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Saturday, April 25th, 2020

Day at a time, challenge and opportunity, 24/4/2020

For many of us this lockdown feels like a not unwelcome pause from the busyness of our usual lives but for so many others it is catastrophic threatening their mental health, personal safety and security or with the loss of loved ones in the most difficult of circumstances....

Friday, April 24th, 2020

Day at a time, Journal writing as a practice, 23/4/2020

Margaret Atwood was on the radio talking about people writing journals during the black death. She said writing a journal lessons anxiety. As I wrote in the introduction to this blog, in challenging times I always turn to this....

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020

Day at a time, Yin and Yang. 21/04/2020

My Qi Gong class this morning finished with some Yin meditation. Whilst being familiar with the terms and the symbol above, they are not ones I use....

Tuesday, April 21st, 2020

Day at a time, Life as our teacher, 20/4/2020

As I was walking the dogs today, I found myself reflecting on the fact of having our beautiful boy at home. He came back from a year in America just 2 weeks before lockdown and we are in a period of settling back into living together, with us respecting him as an adult and him behaving like an adult (he turned 18 in January)....

Monday, April 20th, 2020

Day at Time, Perfect moment, wonderful moment, 19/4/2020

Gardening, whilst always a pleasure, is now something I make more time for and am really loving. Cosmos and sweet pea seedlings have been delivered but we haven’t been able to get compost. We remember the dilapidated compost bin at the top of the garden and work to put it back in order (well, the husband does) and find the treasure of rich, organic matter at the bottom....

Saturday, April 18th, 2020

Day at a time, Supporting well-being with activity, 17/4/2020

As seems the norm at the moment, I awake at 5.00, 6.00 and then finally at 7.00 am when I get up. This morning, my last waking was later and on coming down I let myself be distracted from my normal routine and next thing I was doing laundry, pancake making for the beautiful boy and a late bleach of kitchen surfaces and doorknobs....

Friday, April 17th, 2020

Day at a time, The beauty of this Spring, 16/04/2020

Yesterday, I listened to the 6 O’clock news on Radio 4 as I prepared dinner. I found myself moving from a feeling of warmth and openness in my heart to hearing the news that families are being guaranteed the right to be with their loved ones who are dying in care homes, to that now familiar sensation of sadness in my chest at the news of a young nurse, Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong dying 5 days after her baby was delivered....

Thursday, April 16th, 2020

Day at a time, Body as a refuge, 15/04/2020

Wednesday early morning routine sculpt exercise class online followed by 45 minutes Qi Gong and I am feeling relaxed with my energy high ready for the day. On arriving at my cherished attic space for meditation and work, I notice my wind chime is no longer hanging in the window but on my desk....

Wednesday, April 15th, 2020

Day at a Time, Self-care to take your power back, 14/4/20

I wrote a while back about taking control of what we can do to help ourselves and others during this pandemic and letting go of what we can’t....

Monday, April 13th, 2020

Day at a time, Taking care of your emotions, 12/04/2020

Easter Sunday. I woke up later and started the day in a more relaxed manner with coffee in bed, then pottered around a bit before reading a few emails....

Saturday, April 11th, 2020

Day at a time, Being peace, 10/4/2020

Woke up at 6 am, got up and wrote yesterday’s blog. Sat around drinking coffee and taking things easy, letting go of the structure of the week – it is Good Friday....

Friday, April 10th, 2020

Day at a Time, Pause for self-compassion, 09/4/2020

Listening to radio 4 when I woke up and hearing the experience of a wife and mother of two children in their teens who’s previously healthy husband’s life is in the balance as he lies in intensive care on a ventilator....

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