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The messiness of being a woman

I’ve just emerged from a seven day storm of crying at the drop of a hat, hating everything about being alive and blubbing incoherently while holding various plushies brought home from the four corners of the earth, each imbued with a lot of temporal and historical meaning for myself and the Polish Bear. It’s aContinue reading “The messiness of being a woman”

Ancient Word of the Day: Sansai

Sansai. n. ‘mountain vegetables’ from Japanese. Sansai grow wild in marshlands, and grasslands, or in the forest. Japanese people have been gathering wild food to cook with since ancient times. In fact, wild plants or Sansai have helped Japanese when food has been scarce because of drought or some other natural disaster. When food wasContinue reading “Ancient Word of the Day: Sansai”

International ‘Get to know Your Inner Child Day’

Invent a holiday! Explain how and why everyone should celebrate. Imagine if there was such a public holiday as ‘Get to know your inner child’. What an interesting public holiday this would be! It would be confronting, painful and eye-opening for many people. It’s common to bury one’s feelings along with pain accumulated during childhoodContinue reading “International ‘Get to know Your Inner Child Day’”

Sacred Self-care Practices to Help You Slow Down and Remember The Beautiful Person You Are

How do you practice self-care? Life has given me a lot of challenges, sometimes it feels overwhelming and insurmountable. Sometimes a light clicks on, that sublime light to make you really feel hopeful though. If you treat yourself gently and with self-care you will hear a loving voice inside of yourself saying “See! You canContinue reading “Sacred Self-care Practices to Help You Slow Down and Remember The Beautiful Person You Are”

Comforting Thought: James Baldwin on why art is important

If you can examine and face your life, you can discover the terms with which you are connected to other lives, and they can discover them too – the terms with which they are connected to other people. This has happened to every one of us, I’m sure. You read something which you thought only happened to you, and you discovered that it happened 100 years ago to Dostoyevski. This is a very great liberation for the suffering person, who always thinks that they are alone. This is why art is important. ~ James Baldwin

Comforting Thought: The Light that Burns Bright

“There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail; there is a tiny and brilliant light burning in the heart of man that will not go out no matter how dark the world becomes.”

~ Leo Tolstoy
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Yoga saved my brain and body

Yoga at its best can be quietly revolutionary but the revolution goes on inside of you. With diligent time set aside every day your body and brain will transform over time. Out of depression and worries, anxieties and existential angst. Whatever is bothering you, yoga over time and with a gentle teacher can address it.Continue reading “Yoga saved my brain and body”

10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #106

Enjoy ASMR from an ancient library, paintings to evoke childhood wonder, a yummy lentil curry, a punk loving goat and how to cope with climate anxiety and much more this week.

Book Review: Shinrin-Yoku The Art and Science of Forest Bathing by Dr Qing Li

Rating: ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ Publisher: Nippon Medical School/Penguin Books. Genre: Non-Fiction, Health, Nature, Spirituality. Review in one word: Immersive This is one of the most supremely nourishing books to gift yourself or someone you love. Shinrin-Yoku is your guide to the ancient Japanese art of ‘Forest Bathing’, which is the English translation of the eponymous title. IContinue reading “Book Review: Shinrin-Yoku The Art and Science of Forest Bathing by Dr Qing Li”