Breathing Space Therapies Newsletter

Those of you who know me well or who have been following my work for a while, will know know that I spend a fair amount of the summer living and working in Spain, which for me is a blessing in more ways than I can possibly say in one

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During my time here, I often find myself inspired and enlightened by the environment and so I wanted to share with you one of those moments in this edition of this newsletter for Breathing Space.

Whilst here, I attend many musical events and have become a lover of Flamenco music and have been learning Flamenco dancing (dancing for me has been a lifelong passion and I was a professional dancer for a short time in my late teens).

At one such event recently, I realised that whether the performers sing, dance, play the guitar, do palmas (clapping) or however they are involved, they do so with their entire beings. When they perform, you can see that it comes from the very bottom of their 'souls' and that their whole body is being used in their presentation. They have a passion for what they do which creates magic and which the Spanish call the indefinable 'duende'.

If you have things in your life that you want to do and which are important to you,

do them with your entire being. Love what you do and bring passion to it. It doesn't matter whether you're sweeping the road, performing brain surgery, dancing at a party or the Royal Opera House. The important thing is that, if we are to enjoy life, we have to engage ourselves in what we do with passion to create magic, fun and satisfaction.

As the old song goes, 'T' ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it'

Happiness isn't 'out there' somewhere. Nobody else can make you happy or unhappy. Make yourself feel the 'duende' and create magic by being passionate about everything you do, no matter how small.

Remember, if you have a subject that you would like me to cover or have any comments or stories you would like to share, drop me a line on annie@breathingspacetherapies.com or call me on 0772 581 8884.

With love and thanks as always

Annie