Acknowledgement is respect and has profound importance.
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At the outset of my blog today, I want to acknowledge the privilege that allows me to access this kind of support - something not everyone can afford to do. I deeply recognise that, for many, this type of guidance may be out of reach. However, I also believe that it’s even more essential for those of us who are able to invest in our personal growth to do so. By nurturing our own well-being, we can better serve our students, clients, friends and family, ultimately helping them lead more fulfilling lives.
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Over the past couple of years, I’ve found myself deeply reflecting on the concept of privilege - what it means, how it shapes our lives and most importantly, how can use it for the greater good.
As a white, cis, upper-middle class woman, I acknowledge that my life has been marked by ease compared to many. While my own personal journey, like everyone’s, hasn’t been without hardship(because suffering is part of being human), there are realities that I’ve never had to face.
I am able-bodied, I’ve never feared homelessness or hunger, and my children went to school without the terror of being shot or violently attacked. I live in a society with excellent access to healthcare and the means to afford private care.
It all started earlier this year, with a conversation over coffee with a friend whose husband had been recently diagnosed with ADHD. Understanding his symptoms was the first step in rescuing and repairing their troubled marriage. Her daughter, who knows my son well, mentioned that my son’s behaviour seemed similar to her dad’s, which my friend mentioned to me!
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Death comes for all of us, sometimes it’s fast and sometimes it’s gradual. It is a unique experience for each one of us. The role of a Deathwalker is to be an end-of-life caregiver - a person trained in the dying process - to treat the dying with support, care, compassion and respect. For the person who is dying there is no prospect of getting well or “being fixed”. A Deathwalker helps you to “die well” with a sense of dignity.
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Midlife is often viewed through the lens of a crisis - a divorce, empty nest, loss of a loved one - and can often feel like a time of loss and disorientation as we confront our mortality.
However this period can also be a profound invitation to freedom and fulfilment, offering us the opportunity to ask deep existential questions; Who Am I? Who Am I Becoming? What Really MATTERS to Me?
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I was 7 when I started to leave my body because it didn’t feel like a safe place to be
I was 11 when I started to feel like I had to manage it, fix it, control it and restrict it.
And then, slowly over time, my body became “the enemy” and my full time “fix it” project
For the next 20 years I lived outside of my body - in an idealised “in my head” version of it.
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We are experiencing one of the biggest challenges we will ever go through in our lifetime, and possibly the history of humanity, on both a personal and collective level. It is more important than ever that we care for our own wellbeing on every level - mentally, emotionally, and physically.
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My own midlife unravelling began in my late 30’s and then just after I turned 40, I had a “dark night of the soul” and went through a very dark time suffering with deep depression for over a year. I felt guilty through this time as on the outside it appeared that I had everything that I “should” need to be happy - two healthy children, a happy marriage, a beautiful home, and loving friends. Yet I had this nagging sense of dissatisfaction with my life and felt disconnected and, in hindsight, quite numb.
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I hear it again and again, “I’m not flexible enough to do yoga”, “I’m too old”, “I don’t have an athletic body”, "I’m inexperienced!"
Yoga, in our western culture, has become highly influenced by the impossible ideals of the fashion industry and consumerism.
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I absolutely believe that yoga will help to elevate and foster a child’s self expression, imagination and self confidence skills, as they are in a safe space to explore without judgment or a sense of right or wrong.
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I see it in women of every age, my 16-year-old daughter and her friends, some of my clients and some of my own friends. It’s the ‘no pain, no gain’ mentality; the validation of ourselves from the outside in, and it’s a social and cultural issue that we need to change.
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