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So lovely to delve into our recipe files and find this one, this…

So lovely to delve into our recipe files and find this one, this week. ‘Ballies’ are something my Granny made and, so, serve as a reminder of ancestry and warm, unchanging lineage. Right now is all about getting rooted, for me. Remembering, reclaiming, celebrating what I am both above and below the surface. The world seems wild; filled with upheavals and fierce winds and my heart’s whispering ‘root in, dear one’. . I’ve always been a light creature; both in size and energy. But the past five years have called for me to balance that out. Which has looked (and continues to look) like facing rage, allowing past hurts to come to the surface to be claimed and released and, most recently, to put down roots. Mindfully, energetically, physically in all kinds of ways; making peace with where I come from, releasing resentments and visualising/feeling roots from my feet to the earth’s core. I am so much more than my physical body and ‘visualisation’ has a powerful effect on my energetic self. So, in my minds eye, with my sixth senses, with my feeeeling self I am putting down roots. . “Ballies” are a WWII ration-time recipe; oats, cocoa, sugar and marge were available during that time and, having made them back then, Granny taught us what to do; I remember us all sitting around the kitchen table (faces chocolatey) rolling mixture into balls and covering them in sugar over and over again. Chocolatey, oaty, historical awesomeness. . #yum #baking #foodie #familycooking #love #roots #lineage #spiritjunkie #forgiveness #rooting #lightworkers #indigo #alliswell #cooking #mindfulmaking (at Manchester, United Kingdom)

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Delighted to have lead mindfulness sessions at @HOMEmcr this…

Delighted to have lead mindfulness sessions at @HOMEmcr this week, in the beautiful ReTreat space, there. . Thank you to all who came and meditated with me – the wonderful group from @lifeshareuk and everyone in our evening session. I loved sitting with you, hearing your experience and using mindfulness tools together. . If you haven’t yet experienced the ReTreat installation I very much recommend checking it out; it’s soothing, peaceful and other worldly in its womb like glory. And open to the public throughout this month. . #rest #recalibrate #breathe #listen #presence #soothing #selfcare #peaceofmind #hereandnow #mindfulness #meditation #manchester #mindfulnesscoach #meditationteacher #womb #redtent @homemcr @lifeshareuk @HOME_mcr (at HOMEmcr)

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Stopping to Smell the Flowers

Aromatherapy practitioners use lavender oil to ease anxiety, and for wondrous reason. For me, it’s a smell as comforting as a cuppa… and simply taking the time to inhale it is an act of self-care. So when I pass growing lavender, I love to give it a lil’ squeeze and sniff the oil it yields. Doing so is a gift to me (from me) which says ‘I’ll take this moment to do something soothing, sweet one’. #andbreathe

Ten years ago, I didn’t do things like this. But life’s taught me the importance of gentleness and practicing mindfulness has been a big part that. Going one moment at a time and treating myself with kindness has been life changing.

Maybe lavender isn’t your thing, perhaps it’s smelling a fresh, bright rose or pausing to savour the big ol’ yellow daisy bouncing on its stem. But, in any case, it’s the taking a moment to get present that does it; to notice our environment and that we’re a wondrous human inside of it. This is what reminds us we’re safe in our own hands. ‘I can take care if you’ (you say) ‘you wondrous being with senses and feelings and a life in this world that’s so busy it makes your head spin… so right now, I’ll breathe. Right now, I’ll pause. Right now I’ll notice this beauty.’

I invite you to take a moment like this, if and when you feel like it. Smell the flowers, nod at the green grass or let your cheeks drink in the sun for one more second than ususal. Notice it, notice how you feel, then go on with your day.

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