Keeping Creative Fires Burning
Do you keep your Creative Fires burning? Do you tend them? Do you let them go out? Do you know their value to your wellbeing?
One of my mentors, Angeles Arrien put that question into my space long ago. It represents a profound need: to be fully alive...and to create.
This Little Light of Mine
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Self Respect
Nature's Silence: Another Stress Reducer
Forest Bathing: A Stress Reducer
Forest bathing "The Japanese term Shinrin-yoku may literally mean "forest bathing," but it doesn't involve soaking in a tub among the trees. Rather it refers to spending time in the woods for its therapeutic (or bathing) effect. Most of us have felt tension slip away in the midst of trees and nature’s beauty. But science now confirms its healing influence on the body. When you spend a few hours on a woodland hike or camping by a lake you breathe in phytoncides, active substances released by plants to protect them against insects and from rotting, which appear to lower blood pressure and stress and boost your immune system." ~Mother Nature Network