Breaking Echo Chambers: The Need for Discourse. No one wants to talk anymore. everyone wants a podium. When you fear discussion the smaller your world gets, the less you allow yourself to be challenged the tinier you will become. (at this time in history this is frankly dangerous)Echo chambers are death chambers. Meet your edges. Grow.
Yoga off the mat is everything you do in your life. It's not just hatha yoga. It's a holistic approach to all things in surrender to life the way it is presenting to us right now. yoga off the mat: living ritual. I call it environmental yoga. Wherever I find myself dictates what will be done, said, eaten etc. It is part of living in surrender. It is tantra. Incorporate therapeutics into your day. Let every moment be a healing one. ... commentary and links to more info
Narrative and story are tools of interpretation. They do not and cannot represent absolute truth. Within the evolving persons life a narrative can change many times. Alternately one might apply a multitude of narratives to a single issue so that in effect one can see themselves simultaneously through many prisms/perspectives and thus have a more holistic and profound understanding of their experience. Imposing our narrative on another is violence, just as having a narrative imposed upon us can be.
we are being called to radical alchemy. the marriage of opposites…healing requires bringing together a great diversity of all aspects of our lives.
mmm... raw smoothie time ...I just made an incredible smoothie/cold soup sorta drink. It's odd, but when it gets cold at this time of year, I need these sorts of raw fruit and veg smoothies. In general cooked food is better for me, across the board...but there are periods of time in which I do a lot or all raw for brief periods. Right now this is just my lunch today. I had a pure carnivore breakfast. The infections have ruined my gut and it's often easier and better for my gut to do mono meals. ....
As someone who has utilized mindfulness as the cornerstone of my own healing process I have to say that what is wrong with most pop treatments of meditation in general is that they fail to warn the reality. It's taken years of profound mindfulness practice that has demanded going deep into the darkest parts of the human psyche...in this process I've learned how to listen to my body and follow my own guidance. I've learned to shut out all the multiple conditioned voices of our ugly capitalistic system and come back to myself. ... What they don't tell you is that mindfulness in process...deep profound, honest mindfulness can alienate and isolate while on the way to well-being.
Inspiration for the day. "They will call you “crazy” because you are, because you were born with the gift of seeing things differently and that scares them.They're going to call you “intense” because you are...
My experience with Lyme disease is also my experience with dyskinesia. The term "multiple systemic infections" is a better way to talk about Lyme disease. Lyme is always many different infections in longterm, chronic cases. Testing isn't dependable either . This area of study is not well defined or determined at this time. Insurance doesn't cover care and people are in crisis.
passion and fear ~~ You're totally into it. We get it. Awesome. Now stop thinking that just because it's wonderful for you that means everyone needs it and now. That's bs. We all need different things at different times. The days that this thing is hot stuff for you may well come to an end as well
PubMed: Microbes and Mental Illness. Microbes and Mental Illness. I've been writing a lot about my experience with Lyme disease and Tardive Dyskinesia. It's become clear that the TD is an infection gone wild. The psych drug injury allows the Lyme disease infection into the brain and damaging the blood brain barrier) ... in any case... TD is infection.
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