The Alchemy of Befriending
Befriending is a practice that has always felt like a kind of alchemy to me: as we transform our relationship with emotional energies, they shift and change too.
Feb 18
Befriending is a practice that has always felt like a kind of alchemy to me: as we transform our relationship with emotional energies, they shift and change too.
Walking among the trees has long been one of my favourite ways to experience mindfulness, and it feels just as important now to stay committed to this daily practice, as it did during lockdown.
We talk about breathing space, but how often do we wait until we’re suffocating before we go and find some?
When dealing with human difficulty, the language of story always seems to land with more force than a ‘logical’ explanation…
February is something of a liminal (in-between) time: nearly the end of winter, but not quite spring. It can feel like a slog, to cross this transitional space that offers little in the way of anchor points.