Nature gives us clues all the time, but in this busy world do we give it time? That is why I am so passionate about taking time to be...

I have always been attracted to natural light, when styling and art directing photo shots, this has been one of the things I look for....

This January ritual of looking forward and backward is fitting for the first day of a month named after Janus, the Roman god of...

Patterns in nature can inspire on so many levels, to a designer for a new print or how it connects with our own life journeys. Recently I...

Monday meditation On the day of the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, in my mediation this morning something came through...

Hello and welcome, I am Astrid Blake, creative consultant, mentor, founder of Alice & Astrid and creator of the Take Time to Dream space....

Often things come to me in the early hours of the morning, this morning the word FULL was it. Being Dyslexic, my mind plays around with...

Our internal world is very much key to our wellbeing, just because some parts of us are not visible, this does not make them any less...

Lockdown has brought home so many things, the restrictions on travel is one. Looking back at my travel journal and photos of my very...

In the first lockdown I posted a blog on 5 tips for looking after yourself from home one which was meditation. To follow on from this I...