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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by dyanaw | Jul 25, 2016 | Dyana Wells, Sailing, Trilogy
Life itself shaped me out of the winds, intricate pathways of movement, vibration, creating an illusion of substance that is me already. I know all about winds, I’m made up from them. So these winds outside me, do I recognise them now. How well can I be present to...