Posts in mindset
Befriending Grief

“If the doors of my heart ever close, I am as good as dead.” In this one line, poet Mary Oliver points to an essential truth for all of us, especially healers and artists- we have to feel in order to truly live.

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Practicing Hope

After preparing to teach an online yoga class I popped open the laptop to set up Zoom. A news headline flashed across the screen- “New Zealand rated best place to survive global societal collapse. UK second.”

Crap, what about the rest of us? You know that sinking feeling, existential dread that we often feel just under the surface? This headline brought it screaming to the forefront!

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