ByJulia Chi
After nearly three miles of running along the beautiful sandy sea weedy ‘middle beach’ of Studland Bay, I reached the end and saw a line of traffic queuing to the edge of the water; a tall man who had run past me as I was running along the beach, was waiting there too with a…
ByGiora Carmi
One of us complained about a headache. It was the evening talk on a retreat. We all sat around our master. And it was way into the night. When he finished talking this friend raised his hand and complained. Your headache is just a wandering thought, the master said. I don’t remember what was spoken…
ByGuglielminotti Trivel
Every year I experience a little death during the festive season of December. Whether I am at home in the UK or anywhere else in the world, I tend to feel similar feelings and have similar thoughts. I would personally rather avoid them, if I could choose, but it seems that either the weather, the…
ByJulia Chi
As I sit here writing I can hear rain, persistent and heavy… All I’ve heard is rain since we arrived in England last Wednesday… But it lends itself to a green lush land, and is an enjoyable and different experience for us – as well as for my feet.. Although Anadi has laughingly asked me…
ByGiora Carmi
Did a drawing this morning. This morning was a slow one. I woke up at four, drank tea with milk and stayed in bed, sitting with the backing of the couch’s pillow, and the meditation cushion supporting my head. I listened to Rupert Spira talking for a few minutes about how, after awakening, the allure…
ByJulia Chi
We woke to a grey blowy day and I stepped out into a land of green grey; Dorset stone rising around me; grey slippy pavement beneath my bare feet… Feeling the energy of the earth beneath my soles, I ran down the road to the beach. The squawking seagulls circled around the empty space, sweeping…
ByGiora Carmi
The knowledge that does not fit in the shape Requires a mouth that is shut for now The joy of expanding Like children in a school break Running out to the yard Is like an eye that is open to the ocean The face that will not be intact any more Collapses because of an…
ByJulia Chi
Anadi and I ran together for a last run on our endless beach… The playa with a timeless feel to it, so easy to cover the miles… Today we spotted six other barefoot runners, brown bodies, brown feet blending with the landscape; and as we ran we watched the beach get busier, the surfers starting…
ByCatherine Green
I believe there is a subtle change in the air. This year, I feel completely relaxed and not at all worried or stressed about preparing for Christmas. Usually by this time I would be frantically writing Christmas cards and wrapping Christmas gifts, but I don’t feel the urgency. And I can see the same sense…
ByGiora Carmi
At first I thought this was going to be a boring drawing with no emotions, no story and nothing happens. As I worked on it, it felt almost like a drawing that came from thinking. But it didn’t. I find it interesting now. It has a story. The story is whispered. Boiled down to the…
ByJoan Jacobs
A large part of the metastasis was extensive edema in the upper body. The edema was spread out as islands of cancer cell secretion, Most in the abdominal cavity. It was not an option to remove it surgically because it was so spread out And of fear to cause damage to internal organs. Her thirty…
ByJulia Chi
On Monday night I went to sleep on the west coast of Spain, Tuesday bedtime came in Malaga, last night I went to sleep on the ninth floor of the Premier Inn at Gatwick airport and tonight I am lying on a lovely big bed in a lodge in Swanage… Four nights in four different…