Much Ado about Mindfulness

July 31, 2011

There is a big hype surrounding mindfulness. People are taking classes, reading and writing books, and proclaiming themselves to be experts. But really, mindfulness is just practicing awareness. Practicing awareness is something we do all the time. We need to be aware of where our feet are in order to put on our shoes. We […]

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Thinking Backwards versus Moving Forward

July 31, 2011

I’m not sure why, but I notice that I, and I think most of us, tend to think backwards. When something happens in our lives, we tend to go back in time to figure out why this event took place. “Was it something I said to Mary?” “Was it because I should’ve gone to a […]

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The Alternative Empath goes Clairsentient

July 31, 2011

I’ve read a lot of empath-advice on shielding and closing yourself off from the world. But that way, you further entrench the deeper trauma that “the world is not a safe place” instead of “a loving place”. That way you are encouraged to lock yourself into your own pain. Worse, when you “harden” yourself on […]

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Early Bloomers and Late Bloomers

July 31, 2011

I used to fret a lot about apparently being a late bloomer, about not having found my calling. I think I get it now. It’s not about us late bloomers you see. There is nothing wrong with us. I studied those early bloomers a little. And often they started working on their ‘thing’ really early […]

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The Meridian Wheel

July 31, 2011

The Chinese have invented some wonderful things. Fireworks, difficult calligraphy and the meridian wheel. Which is not something for your car. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, there is a whole system mapped out modelling the energetic and emotional aspect of our human being. And, just like blood and bones and muscles, it’s a very practical system. […]

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I Feel, Hear and Smell… Therefore I Am

July 31, 2011

Our brain likes to tell us that “I think, therefore I am”. But what would other parts of our body tell us if we let them speak to us? I’m pretty sure my stomach would hold a radically different perspective, as would my heart and feet. I love therefore I am, I digest/process therefore I […]

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Emotional Soup

July 31, 2011

We’ve got a lot of strange ideas about emotions in the Western world. First of all, we are taught to claim everything we feel as “ours”. When we go shopping, we carry a bag and pick up a can of soup (or something else) and push a shopping cart with groceries in front of us. […]

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