ByCatherine Green
I celebrated one very special achievement last week: I obtained my certificate for Okuden Reiki 2nd Degree, following a long period of time to study and complete coursework requirements. It means that I may now practice as a professional reiki therapist if I should choose. I am still not ready for that leap, but it…
ByRobyn Harris
I’ve started to write this blog in my head so many times but not yet had the opportunity to ‘put pen to paper’ – or as I do more often these days, put fingertips to keys! Each inner draft has seen the content shift and change, reflecting my sense that everything around me is shifting…
ByGiora Carmi
Being tired and in pain I became sad. Pain is a simple thing but living with it creates additional problems. Now all of them weighed on me. I thought: I can’t go on like this any more. I did not even paint yesterday and today. My friend from Germany called. We started to talk and…
ByGiora Carmi
It is on the longish side today and a bit psychological. I started to draw when I had a very strong pain. I held on to the act of drawing as to something that saved me from sinking in a bog of pain. I did not want to loose my humanity. I also held on…
ByGuglielminotti Trivel
Life recently has put me in a situation where I had the opportunity to really understand and feel how much gap sometimes there can be between me and another person. Either is with a friend, a family member, a colleague or simply an acquaintance, we might even have met virtually on social media, I am…
ByMichelle Adam
“Love is receiving the grace of God in whatever form it shows up and not being afraid to do so,” I wrote in my journal of early 2001 as I continued to heal from an injury that had become chronic. I had been in New Hampshire back then, dog sitting for friends so I could…
ByGiora Carmi
The intention was to paint the inside of all the shapes in the drawing, And to come out with the colors at the top of the shapes. First let me do the way that each color comes out and up a little bit from its designated area, I said to myself. These are the tricky…
ByCatherine Green
I have been practising meditation for over ten years now and have reached a point in my spiritual journey where I feel peaceful almost all the time. Yes, I do feel stress because that is what happens when you live in the modern world. My husband is facing redundancy and job insecurity, and because he…
ByRobyn Harris
Following on from last week, where I looked at physical ways that we can support our wellbeing and happiness, I will now turn to exploring the more emotional and ‘spiritual’ aspects. Perhaps it would be good to start by explaining that, when I say ‘spiritual’, I don’t mean in any religious sense. That might play…
ByRobyn Harris
Sometimes the lack of internet and TV connection here is a blessing! This week it has inspired me to write this blog… As we can’t watch any of our favourite programmes at the moment, I’ve been going to the library in Abergavenny to borrow from their collection of DVDs. One of the movies that I…
ByCatherine Green
You might have seen my previous blog posts about the rare genetic eye disorder that I live with. Over the years I have called it an illness, a disease, a pain in the backside, and a few other choice words that I won’t repeat here. I finally settled on referring to it as a rare…
ByCatherine Green
This is the time of year when the world tells us that we must detox our bodies, refresh our minds, and do a million and one activities to care for ourselves. You know what I’m talking about: Dry January (no alcohol consumption for the month), Veganuary (a vegan diet for the month), gym membership, weight…