All plants are our brothers and sisters. They talk to us and if we listen, we can hear them.Aparaho tribe proverb When I was studying communication science back in my 20s, we were learning how to compose a message that would be well delivered and received. We never learned to listen. I graduated with my…
Bathing in Nature
What senses do you use when you are out? Usually, we are just scraping the surface with our lens of what is “normal” without actually seeing the world. How much are the leaves bigger today? What can you see in the mud of the pond? How does the sky look in the water? Is there…
The wettest winter in England. What is water teaching us?
We are all well aware of the necessity of water. From keeping us alive to washing our bodies and our food, not to mention its role in producing that food, to general life on earth, all of our survival depends on water. The wettest winter However, it feels recently that there has been way too…
Mountains are my teachers
I believe that walking in the mountains is the best way to teach you that everything comes to an end. This is a very important lesson to teach our unconscious mind that even when it is hard, it has an end, and the better will come. Also consciously realising that it is temporary to be…
What is magic?
The concept of magic often arises from a lack of understanding or knowledge in a particular area. When faced with the unknown, humans have a tendency to mystify and create fantastical stories to fill the gaps in their understanding. The label of “magic” is frequently assigned to phenomena that seem inexplicable or beyond one’s grasp….
Happiness can not be found
Happiness is a pursuit that has occupied the minds and hearts of countless individuals throughout history. It is often described as the ultimate goal of human existence, yet the concept of happiness remains elusive to many. In the quest for happiness, one fundamental truth becomes apparent: happiness cannot be found; it must be created by…
Walking barefoot
Walking barefoot, also known as “earthing” or “grounding”, is the practise of walking without wearing shoes or socks, allowing your feet to make direct contact with the ground or other natural surfaces. Despite the fact that humans are part of nature and we have been walking barefoot for thousands of years, today we have to…
‘One day’
Very often, by dreaming, we imagine it coming true ‘one day’. Usually, we don’t know how, where, when, or even IF it will become true. It is so far from our ‘now’, that often a dream will stay in the ‘one day’ forever. ‘One day’ often doesn’t have any description or even any relation to…
You always have three choices
“Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally.” ~ Eckhart Tolle ~ If every time we can manage to look into a situation by choosing one of those choices,…
The Fortune smiles for darers
“His intelligent physiognomy breathed forth energy. It was not that of an audacious person, it was that of a darer. These three words from an unfinished verse of Virgil are often cited:“Audaces fortuna juvat”….but they are quoted incorrectly. The poet said:“Audentes fortuna juvat”….It is on the darers, not on the audacious, that Fortune almost always…