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End 2020 with a big dollop of joy

9/12/2020

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Stuff-up beat-up

1/10/2020

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​             THE BENEFITS OF SELF-KINDNESS

​What is your stuff-up self-response style?

How do you treat yourself when you get it wrong. You forget to put out the garbage/ yell at the kids/ get the meeting time wrong/ fail on zoom connection/ miss a great opportunity/ can’t find the words …. Etc. etc.?


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MOVE HOUSE, STAY IN BODY

14/6/2020

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MOVING HOUSE

They say moving house is one of the most stressful things you can do- and perhaps they are right.
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We were set to put our place on the market in coming months … then, just recently, someone wandered past our place (in the middle of nowhere) and offered to buy it. Fantastic, it has saved us the putting-on-market scenario … on the flip side we find ourselves in a mad scramble with the onward move.

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MOVE BETTER

10/5/2020

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The purpose of yoga is stretch, open and expand our physical boundaries.
 
Boundaries that contract over the years.
 
The tight spine, the creaky knees, achy elbows …. looking over the shoulder to reverse the car is an effort. Forget any wild idea of touching the toes or heading south any further than to peer over your glasses.

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A FABULOUS ANXIETY RESOURCE

16/2/2020

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​If you or anyone you know is suffering from intense anxiety, this short audio from Insight Timer will help.
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It’s by Jim Malloy, a longterm American meditation teacher (since 1973) with a soothing voice and caring manner.


​ANXIETY BREEDS ANXIETY

Experiencing anxiety is not our fault. It’s not a shortcoming. We’re designed to flip into anxiety when feeling under threat.

The scarier the threat, the greater the anxiety.
Even being anxious about getting anxiety can bring on more anxiety.


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Mindful Breathing Benefits

5/9/2019

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​Have you heard the one about the guy who tries to wake up his son for school?
 
"Billy," says the dad, "wake up!"
Billy groans "I don't want to get up."
Dad shouts, "Get up, you have to go to school."
Billy moans "I don't want to go to school."
"Why not?" asks dad.
"Three reasons," says Billy.
 
"First, because it's so dull; second, the kids tease me; and third, I hate school."
 
Billy’s father answers: "Well, I am going to give you three reasons why you must go to school.
 
First, because it is your duty; second, because you are forty-five years old, and third, because you are the headmaster."

 
We all know the feeling. I don’t wanna but I gotta. In the short-term, we can use mindful breathing to ease our unease. (In the longterm, let’s try to change the hated situation!)
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My "Rest is Best" picture book!

7/4/2019

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Get inspired to live the good life through the power of rest!

Overwork can leave little room for tasting the joy of life. Wouldn't it be great to find a magic bullet for striking the balance between effort, exhaustion and living the life you want?

The author/illustrator's effervescent verse and images tease you through the colourful pages, in a picture book for adults teeming with joy, warmth and humour.

​The perfect gift for the workaholic in your life!


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STOP BEFORE YOU DROP

21/3/2019

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“People look for retreats for themselves,
in the country, by the coast, or in the hills . . .
There is nowhere that a person can find a more
peaceful and trouble-free retreat than in his own mind. . . .
​So constantly give yourself this retreat, and renew yourself.”
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TO BE (SHOCKED) OR NOT TO BE …

11/10/2018

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​WHAT WOULD YOU RATHER ...

Meditate? Who, me?

Perish the thought.

If you happen to be someone who would prefer to give yourself an electric shock than be stuck in your head, take heart.

You are not alone.

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BE SMART: MEDITATE

17/9/2018

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​WEIRDO MEDITATOR

 
Back in the day when I started as a meditator, meditation was still regarded as a slightly suspicious navel-gazing endeavour.


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