Photo by Mountain Yoga Retreat Yoga retreats are the best way to get your zen on. That is what I thought before I went on a yoga retreat. Before I went on a yoga retreat, I knew that yoga retreats […]
Author: Rebecca Cairns
Writing Down The Bones, or, How To Write Good
My last writing-focussed post on ‘The Editor’ was inspired by the wonderful Natalie Goldberg, whose 1986 book ‘Writing Down The Bones’ recently got me writing again—unleashing my inner creative and all that artsy nonsense. ‘Trouble with the Editor’ was just […]
Up To Speed, or, How To Train For A Half-Marathon In 6 Weeks
I signed up for my first half-marathon on a whim and had six weeks to train. These are the four tactics I used to get literally up to speed.
117 Things To Do In Hong Kong, or, No You Can’t Do Hong Kong In A Weekend
Let it never be said that Hong Kong is boring. I’ve heard people comment that Hong Kong is a city that can be ‘done’ in a weekend, and I would like to politely counter such notions with my ultimate guide […]
Trouble with the Editor, or, Damn Writer’s Block
Image courtesy of Unsplash Writer or not, we all have an internal editor: the voice that makes you redraft your text messages, the feeling that you have to tone yourself down or ‘put on a face’, the doubt that tells […]
The Bromo Marathon, or How I Fell In Love With Hills
Photo by Rebecca Cairns I don’t like hills; I don’t know anyone who does. I train in Hong Kong: a flat urban mess of concrete and encroaching jungle where the ‘hills’ on my daily running route are the paths beside […]
Better Late Than Never, or, A Reluctant Blogger’s First Post
I’m a millennial who has had access to the internet since my tweens, and that in itself should have been enough for me to start a blog by now.