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Blue
Hello. This month I’m deviating from the ‘still’ theme of my last three newsletters, reining in my love of birds, and instead heading into three joyous plants that are currently out there in full magnificent blue gorgeousness. The potentially contentiously blue, maybe blue-black, probably purple, of delicious Bilberries; the brilliant blue of borage, so loved…
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Summer Solstice, the sun standing still
We are in the day of the sun once again standing still. The longest day. So, continuing my wonderings about being ‘still’. Standing still, sitting still or stilling the mind. The sun standing still. I love the poet William Butler Yeats’ words about Still Water. ‘We can make our minds so like still water that…
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Focused patience and standing still
Next online Open Practice Monday 22 May 6.30-7pm Hello I hope all is well. I wonder if you’ve noticed an up swing in your mind or a scaling up of thoughts and ‘doings’ as we are now fully sprung in spring. Last month I posted about kestrels; the art of staying still and creating space…
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Unplugging and standing still
I hope all is well, I thought this quote from Anne Lamott was a fitting way to begin: ‘Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes. Including you.’ Perhaps not ‘almost everything’ but it’s a good point! I am now fully accredited to teach Breathworks, 8 week courses in mindfulness for…
