Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat breathes life into your soul? Discover the origins of inspiration, Plato’s four inspirations, and modern views on creativity and insight.
What Breathes Life into your Soul? And What is Inspiration?
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Blog posts by Sally Jeanrenaud
Dr Sally Jeanrenaud is a Trustee of The Fintry Trust, an educational charity dedicated to integral and perennial wisdom. She is also a qualified mindfulness trainer and registered teacher with The Yoga Alliance Professionals, UK and has an extensive background as an International Specialist in Sustainable Development. Sally is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Exeter and a Visiting Professor in Universities across the UK, France and Switzerland.
The Art of Awakening: Your Guide to This Year’s Summer School Experience
Reading Time: 2 minutesRediscover the clear light of awareness. Explore “The Art of Awakening” in our guide to the 2026 Summer School at Fintry, featuring art, music, and somatic yoga.
Integral Art: The Awakening of Consciousness
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe explore Integral Art as an invitation to awaken to and reconnect with the sacred.
Myth – An Integral Perspective
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog explores Integral Mythology—showing how myth, far from outdated stories, reveals symbolic truths about human experience and may help restore meaning today.
Happiness is the Way – A Tribute to Dr. Tho Ha Vinh (1951–2025)
Reading Time: 2 minutesA celebration of the life of Dharma teacher, humanitarian and tireless promoter of Happiness as the Way.
Beyond Belief and Opinion: The Timeless Search for Truth
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe blog explores the meaning of truth in our post-truth era, drawing on philosophy and spirituality, and the need to orient our minds to the universal and eternal light of truth that can both guide and transform us.
Ancient Wisdom on Polarities and Paradox
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this blog we explore what ancient wisdom teaches us about the nature of polarities, and suggests how it is useful for understanding and navigating differences and conflict today
Transforming Polarities: The Power of Paradox
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis blog explores how ancient wisdom can help us bridge polarities, through the art of holding paradox, and transforming opposites into new ideas for a better world.
Ancient Wisdom – Modern Insights
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis blog explores how timeless ancient wisdom, like Hermetic teachings, can help us re-member a bigger picture of reality, and regenerate new ways of living for a more conscious and connected future.
As Above, So Below: Hermetic Wisdom meets Quantum Insight
Reading Time: 2 minutesExplore the link between Hermetic Wisdom and quantum physics, revealing a profound interconnectedness of the cosmos and the individual.
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