The one thing I think/hope COVID taught us (or reminded us) is that if you feel unwell… stay home. Or at least be mindful of staying away from other people. For many years I had students arriving to class coughing and spluttering with the latest bug. For many years I would catch said bug, pass […]
In sickness and in health… Read more »
I recently sat in on a webinar featuring Australian athlete Cathy Freeman talking about meditation and mindfulness. Particularly around when she runs, when she was competing and the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She said before racing she would need to relax her toes. Do some deep breathing to release tension and tightness and find a quietness
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I’m very mindful of food waste, so I like to plan out what we are going to eat the following week. It usually has a bit of flexibility in there, just in case… Quite often there’ll be one dish that will cover six serves (so three meals for the two of us). Just so I
Food glorious food… Read more »
I came across an article this morning by an American philosopher basically arguing that travel doesn’t change us. In her Case Against Travel she argues that we see and do things and have experiences on our travels, but at the end of the day we return home and continue to be the person we are,
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Recently I was asked what is the opposite of reactionary. The only word that immediately came to mind was inactive – but I felt that wasn’t quite right. So I didn’t really answer the question at all. I’ve been mulling on this for a few days now. Maybe they didn’t necessarily want an answer, they
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This Sunday is Mother’s Day in Australia. It’s always a tricky one for me. I no longer have my mum (she died when I was 23) and I’m not a mother myself. But it doesn’t mean I can’t spend a few moments thinking about her. To be honest, I do that often anyway – I
Celebrating mums everyday… Read more »
I don’t know about you, but I am so relieved we are in the final week of campaigning for the federal election here in Australia. By the time we get to polling day it will have been five long weeks. Five long weeks of negative advertising, negative comments and negative press conferences. I would be
A vote for kindness… Read more »
Last week we fulfilled a long-time promise of clearing out both our offices. Over the years we’ve tended to stack a few boxes, or piles of paper here and there. Each time you walk into the room you say to yourself ‘must sort those out’. But then another week, month or year go by and
Clearing the cobwebs… Read more »
I don’t know about you but I’ve been feeling really discombobulated of late (I’ve always wanted to write that word in my blog😉). There just seems to be so much stuff happening. I think it began with Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. Cutting short our holiday and rushing home to prepare. The waiting for it to hit,
Coping with chaos… Read more »
You’ve probably heard of forest bathing – which is essentially practicing mindfulness in nature. Being fully aware of your surroundings and what you can feel, hear, see and smell. Tik-tokers talk about a similar thing – silent walking. Walking mindfully… and without a phone! But have you heard of star-bathing? It’s an emerging wellness practice,
Getting star-struck…. Read more »
