citadel
- The Little mermaid statue 
- Gefion fountain
- Guard change at Amalienborg
- The new port of Copenhagen, Royal Danish Playhouse
- Nyhavn
- The Bridge street kitchen
- Freetown Christiania
- Picnic along the canal of Overgaden Oven Vandet overlooking the Torvegade bridge
- Live music from Christianshavn boat rental & Café
- Stadsgraven lake 
- The new bicycle bridge and along Vester Voldgade, 
- Tivoli 
- Equestrian statue of Christian IX 
- The Lego House at København, Stalk fountain
- Kongens Nytorv.
- Vandkunsten Sandwich 


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Grateful to Christina and her wonderful family for inviting me into their home and sharing the beauty of Denmark with me. The Little Book Of Lykke by Meik Wiking was waiting for me on the bedside table on my arrival. After cycling my heart out and reading this book, it was very clear to me why Denmark wins all these happiness awards!

​Spoiler alert... the front cover has a bicycle on! ;-)

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22/4/2019 0 Comments

Heart Route 33 in Portugal - Earth Day

​Thank you Earth
For allowing me to cycle my heart out
Year after year
All over your beautiful body,
For allowing me to heal my soul
One heart route at a time
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5/1/2019 0 Comments

Heart Route 32 In Tulum - The Rainbow of Friendship

The Rainbow of Friendship 

Did you see the rainbow? 
Beneath the Tulum Pyramid 
My friend woke me from my camera coma 
So focused on getting the perfect shot
My eyes had been blind to the beauty behind it 

You see that's what's good friends do
They bring color to your eyes, when all you see is grey
They bring the sun to you heart, when all you see is clouds
They bring brightness to your soul, when all you see is darkness 
They are the rainbow to your heart 
Every shade of their being
Every glimmer of their time
They are the gold on either side 
And I'm rich because of you

To those friends
Thank you for staying 
Despite my thunder
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