“AHA!”

Even though I’ve run over 1200 chair chi workshops in six years in the aged care sector I’m still experiencing ‘aha’ moments when teaching Chair Chi to residents of all levels of care. The other day I was teaching a group of residents and two were not responding to my instructions and movements. For some […]

Human Ingenuity: Our Most Abundant Resource

An inspiring talk by Navi Radjou about creative innovation in the face of scarcity. Inspiring food for thought!

Appreciative: There’s More That Unites Us …

La Bamba is a great song and I love the way the clip is put together with various musicians singing and playing the song in various countries (Mexico, Cuba, USA, Australia, Argentina, Columbia, Congo, Serbia, Mali). Click here to listen to La Bamba It reminds me of the saying,’there’s more that unites us than divides […]

Quotation: Mark Twain

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

On Teaching

“Teacher” is a much maligned word – and has positive or negative connotations for folk, depending on their own experience of school and the teachers they have known. But as facilitators and trainers, it’s a description that resonates for both of us.