ALDER In Walking with Trees, GLENNIE KINDRED takes us on an intimate and profoundly connecting walk with thirteen of the UK’s native trees. She leads us into their world and opens our hearts to their wonders, their perfection and their interconnectivity. Here she focuses on the otherworldly Alder. Walking with trees is my delight, my meditation, and my anchor. A daily walk with the trees (not a dog!) helps to deepen my relationship with the natural world around me, and opens my heart, my lungs and my mind. If I give myself......
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Heartfulness Yogasanas
SUPINE POSES SETHUBANDASANA Bend your knees and place your feet flat on the ground, slightly apart. Lift your hips up as much as possible, giving a good arch to the upper back. Keep your...
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Cultural identity
An Art Essay by the Joliet Mural Artists KATHLEEN SCARBORO is one of a school of artists who have developed the ‘Joliet style’ of mural painting in Joliet, Illinois, near Chicago. Here she shares...
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Potato treasure
Lessons from the Garden ALANDA GREENE continues her personal understanding of life from her experiences in the garden. This time, potatoes shed light on consciousness and the ever-expanding need for authenticity and self-acceptance in...
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Heartfulness Yogasanas
SUPINE POSES HALASANA From Sarvangasana, slowly lower both feet toward the ground behind the head, without the slightest strain. If possible touch the toes to the ground behind the head; if not possible allow the...
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Heart roots
ROSALIND PEARMAIN looks at the emotional issues facing young people today, and shares her research findings on the importance of feeling safe and grounding ourselves in the inner shelter of the heart. It seems...
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Bhikku monks
AN ART ESSAY The Buddha said: These four are the foodstuffs, ye bhikkus, which sustain the creatures that are born, and benefit the creatures that seek rebirth. The first is edible food, coarse or...
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Heartfulness Yogasanas
SUPINE POSES SARVANGASANA Lie flat on your back with legs straight and together, arms by the side of your body. Breathe in, raising your legs up together keeping the knees straight, till they are...
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Synchronicity – an art essay
In this series of paintings, ALEXANDER IVANOV unveils the invisible process of communication between the subconscious mind and the Universe. He is a contemporary artist and the creator of more than 150 abstract and...
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Earthworms & the unseen
Lessons from the Garden ALANDA GREENE explores the question, “What am I not seeing?” and celebrates paradox, impossibility and synchronicity through her musings on earthworms. I grew up in a city at a time...
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