Stress and Self-care

Stress and Self-care

Ok, so school is back on or will be back on soon. Holidays are over and the regular routine and related stress is on its way back to our minds… So, if there was a way to prevent it or to mitigate the suffocating and frantic feeling of distress creeping up your back...
Thinking about meditation and mindfulness

Thinking about meditation and mindfulness

“Breathe in, breathe out, focus your attention and relax”. These are the words that jump to my mind when I am thinking about meditation. There are different kinds of meditation: you can concentrate on your own breathing or on a fixed point, there is dynamic meditation...
A smelly business

A smelly business

We interact with what surrounds us through our senses. We have five traditional senses known as taste, smell, touch, hearing, and sight. The stimuli from each sensing organ in the body are relayed to different parts of the brain through various pathways. With our...
We are not our thoughts

We are not our thoughts

We tend to believe that what we think is true. I have given this concept a lot of thought lately while putting this in perspective on my journey to self acceptance. I generally do not think highly of myself. I always have something to reproach myself about and I tend...
Clay Lessons

Clay Lessons

Everyone who has tried getting into pottery knows that making pottery is far more challenging than you would expect at first. When you handle clay, you immediately notice that there is more to it than slamming some clay together to get some form or vessel, give it a...