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Mindfulness 2014: Smoking Prayer
I’ve just been presented with an opportunity to handle a stressful situation with greater mindfulness. This is a type of situation that I almost always deal with badly. I mean, on a scale of 1 to 10, I’d say my handling skill in this kind of situation is close to zero.
This time, instead of rushing in like the proverbial bull in the china shop, I decided to adopt a more mindful approach, opened my journaling program and started typing about it instead. Smoke was soon flying from my computer keys! Continue reading
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Tagged art and healing, art as a journey, chakras, fight or flight mechanism, journaling, LifeJournal, Mindfulness, Prayer, Spiritual, stage fright, V&A museum
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NaBloPoMo XXX: Day 30 of the 30 Day Challenge
The end of the November NaBloPoMo 30 day challenge coincides with the day after my solo singing appearance yesterday evening. And I performed alongside this talented little 9 year old Robbie Firmin. In the video above, he’s 7, auditioning for … Continue reading
Poetic Mapping: Walking Into Art 