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Michael Townsend Williams
IS A DOER WHO LIKES TO BE.

Michael Townsend Williams

Feb 27
Feb 27 Six Daily Habits of an Artist

Michael Townsend Williams
DO

We are all artists of our lives.

Feb 26
Feb 26 13 Uses For Lavender Oil

Michael Townsend Williams
BE

Lavender (lavandula angustifolia) is the most versatile of all essential oils.

Feb 26
Feb 26 20 Inspiring Quotes From Mahatma Gandhi

Michael Townsend Williams
DO

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

Jan 31
Jan 31 Happy Now? Happy Later?

Michael Townsend Williams
BE, DO

Understanding the landscape of happiness can help us make changes and choices that get to the heart of it.

Jan 31
Jan 31 Are You Heading In The Right Direction?

Michael Townsend Williams
DO

Maybe you know where you want to go with your life but don't know how. Maybe you're a great executor but lack vision.

Jan 31
Jan 31 Simply Does It.

Michael Townsend Williams
DO

Most of us live our lives surrounded by stuff we don’t need any more.

Jan 1
Jan 1 As I Began to Love Myself by Charlie Chaplin

Michael Townsend Williams
BE, DO

As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth.

Dec 31
Dec 31 The Power Of Yoga To Transform

Michael Townsend Williams
MOVE

One of the most touching yoga videos I have ever seen. Never under estimate the power of yoga!

Dec 31
Dec 31 Clear The Decks

Michael Townsend Williams
DO

The end of a year and start of the new is a great metaphorical event to use to enhance a critical aspect of your constructive creativity—get rid of everything that you can.

Nov 28
Nov 28 Chai Recipe

Michael Townsend Williams
EAT

Any trip to India will be fuelled by Chai.

Nov 25
Nov 25 Join Up The Dots Inside

Michael Townsend Williams
BE

We spend most of our lives thinking about life rather than living it.

Nov 25
Nov 25 Eating Chocolate Mindfully

Michael Townsend Williams
EAT

Notice the changing tastes, the texture, the way it makes you feel.

Nov 25
Nov 25 Map Your Mind

Michael Townsend Williams
DO

If you feel stuck, need to plan or prepare for something, mind mapping is a simple way to get stuff out of your head and into some sort of visual order.

Nov 10
Nov 10 On The Edge

Michael Townsend Williams
BREATHE

There is a part of you that needs to know what’s going to happen before you do anything. The part of you that wants to be safe and predictable.

Oct 24
Oct 24 Mayonnaise Jar & Coffee

Michael Townsend Williams
BE

A professor stood before his philosophy class with some items in front of him. When the class began, he picked up a very large, empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full.

Oct 24
Oct 24 Is Sleep Top Of Your To-Do List?

Michael Townsend Williams
BE

Whatever your dreams, ambitions or goals you need to have the energy and resilience to cope with the journey so that the excitement you feel at the idea of accomplishing them is matched by the excitement on the way there.

Oct 24
Oct 24 Explore, Digest And Share Without Stress.

Michael Townsend Williams
DO

We can often feel overwhelmed by information.

Oct 24
Oct 24 Ashtanga Yoga - The Royal Path of Yoga

Michael Townsend Williams
BE

I have nothing against the physical practice of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga but I am often dismayed by the number of Ashtanga Yogis who know nothing of the origins of Ashtanga, the eight limbed path of Patanjali's Raja Yoga.

Sep 26
Sep 26 What To Do?

Michael Townsend Williams
DO

Most of us at some point in our lives are faced with this question – what should we do with our lives?

Sep 26
Sep 26 Vulnerability Is Your Super Power.

Michael Townsend Williams
BE, DO

For some feeling vulnerable is a sign of weakness. For some this is something to hide … Brené Brown enlightens us with the personal and frank insights of her own experiences of shame and vulnerability as an eminent researcher.

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Stand in your shadow. And breathe…

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#dobreathe
Just now.
Stand still and let the path appear. 
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Look up > Look down.
“Haste is universal because everyone is in flight from himself.”
— Nietzsche
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Shadow play.
Sleep well tonight. Work well tomorrow. 

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A moment just now.
Relax it’s the weekend.

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“Straight roads don’t make skilfull drivers.”
— Paulo Coelho

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#dobreathe
Imperfectly perfect.

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“The truth of a thing is the feel of a thing, not the think of it.”
— Stanley Kubrick
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#dobreathe

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