My reasons are quite simple really. Our inequality is epic, and the Royal Family as the symbolic pinnacle of the wealthy, does not serve our times. You know about the current conditions of squeeze, economic stress, inequality, you don’t need me to tell you. But here are some stats: We’re…

It’s time for me to do Continuum Movement — a subtle approach to deep self-care created by Emilie Conrad; it supports rest and physical softening; a deeply meditative practice, great if you are injured or have restricted movement, for example if you are 8.5 months pregnant….. I spent several hours yesterday sourcing recordings and I didn’t find it very easy, so I thought I would compile my findings here so it’s easier for others.

Dartmoor is a National Park but the land itself is privately owned. One of the owners of a Dartmoor estate recently took the parks authority to court to de-legalise wild camping on Dartmoor. It’s the only place in England where wild camping is legal. Alexander Darwall, a former banker /…

Gah and thank you umair haque for this article. Some excerpts: “Dr Adrian Boyle, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), said hundreds of patients are dying while they wait in overpacked emergency wards. …

I quit Christmas a few years ago. Since then, each year I have been exploring what and how I do want to celebrate in the midwinter. I have been cultivating my practice of Yuletide. This is what I call it. Yule is from the Old Norse Jol, root of our…

Given that abortion rights are being removed in various places, I thought I would share what I learnt from my first pregnancy / miscarriage. The first trimester is so fragile that body workers can’t get insurance to work on a woman who is 1–13 weeks pregnant, in case she loses…

Bless the Girl. And the boy. And the non-binary teen. Bless all our youth, and hold them into wholesomeness. For All Kinds of Reasons. In 2017, I was at Tamera, Portugal. Something had triggered me, so I found my way to the main hall and the grand piano there…

Everyone seems to be feeling the pinch. My sweetie is feeling the pinch. He wants to grow into his soul work, but putting down his screen job, which he calls “data mining”, is scary. Did his ancestors, miners, feel the pinch? Keep going in jobs that didn’t serve them, for…

Sovereign was buried on Friday, in an open casket, their young body wrapped in a shroud, laid over with flowers placed by 250 mourners. Sovereign had been Meg when we’d first met. In class one day, I said to them, “you are sovereign”, meaning, you can make decisions for yourself…