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Mother Earth , why are you crying?     Your summers are green Your autumns are gold Your winters pure white And your springs are pink But mother earth why are you crying?   I can hear the birds sing The wildebeest migrating in the Serengeti The whales celebrating the newcomers in St Sebastian bay And the cheetahs running on the open Namib plains But mother earth why are you crying?   I can smell the crisp air after the bushveld rain The sea breeze that the south Easter brings The big five in the Kruger And the purifying mountain air …

How many hours in any day can you be complaint free? Note that being disappointed, worrying, being fearful, anxious are actually forms of self- complaining. This is an interesting exercise to do with oneself, which brings forth one’s awareness around one’s habitual negative thinking patterns. Some years ago, there was a church minister from Kansas City, USA who was encouraging people to embark on a twenty-one day no complains challenge. Apparently more than ten million people tried this, each wearing a rubber bracelet on one wrist and when the person complained they were to move the rubber bracelet onto the …

My Awakening Experience – by Faine Bisset If you had to ask me to describe what awakening to my true essence feels like, I would probably just respond by sitting in silence. There are no words that can do it justice. There are no words that can actually help you understand it. Simply because it is not something that can be understood by the mind. It can only be experienced. Most of us spend our entire lives trying to understand everything better; “Why am I having these experiences? Why is this happening to me? What do I need to learn …

Daily mindfulness practice and meditation by Shelley Ruth Wyndham I am a big fan of daily mindfulness practice and meditation work and especially in a busy world these days where distractions and stress are forever increasing, mindfulness practice is a wonderful and effective tool to incorporate into one’s life no matter where you live or what you do professionally or otherwise, to help assist to centre and re balance oneself. Interestingly trends show that brief conscious periods of mindfulness in the workplace, and in important social situations, tend to generate greater happiness, satisfaction, contentment and success. But what is mindfulness? Simply put, it’s entering a state …

How to Improve your Gut Flora or Microbiota   Encourage   Discourage   Eat plenty of fermented foods: Healthy choices include lassi, fermented grass-fed organic milk such as kefir, natto (fermented soy), kombucha, yogurt, kimchi, sauerkraut, tempeh and fermented vegetables. Antibiotics, unless absolutely necessary, and when you do, make sure to reseed your gut with fermented foods and/or a high-quality probiotic supplement. Take a probiotic supplement: When  you don’t eat fermented foods on a regular basis take probiotics. Conventionally-raised meats and other animal products are routinely fed low-dose antibiotics, plus genetically engineered grains loaded with glyphosate, which is widely known …

The Truth about Body Acidity and Alkalinity The acidity and alkalinity of the body is mainly controlled by the kidneys and the lungs.   The acid/base status of the body based on food intake, exercise, medications and other causes that can perturb the body’s pH, which is very tightly regulated and slightly alkaline at about 7.4. What is pH? The  pH is the scale that measures acid and alkaline. The scale goes from 1 (most acid) to 14 (most alkaline).   As with 7 in the centre being pH neutral, neither acid nor alkaline at all. Every point on the scale represents …

Awareness and the choice to live your best life How awake are you? No, I’m not talking about how much energy you have today or if you slept well last night, although that might influence your state of alertness. What I am referring to is how aware you are of your surroundings, of yourself and others. Take a look around the room you are in right now. What do you see? How do you feel in the space? Are there any scents or aromas that you can make out? Take a moment to observe the things around you. Now, close …

7 Strategies for Warding off Depression in Retirement We talk about the ‘darker side of retirement’.  This  can occur when you neglect to plan for our retirement lifestyle – all aspects of your life, not just the financial – resulting in a meaningless, socially isolated life which can spiral you into depression and early aging.  Research is finding that the risk of depression in retirement is on the increase.  We are seeing that the honeymoon phase of well-being and life satisfaction directly after retirement is giving way to a sharp decline and parallel increase in depression a few years later.  …