It was just by chance we ended up in the small town of Dayboro on Sunday afternoon. We’d been at the Old Petrie Town Steam Fair, watched the parade, had a coffee… When it came time to leave, turning right onto busy Dayboro Road just wasn’t happening, so we decided to go home the country […]
I’m really chuffed to announce that this Friday will be my 100th meditation session under my local council’s Healthy & Active program. It’s a fantastic initiative offering 179 activities (in the current April to June period) for little or no cost. Think walking groups, yoga, dance classes, fitness for older adults, Pilates, Pickleball, parents and
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I often find myself yawning at the end of a meditation. I’ve always assumed it’s because my body is in a very relaxed state, and I could almost fall asleep. The subject came up in our meditation class last week. One person yawned, then another, then another… You know how ‘catching’ yawns are! So I
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been completely fed-up with the rain recently. Two solid days of dark, wet, miserable weather! I think it was made worse by a few weeks of showers… Heavy, persistent showers… Just when you thought they’d stopped… you’d hang your washing out.. only to run back out ten minutes
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While I practice mindfulness on a daily basis, the month of May has become synonymous with mindfulness… Mindful in May was started by Elise Bialylew, an Australian doctor trained in psychiatry… It’s now the world’s largest online mindfulness fundraising campaign. So although you can practice mindfulness anywhere, at any time, if you haven’t tried it
I don’t know about you, but I love good theatre and shows… And I’ve been really lucky lately to see some exceptional performances. Last week my husband and I saw Jeff Goldblum (the actor) as a jazz musician. Not acting as a musician, actually being a jazz pianist and singer. Initially we weren’t quite sure
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It’s probably no surprise that we talk about breathing quite a lot in our meditation classes. We use our breath to help bring our attention inwards. To help us find a sense of calm… Help us relax… Steer us away from the ‘fight or flight’ mode… And into our parasympathetic nervous system… or ‘rest and
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A couple of hours after I posted last week’s blog about forests’ symbiotic relationships… We arrived at the Truffle Discovery Centre, just north of Stanthorpe. After a fascinating talk and sublime tasting session… we were reading more information boards when I came across exactly the same concept… Truffles are the edible fruiting bodies of mycorrhiza
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A friend recently shared an article about Suzanne Simard, a professor of forest ecology at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver. Simard, as part of her doctorate thesis, demonstrated that some trees, which often grow together in the wild, trade nutrients. Essentially her research challenged the notion that scientists have traditionally held, that forests
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I discovered yet another new word this week… Skychology! Yes, it really is a ‘thing’. It’s the practice of intentionally looking up at the sky for a few minutes each day, to improve mental health. The phrase was first coined by phsychologist and wellbeing coach, Paul Conway, in his 2019 study: Skychology – an interpretative
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