The desire to understand self and mind

by dyanaw | Sep 5, 2016 | Dyana Wells, Philosophy, Sailing, Yoga

Fly over any city and see millions of people doing much the same thing in much the same way. The house may be large or small, expensive or cheap, but the desires and pressures and options will be similar. Fly over any Pacific island and the lives below are very...

Introducing Fiery Scribes

by briant | Sep 3, 2016 | Adventure, Brian Thurogood, Dyana Wells, Fiery Scribes, Sailing, Yoga

Novels of Life and Adventure, including “Anchors in an Open Sea” Trilogy DYANA WELLS writes about family, sailing, love and adventure, all wrapped in spiritual autobiography. BRIAN writes about adversity and redemption, all wrapped in thrillers, both ancient and...

Sailing adventure and spiritual autobiography

by briant | Aug 30, 2016 | Adventure, Dyana Wells, Novels, Philosophy, Sailing, Yoga

Sailing – a life on the ocean that can be like extreme sports, before the term was invented. Alice enjoys sailing, the thrill, the exhilarating physicality of the tug of war with nature. That’s with nature, not against it, because Alice feels more in tune...

The whole of life is living me

by dyanaw | Aug 25, 2016 | Dyana Wells, Novels, Philosophy, Sailing, Yoga

I need to calm down, reef my sail, meditate. Cross-legged in the saloon with a cushion in the small of my back, I sink behind my tumbling thoughts, behind my compulsive activity, behind the entrancing glamour of living. I follow my breath slowly down into a still...

Elements show us to ourselves

by dyanaw | Aug 15, 2016 | Dyana Wells, Philosophy, Sailing

The science of yoga claims that all experience is a combination of the qualities of the five elements, earth, water, fire, air and space. We know the world and ourselves as the ever-changing fluxing of these elements. As much as I can be present to all the changing...

A Time and Space for Everything

by dyanaw | Aug 5, 2016 | Dyana Wells, Philosophy, Sailing, Yoga

Space is inescapably ever-present when sailing. The balance changes, with space taking centre stage. Space itself comes alive, between us all and through us all. Light-filled space, extending as far as I can see, coming into focus as something rather than nothing. My...