Co-Creating Safer Spaces - Holistic Therapies

09/08/2024

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05/08/2024

Thanks for sharing so helpful Tash ❤️

29/07/2024

‘We have a tendency to think in terms of doing and not in terms of being. We think that when we are not doing anything, we are wasting our time. But that is not true. Our time is first of all for us to be. To be what? To be alive, to be peaceful, to be joyful, to be loving. And that is what the world needs most’. ~Thich Nhat Hanh

29/07/2024

I’ve recently returned from a trip to my home and ancestors.

It was such a healing trip. There’s been more than a few losses of late. I know this is life continuing to meet me and that’s ok as long as it’s navigated in a wholesome, loving way.

I have renewed energy and I’m prioriting wellness, peace, fun and joy.

Aren’t they the ‘natural’ ingredients of life?

26/07/2024

I read this today and it invited a sense of ‘yep, being a human and navigating the waves’ thinking in me.

Hope today is calm enough 💜

"Life is amazing.
And then it's awful.
And then it's amazing again.
And in between the amazing and awful it's ordinary and mundane and routine.
Breathe in the amazing, hold on through the awful, and relax and exhale during the ordinary.
That's just living heartbreaking, soul-healing, amazing, awful, ordinary life.
And it's breathtakingly beautiful."
~ L.R. Knost

20/05/2024

Check out the vibrancy and intricacies in this native flower.

As humans I believe we all have our own brand of vibrancy and unique intricacies too.

How do we reach, recognise and embrace to really nurture and hold up these parts of the self.

The days challenges can invite doubt all too easily.

Take a look at your self and all the magic of you 💫

15/05/2024

I’ve seen this idea of the ice berg before.

It’s helpful to my thinking about big emotions as it helps me to recognise all the flavours that sit under a powerful feeling.

I believe anger is just like any other emotion.

Anger has gotten bad name over the years. I don’t agree that it needs to be bad!

Anger can also be an emotion that can really assist us, where possible, to take a deeper look at what’s actually going on.

Like a sign to be seen and direct me but it comes as a bigger feeling.

I often like to just pause or give myself some space if I feel angry.

I might go for a walk in nature.
Hitting my feet more purposely to the ground with each step helps to ground my body and loosen the mind if unhelpful thoughts are there.
I breathe into my tummy like blowing into a balloon snd let it out slowly with a sigh.
I might write down what I’m thinking to acknowledge the mind and let it be.

When I’m clearer on what’s going on I can better manage it, make sense of it…and talk about it.

As long as anger is a healthy and not harmful response I can be accepting and ever curious about this emotion.

What helps you?

11/05/2024

“For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love." - Carl Sagan

Photo: Jeff Sinclair (Swan Point Tasmania)

10/05/2024

Walking this morning was a real treat:
I noticed
The early morning sun on my face and body

How strong my body felt as it took strides on the ground

How the trees were all the various shades of green imaginable

How the bird song sounded sweeter out amongst it all rather than listening in my bed

How my breath felt panting up hill in my heart and chest

How much more relaxed I was walking more easily back towards home.

09/05/2024

Choosing thoughts like we’re choosing clothes.
Wouldn’t this be amazing…I think it’s possible too.

Building awareness around what are thoughts are showing us can be challenging.

How are you more consciously aware of your thoughts?
In meditation?
As you walk?
Talk or
Write

Building awareness is a practice that often comes before choosing or dropping any thinking that might be unhelpful ❤️

07/05/2024

Really appreciating the message here today.

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We’re all connected ❤️

07/05/2024

06/05/2024

Self compassion
Self care
Kind words to yourself
A gentle kind squeeze like you might give a small child
Humming gently

They can all offer a little sanctuary.

Hum or sing along in your own version:
Listen, listen….baby
You don’t have to carry
The weight of the world
On you shoulders
Let go, let go let go

Repeat as often as you’d like

Move your body, your arms

Flinging off whatever you’d like to let go of 🤗

04/05/2024

A dear friend shared this with me… I totally agree.

Find meaning. Distinguish melancholy from sadness. Go out for a walk. It doesn’t have to be a romantic walk in the park, spring at its most spectacular moment, flowers and smells and outstanding poetical imagery smoothly transferring you into another world. It doesn’t have to be a walk during which you’ll have multiple life epiphanies and discover meanings no other brain ever managed to encounter. Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but 'steal' some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be. ~Albert Camus

I usually walk through the local bush /forest near my home each day. Wet or dry as there’s a path that flows and meanders showing you the way.

It’s lush right now with all the rain. The creek is full.

I feel my feet on the ground slowly: noticing heel then toe of each step forward. Grounding as I feel the earth under my feet.

Slowly intentionally.

I feel the clothes on my skin as I move forward.

I notice my body, gestures that my legs, arms and head know as I propel in motion.

I notice all the variations of green that my eyes can see.

I notice the sky snd how tall the trees might be.

I hear the bird noises. Other noises. Kids, bikes, etc.

I invite my nose to smell what it might too: forest, water, local cooking or baking.

I try to taste what I can taste in my mouth. Toothpaste, morning breakfast, cup of tea I had recently and sometimes nothing at all.

Noting: this is me in my being today on these small moments. They matter.

Using all the senses in me and the bush / forest is assisting.

Distractions of the forest come and go like any where as the mind and thoughts want to push me around. I return back to my senses when I’m ready.

This thoughtful process is not linear and you can make up your own journey.

Enjoy whatever you do today.

23/04/2024

This post says it all really…
And yet this can be a tricky thing to remember or do.

Be kind to yourself where ever you are and what ever you’re managing.

What might be the thing most important to you in this very moment that you are grateful for?

Write it down.
Put it some where you can see it.

Be reminded when you see you note and smile a warm self nurturing smile.

21/04/2024

The metaphor of ‘the blue sky’ is true. It’s always blue behind the cloud’s.

Even great storms pass by.

21/04/2024

…this made me smile.

It’s not always easy to let go.

It’s not easy to maintain boundaries at times either. We get pushed and prodded into situations sometimes.

If you’d like to:
Take a moment to notice how you feel.

Breath in through your nose to the count of four.

Hold at the top

Breathe out slowly to the count of five.

You can do this and your body will help you, it knows what to do.

You’ve got this.

Practice again and if it feels ok, practice some more for four or five breaths.

Now, notice how you feel.

21/04/2024

If I’m feeling it, I know enough now through years of research & me search that it means something important to my nervous system.

Like a clue to follow, to sit more deeply with, if that feels ok.

Follow the clues, if you’re feeling ok enough, as they can be the bread crumbs to realisations and emotional freedom.

Small and steady is the way to go when your letting something go…one little bit at a time ❤️