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Trood Morrison
Jan 31 min read
in the liminal.
I know that at this time every year I get fired up by our eternal, misplaced optimism around self-improvement.
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Trood Morrison
Mar 21, 20248 min read
poetry and pose.
Social media is awash with yoga "experts", some of them with no qualifications other than a Moon in Aquarius and an Etsy toe ring.
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Trood Morrison
Jun 19, 20236 min read
eulogy to a jellyfish.
I'm surprised to see the jellyfish. Think of a jellyfish and you imagine open sea, or warm shallows and a ruined day out.
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Trood Morrison
May 31, 20236 min read
knees and nos.
Bend the knees, I say. Deeply bend the knees. All the time, I’m saying this. Bend those knees. Take the hamstrings out of the equation....
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Trood Morrison
Jan 3, 20237 min read
à la goblin mode.
The first blog post of a squalling New Year and I decide to work in the coffee shop across the road, an establishment designed in so...
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Trood Morrison
Jul 13, 20228 min read
this is a journey into sound ...
Bear with me, let me be your cautionary tale, a practical, step-by-step manual of general fuckwittery and how not to be.
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Trood Morrison
Dec 31, 20216 min read
taking the pretty way round.
Today, I thought I'd take the pretty way round to getting to the point. With nothing to do other than sweeping up pine needles, I can be...
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Trood Morrison
Dec 17, 20216 min read
preying for god.
Owl sniffed. "I'll say nothing other than a cockerel was involved. Three times to do the right thing and keep its bloody mouth shut, but no.
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Trood Morrison
Jul 8, 20213 min read
who you lookin at?
Or maybe a the real question should be, what do you see when you're looking? Some of you may have seen my post on Instagram earlier this...
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Trood Morrison
Dec 31, 20204 min read
big knickers, thinking small.
This is the time of year, remember, when we're fragile enough to eat the Strawberry Delights left orphaned at the bottom of a tin of Quality
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Trood Morrison
May 14, 20204 min read
we need to talk about heaven.
Past generations knew too well that they were only one bad sprout from kicking the bucket.
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Trudy Morrison
Apr 5, 20203 min read
we can't all be oprah ...
Three months since my last blog post. A quarter of a year, a fortieth of a decade – although this may not be correct, my grasp on basic...
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Trudy Morrison
Nov 8, 20194 min read
maitri & the mini-mes
Consequently, my resistance to taking my seat has developed strongman proportions. As I said to my pal Liz, "If spiritual development m
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Trudy Morrison
Jun 23, 20196 min read
it's nice to be nice.
To be fair, I think if there were a Venn diagram representing the human relationship with niceness with Alistair as one set and, say, Paul H
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Trudy Morrison
Apr 17, 20194 min read
the mindless pursuit of mindfulness.
Meditation is incredibly easy. All you have to do is sit every day and do nothing. Simple.
Ha, ha, ha, HAH! In these times of long working
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Trudy Morrison
Jan 5, 20196 min read
The dark side of inclusivity.
The condemnation of events like the Scottish Yoga Conference as lacking inclusivity and diversity can be a helpful reminder to organisers to
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Trudy Morrison
Aug 7, 20183 min read
The #1 top tip for self care.
As well meaning as this tsunami of turmeric-infused advice is, in reality we only need to do one thing.
Essentially, we need to learn how
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Trudy Morrison
Mar 1, 20183 min read
Why so serious?
I hate to say this ~ and feel free to disagree with me and for me to ignore your disagreement ~ but I think this is another one of those thi
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Trudy Morrison
Jan 12, 20182 min read
The authenticity fraud.
In reality ~ remember, this is why we're all here, folks ~ I'm sarcastic, impatient, and hold dark thoughts towards caravaners, back
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Trudy Morrison
Nov 29, 20173 min read
Letting go of holding on.
Yes, I had been clinging to this class. I had fear of losing people, income and losing face. I wanted to be able to control the situation an
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