Category Archives: weekly photo challenge
Live for the Moment
The phrase ‘Live for the Moment’ encapsulates much of what we are trying to achieve when living mindfully. The idea being to move away from living in our minds and our thoughts about both the past and the future, and … Continue reading
Posted in mindfulness, relaxation, weekly photo challenge
Tagged dogs, hills, mindfulness, nature, photography, postaday, relaxation, scotland, signs, spiritual, walking
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Stone Circles: Calanais
Scotland, and in fact the whole of the British Isles, is liberally scattered with ancient stone monuments. These take on many different shapes and alignments, but one of the most common is the circle. The circle is a universal … Continue reading
Posted in ancient sites, Celtic, weekly photo challenge
Tagged ancient, Calanais, Callanish, Celtic, history, Isle of Lewis, myths, postaday, prehistoric, sacred, scotland, standing stones, stone circles
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New Year New You
Find who you’ve become In the space between the years Don’t mourn the outworn Notice with fondness All that passed out of your life Embrace the space left Wishing all of my wonderful readers and everyone who comments … Continue reading
Posted in mindfulness, poem, weekly photo challenge
Tagged change, Haiku, life, magic, mindfulness, new year, now, Ocean, photography, poetry, posraday, relaxation, scotland, spiritual
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Wave running
Running free, with the wind in their fur, and salty waves between their paws. The race is on…. Stretching deep into every muscle from nose to tail, each trying to run faster than the other. Splashing and pounding … Continue reading
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Tagged active, beach, dogs, exercise, fun, joy, mindfulness, movement, photography, postaday, relaxation
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Places to be Happy
In my garden playing ball with my dogs, always makes me happy, even if I’ve been having a terrible day. The dogs pull me right into the joy of the here and now, and away from too much thinking nonsense. … Continue reading
Posted in dogs, mindfulness, weekly photo challenge
Tagged dogs, happy, health, mindfulness, nature, peace, photography, postaday, relaxation, slowing down, spiritual
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Meeting Boundaries
We stand in the middle of a world we feel we know, and within the known we can relax and soften. It feels relatively predictable and safe this known world we inhabit. Yet pushing in around the edges of … Continue reading
Posted in change, thoughts, weekly photo challenge
Tagged boundaries, change, edges, growth, life, mindfulness, photography, postaday, psychology, self, spiritual
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Connection to Self
Sometimes when the noise and activity of life becomes too much, it’s good to turn away from it all and head to the hills. To walk further and further from the demands and needs of the world of others, … Continue reading
Posted in change, mindfulness, weekly photo challenge
Tagged healing, landscape, love, mindfulness, nature, philosophy, photography, postaday, relaxation, self love, spiritual
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Cool Serenity
All night a wild storm had pulled and pushed the world, lifting tiles off the roof and snapping branches from the trees. The storm had a loud cold voice, and the windows had rattled in their frames as the snow … Continue reading
Posted in change, mindfulness, weekly photo challenge
Tagged change, flowers, frozen, ice, nature, postaday, pphotography, snow, snowdrops, storms, winter
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Shadows of Self
In Winter the shadows draw in around us, we notice them more and we yearn for the light of Summer. In psychotherapy we speak about the shadow, and it’s a wonderful metaphor which Jung came up with to describe the … Continue reading
Posted in change, philosophy, Uncategorized, weekly photo challenge
Tagged change, nature, philosophy, photography, postaday, psychology, psychotherapy, self, shadow
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