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MINDFULNESS MINDLESSNESS HISTORY2

The essential need for healthy living is balance.When we are balanced we are centred and grounded in reality rather than being continually anxious and panicked.The key to this is living the reflective life, when we develop our reflective skills we can connect all the parts of our being mind body and spirit, now this isContinue reading “MINDFULNESS MINDLESSNESS HISTORY2”

HISTORY MINDLESSNESS MINDFUlNESS

Sometimes we would prefer to forget our history especially when we carry painful trauma memories and shame based guilt, which we haven,t been able, as yet to resolve, indeed we may be carrying this and other affects which belonged to previous persons in our ancestry ‘trans generational’ trauma.It is good when this can be recognisedContinue reading “HISTORY MINDLESSNESS MINDFUlNESS”

The Emperor has no clothes

Many of you will be familiar with, the fairy tale ‘The Emperor has no clothes’, and with the practice throughout the ages of hiding or putting forward views and or morals, that had they been put forward in plain language the writer would have been severely punished. In the aforementioned story, a very vain emperorContinue reading “The Emperor has no clothes”

BONKAS TWO

How often has one of your friends said to you”what planet are you on?” Iknow that has been asked of me many times. Sometimes it’s a joke, and other times its because we may be behaving unrealistically, or are somehow just out of it! As circumstances re the pandemic continue to effect and restrict ourContinue reading “BONKAS TWO”

FINE AND BONKAS

Hi I’m fine and also Bonkas, have you noticed people are really amazing and not always truthful.? I have a son with Autism so I’m accustomed to him, and of course others, using that response when asked, How are you? For him he needs to deny any feeling of unwellness so he can continue toContinue reading “FINE AND BONKAS”

stop look listen

In the last few weeks people seem to be throwing caution to the winds , rather than seeing their choices restricted they are acting as if they had no choices,and as though other new choices couldn’t be made.Remember the old pedestrian crossing code ”stop, look, listen”look left, look right, look left again, if everything isContinue reading “stop look listen”

tTANGLE AND UNTANGLE tag recycle fix

Lets refer back to the story of recycling the garments by ripping them out and re knitting them. I used to get so frustrated when my mother wanted me to wind the wool as she ripped it because I thought I had better things to do, and I hoped the garment was not for meContinue reading “tTANGLE AND UNTANGLE tag recycle fix”

pounding and unravelling TAG resilience

When I was a child my mother used to rip out garments we had outgrown and knit them into something else for the next child down the line. She was a skilled knitter and so she could pull the ripped wool tight and knit it up like new, but unravelling within us can be fearfulContinue reading “pounding and unravelling TAG resilience”

unfolding or unravelling tag breaks

Hi, if you read these blogs you will know that I have been on an unscheduled break, and if you are anything like me you have been finding the heat hard to stick. Breaks are central to our good health and enjoyment and this has come to the fore in the last months as peopleContinue reading “unfolding or unravelling tag breaks”

unfolding the unbearable tag containing balance and holding

In the year 1970 three beautiful babies were born to three mothers on the same day. Martha’s baby was born breech and had to be delivered with forceps. Jillian’s was born normally, and Francis’s was born by caesarean section. Let’s imagine for the purpose of understanding regression and unfolding that each of these children grewContinue reading “unfolding the unbearable tag containing balance and holding”