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21.01.2022 The Rwandan prescription for Depression: Sun, drum, dance, community. We had a lot of trouble with western mental health workers who came here immediately afte...r the genocide and we had to ask some of them to leave. They came and their practice did not involve being outside in the sun where you begin to feel better, there was no music or drumming to get your blood flowing again, there was no sense that everyone had taken the day off so that the entire community could come together to try to lift you up and bring you back to joy, there was no acknowledgement of the depression as something invasive and external that could actually be cast out again. Instead they would take people one at a time into these dingy little rooms and have them sit around for an hour or so and talk about bad things that had happened to them. We had to ask them to leave. ~A Rwandan talking to a western writer, Andrew Solomon, about his experience with western mental health and depression. https://underthebluedoor.org//the-rwandan-prescription-fo/

18.01.2022 I was so blown away with a workshop I went to last November that I invited the teacher, Chris James, to run one here in Collaroy on May 18-19 for the people I know and love. Chris shows you how to use your voice to achieve a kind of embodied mindfulness - I call it 'bodyfulness'. It truly is amazing! He's made it super cheap too - the early bird deal ends tomorrow night. http://www.schooloflife.com.au/2019_05_Chris_James_Workshop

16.01.2022 A thought provoking 8 minute read from the author of 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving A'... https://markmanson.net/fake-freedom

15.01.2022 Get a personal blessing from one of the spiritual giants of our time - Amma, the Hugging Saint. Free programs in Sydney, Mon Apr 22 and Tues Apr 23. https://www.ammaaustralia.org.au/tours/sydney/

09.01.2022 "All arts lie in man, although not all are apparent. The awakening brings them out. To be taught is nothing; everything is in man, waiting to be awakened." - Paracelsus

05.01.2022 "I've never seen anyone's life get better by complaining about reality, I've seen it get better by accepting reality as it is and then making personal decisions to make it better." (Ben Shapiro)