What I remember clearly is that I was very happy to know that we could go traveling in Africa between the nipple construction healing and the tattoo colouring which were done when we got back from our trip.
Month: March 2020
Forest bathing
First tell both your ‘inner critic’ and ‘inner logic-planner’, ‘thank you for your input but I don’t need you right now’, and turn the volume button right down. Then invite your inner observer into your forest bathing experience.
The restorative place ‘floating on a leaf…’
When I dream Of life Or meditate a while I am restored to wholeness Ready for action.
Scenes of the North Western Cape, en-route.
The infamous goat kraal that we had to look out for, to make a right turn in order to find the Namibian border.
Why me, Cancer, why me?
[I]...kept saying to Derek maybe they had made a mistake.
Empty nest or life after kids?
My question is: 'have we given ourselves wings to fly and created roots for ourselves?'
Autumn leaves like shedding masks
As we shed our masks we feel vulnerable and bare, but with compassion....
The Wintering Tree.
As I took my early morning walk and my feet crunched through the dry leaves that had fallen I thought about how it is Autumn for me - going on for Winter; while it is Spring - coming out of Winter for some friends of mine in the Northern hemisphere. I decided I would like to share with you my contemplative thoughts about Winter.
African trip: we were lost.
...traveling 'blind' in the wilderness is very exciting on the one hand but when we realized we were lost and didn't know where we were or when we would find a place to sleep it was very anxiety provoking. This type of situation asks me to reach deep into myself...
I am on fire: breast surgery recovery.
They say 4 – 6 weeks recovery time. I am glad someone cautioned me that in reality it takes a body much longer to recuperate to normality.