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Though I've already written about finding balance in earlier entries, in today's post I'd like to dig a little deeper by exploring the concept of balance in nature, and in life. I will then look at how we can apply this concept to help us deal with the unique challenges posed by lockdown during the... Continue Reading →
I was doing pretty well in quarantine. You might have seen my earlier entries: they were all about 'finding balance', staying calm and facing our fears. Then my body threw me a curve ball. It's the same curve ball it throws me every month, but right now I'm finding it particularly difficult to deal with.... Continue Reading →
6 days in, I realise I'm a quarantine rookie. From the moment I wake up, everything is getting on my nerves. Try as I might, I can't seem to get a moment's peace, I can't get on with my work, I don't get my son through all his schoolwork, and I end up being mean... Continue Reading →
Poem of the Day: Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour. July 13, 1798 By William Wordsworth. I've chosen this poem because to me it describes most perfectly the experience of meditation, of switching off the mind and making contact with the Divine. The... Continue Reading →
With the level of societal anxiety running high, today I'm taking a different approach and offering some tips for staying calm in quarantine. I'm no expert: I'm very much learning as I go along, but I find that some of the work I've done on mindfulness and mental grounding prior to being confined is helping... Continue Reading →
The Dreaded Cough I woke up with it again this morning, 'The Dreaded Cough,' as I've come to think of it. So far, it's only in the morning, and it only lasts a few minutes. So far, so good. 9191 cases in total at today's latest tally. Borders closed. So far, so not so good.... Continue Reading →
01/03/20 - 80 cases02/03/20 - 120 cases03/03/20 - 160 cases04/03/20 - 227 cases05/03/20 - 280 cases06/03/20 - 389 cases07/03/20 - 605 cases08/03/20 - 999 cases09/03/20 - 1648 cases10/03/20 - 2000 cases11/03/20 - 2242 cases12/03/20 - 4334 cases13/03/20 - 5753 cases14/03/20 - 6070 cases15/03/20 - 7750 cases The first case of Coronavirus was reported in Spain... Continue Reading →
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