I came across an interesting article at The Conversation, How to stay warm when you’re working from home (without turning the heating on).
The article is interesting whether you work from home or not, it’s pratical tips about staying warm without heating the whole house or romm.
The Five Tibetan Rites, also known as as the “Fountain of Youth”, crossed my way again. I found an excellent introduction at An Intro To The 5 Tibetan Rites & How They Can Boost Heart Health. There is both how-to for each rite and a short text about the health benefits.
They are thought to increase mobility and flexibility and help the body stay nimble as we age. Increased energy and feelings of calmness, mental clarity, greater spinal flexibility, better sleep, weight loss, healthier digestion, and improved libido have also been associated with the practice.
In addition to these benefits, research has also emerged suggesting that the flexibility of our spine predicts the flexibility of our arteries. Therefore, a yoga practice centered on spine flexibility, like the Tibetans, may help keep our arteries in a youthful state.
Some useful videos
The Five Tibetan Rites , 5 minutes
Five Tibetan Rites Explanation and Session | Yoga session with Michaël Bijker, 13 minutes
The 5 Tibetan Rites – Raageshwari, 13 minutes
I came across this video when I browsed YouTube for Qigong-videos. The text says “Practicing this Qigong will help you to Relax hands, improve your Health, Strengthen Internal Organs.” I have osteoarthritis in my hands, this massage can help me.
Watch it on YouTube at Qigong Massage Hands or watch it below.
This post is copied to my new blog The Wise Owl.
Interesting reading about the dark side of mindfulness and meditation, they can create unexpected problems.
Read the article at BBC: How too much mindfulness can spike anxiety
This post is copied to my new blog The Wise Owl.
Dust If You Must
by Rose Milligan
Dust if you must, but wouldn’t it be better
To paint a picture, or write a letter,
Bake a cake, or plant a seed;
Ponder the difference between want and need?
Dust if you must, but there’s not much time,
With rivers to swim, and mountains to climb;
Music to hear, and books to read;
Friends to cherish, and life to lead.
Dust if you must, but the world’s out there
With the sun in your eyes, and the wind in your hair;
A flutter of snow, a shower of rain,
This day will not come around again.
Dust if you must, but bear in mind,
Old age will come and it’s not kind.
And when you go (and go you must)
You, yourself, will make more dust.
From Best places to travel in Europe 2020: Colmar stands first on the podium of best European destination: a well-deserved award. It is the capital of Alsace wines and a leading wine tourism destination; it is also a perfect destination for lovers, history buffs, foodies, music and culture lovers. Colmar is the sunniest city in France with 300 sunny days a year.
From Tourism in Colmar: Colmar is located near Germany and Switzerland, between the Vosges and the Rhine, Strasbourg and Mulhouse. With its 67,000 inhabitants, it retains a ‘country town’ atmosphere which contributes so much to its charm. Nearest airports: Basel (45 min) Strasbourg (50 min).
Visiting Colmar, Alsace: France’s fairy tale town
Colmar, the Epicurean: Picturesque half-timbered houses, romantic canals, flower-laden windowsills, a labyrinth of cobblestone lanes and delicious food: come to Colmar, one of the quaintest cities in Alsace, and enjoy its art of living!
This text turned up in my Facebook stream, I love it.
Poem – the art of breathing ❤️
my brain and
heart divorced
a decade ago
over who was
to blame about
how big of a mess
I have become
eventually,
they couldn’t be
in the same room
with each other
now my head and heart
share custody of me
I stay with my brain
during the week
and my heart
gets me on weekends
they never speak to one another
– instead, they give me
the same note to pass
to each other every week
and their notes they
send to one another always
says the same thing:
“This is all your fault”
on Sundays
my heart complains
about how my
head has let me down
in the past
and on Wednesday
my head lists all
of the times my
heart has screwed
things up for me
in the future
they blame each
other for the
state of my life
there’s been a lot
of yelling – and crying
so,
lately, I’ve been
spending a lot of
time with my gut
who serves as my
unofficial therapist
most nights, I sneak out of the
window in my ribcage
and slide down my spine
and collapse on my
gut’s plush leather chair
that’s always open for me
~ and I just sit sit sit sit
until the sun comes up
last evening,
my gut asked me
if I was having a hard
time being caught
between my heart
and my head
I nodded
I said I didn’t know
if I could live with
either of them anymore
“my heart is always sad about
something that happened yesterday
while my head is always worried
about something that may happen tomorrow,”
I lamented
my gut squeezed my hand
“I just can’t live with
my mistakes of the past
or my anxiety about the future,”
I sighed
my gut smiled and said:
“in that case,
you should
go stay with your
lungs for a while,”
I was confused
– the look on my face gave it away
“if you are exhausted about
your heart’s obsession with
the fixed past and your mind’s focus
on the uncertain future
your lungs are the perfect place for you
there is no yesterday in your lungs
there is no tomorrow there either
there is only now
there is only inhale
there is only exhale
there is only this moment
there is only breath
and in that breath
you can rest while your
heart and head work
their relationship out.”
this morning,
while my brain
was busy reading
tea leaves
and while my
heart was staring
at old photographs
I packed a little
bag and walked
to the door of
my lungs
before I could even knock
she opened the door
with a smile and as
a gust of air embraced me
she said
“what took you so long?”
Act without expectation – Lao Tzu
Done is better than perfect
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