I'm Raili, an Aussie-Finn. My life is founded on a strong, heart centred spirituality learnt at home. My parents 'walked the talk' throughout their lives. I have been graced with the passion of following in their footsteps. During my career as a mental health nurse I had the privilege of working with our community's most disenfranchised members. It was a humbling and profound learning experience which also left me with a passion for lifelong learning. And enabled me to develop an extensive tool kit of transportable skills. Now I am a home-based business owner. Soul Gifts offers metaphysical and alternative approaches to health and well being complemented by Young Living's 100% pure essential oils. YL is the 'second arm' of my business as I am an Independent Distributor (#1422979). Soul Gifts YouTube videos feature how to make home based beauty care products from the kitchen cupboard. Life has been very busy lately so video production has been on hold. Soon to be re-activated. Plans are also in the pipeline to upload guided creative visualisation onto YouTube.... I also love creative writing - fantasy, reminiscing, introspective, fun, story telling for young and old, poetry. And more serious stuff too. That is how my blog Soul Gifts - Telling Tales came into being. It provides me with endless hours of playtime and learning. As well as enabling me to share my writings with those who are interested in what I have to say. The categories are pretty diverse. They range from monthly newsletters, to 'corners' for poetry, short stories, wellbeing and children's stories. I quit my day job a few years ago. Along with many other grey nomads and baby boomer retirees, I have discovered that I have no problem in filling my days. In fact, I don't know how I ever had time to go to work, run a household, and take care of all the the other necessities of life. This is so much more fun !!
This dreadlocked dude has awesome talent. Hat on head, denim jacketed Taj Farrant is a nine years old semi-finalist on Australia’s Got Talent. He’s been the playing guitar for three years. From Long Jetty in the central coast of New South Wales, Taj is the youngest artist ever to be fully endorsed by the likes … More Another Amazing Talent
Renowned for his didgeridoo playing, actor, presenter and performer Mitch Tambo scored two golden buzzers for his recent performances in Australia’s Got Talent. His blend of indigenous traditional and contemporary languages, rhythms, dance and beats make his performances spell binding. Mitch Tambo is a proud Gamilaraay/ Birri Gubba man currently based in Melbourne Australia. Enjoy. … More He Got 2 Golden Buzzers
Raili Tanska Breathe Peace
My husband and I went through the McDonald’s driveway window and I gave the cashier a $5 bill. Our total was $4.25, so I also handed her 25c. She said, ‘you gave me too much money.’ I said, ‘Yes I know, but this way you can just give me a dollar back.’ She sighed and went … More Saturday Smiles – Duh
Last night we watched the semi finals of Britains’s Got Talent – The Champions. The best of the best world wide competing to win. The talent was pretty awesome. But one stood out head and shoulders above the rest for several reasons. Kseniya Simonova is a Ukrainian sand animation performance artist who also works in … More A unique art
Most of us have times in our lives when anxiety hits. For some it is a very serious condition that gets in the way of life. There are some very simple techniques you can learn to use and manage those episodes to restore calm. Applying pressure to particular points in your body is one of … More Pressure Points – pill free health hacks
Did you know that some clever scientists have discovered a hack for making white rice Healthy? For many countries rice is an essential, someetimes the only, food staple. I was watching a story about Cambodia last night. Many families only eat rice because that is all they can afford. White rice is the culprit when … More Healthy Rice
Raili Tanska Embrace newness
LAWYER: When he went, had you gone and had she, if she wanted to and were able, for the time being excluding all the restraints on her not to go, gone also, would he have brought you, meaning you and she, with him to the station? OTHER LAWYER: Objection. That question should be taken out … More Saturday Smiles – The Law
These cute little trolls have been around in Finland for decades. My kids were introduced to them by friends when they were little. Unfortunately it was not available in English so I needed to translate on the go as we watched the videos. There is even a Moomin theme park in Finland. Moominvalley is Finnish-British animated … More Moomin TV series – in English
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