Category Archives: The Armchair

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My Cushion

One o’clock in the night. Turning and turning. Cannot sleep. Out of bed, to my cushion. Blanket around me. Sitting in the dark. I feel tensed. I smile at my painbody. “You like keeping awake don’t ya”, I ask. I … Continue reading

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Teaching Rainbow Dance

by Martina I’ve been learning Tai Chi & Qigong for eight years now, so still a beginner in many ways.  Two years ago our teacher invited members of the class to become instructors. It was widely understood that part of our learning … Continue reading

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Some thoughts

by Raoef Yesterday, while I googled the internet, I stumbled upon the catholic priest, Father Barron. The clip is part of a video series from Wordonfire.org and Father Barron is commenting on subjects from modern day culture. In this clip … Continue reading

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Beginnings

The first book I ever read about spirituality was Chakras, Aura’s and Energies by Hetty Draaijer (1917). Although there is little to be found about her life, she seemed to have inspired many teachers in the field of meditation and … Continue reading

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The last fairy tale

by Martina The other day I read : “Disney’s latest release Tangled, the modern take on the Rapunzel story, “will be the last fairy tale produced by Disney’s animation group for the foreseeable future,” according to the LA Times.” The end of … Continue reading

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Just a little sharing

My father past away when I was young and after moving from a big city to the country I felt lost. In this context my path crossed the path of a few special persons. In beginning teachers of an Indonesian … Continue reading

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Move like water

Your body follows your attention as you move. Move consciously.

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Limitations are part of life

(a painture by József Kecse)   We usually try to find more and more limitation, because we think that freedom is something where there are no limitations. * True freedom is to realize our limitations.

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Lion King: We are One

As you go through life you’ll see There is so much that we Don’t understand And the only thing we know Is things don’t always go The way we planned But you’ll see every day That we’ll never turn away … Continue reading

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Life

“Life will bring you pain all by itself. Your responsibility is to create joy.” ~Milton Erickson

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