The vestibular system contributes to sensory information processes allowing for our sense of balance and spatial orientation to coordinate movement. Motion, equilibrium and orientation are largely an affair of the inner ear in complex functional-organic terms. But what about metaphorically? How do we tend towards balance in our daily life choices. Must we listen for…Read more Equanimity
Sense of Self
It is suggested that we don't realise how important our sense of smell is until we lose it. And yet olfaction, a chemical sense (versus a radiation sense such as sight) is one of our more complex and sophisticated senses. Having evolved to enable a high level of discernment, our sense of scent is also…Read more Sense of Self
Spring Equinox
A cloudy Parisian sky greets the day..but there are colours to feed our longing for full garden planters or the meadows of woodland blooms that Springtime announces. An Holi inspired expression of joy to coax the sun out from behind the grey sky-cloak keeps a group of women going for a short pre-work chilly morning hour,…Read more Spring Equinox
Mud meditations
Rain rain go away, come again another day. Or maybe not. The next time it rains, why not put away your umbrella for a moment. Lift your head to the sky. Feel the light drops of rain on the surface of your skin. Are they delicate or cold? Are they startling or familiar? Where is…Read more Mud meditations
Surface Designs
There is a new medical field that deals with understanding the links between skin and mind, emotions and our cutaneous exteriors. Psychodermatology. Strangely enough, even through our beauty routines, we don't pay that much attention to our skins, except to judge it. Don't blush. How each person lives the life of their skin is a…Read more Surface Designs
Fairy Garden
A solo workshop en tête à tête, an opportunity to spend time with a little girl who has lots to tell and more to share. Like many urban children she is more regularly engaged by the silver screen or gaming than by hands on sensory rich play. This eight year old, who has difficulties paying…Read more Fairy Garden
Faces
Lunchtime, a moment to come back to one's senses. Locked away indoors all day till the walls begin to grow on us, it would serve us well to look up and out. Why not take a brisk walk in the winter cold? Feel the frozen breath of the season on our cheeks? Why not investigate…Read more Faces
Architectures
Origins of growth, uprooted residents, coy interdependence, enveloping clumps. What more can these Tree-beings and plant companions --witnesses to past imperial adventures-- tell us about being upright, standing with poise and reaching slowly for the light? How much can the myriad architectured solutions to living in an adapted environment teach us about building…Read more Architectures
Epiphany
Crowns and Sceptres. On a January day of Kings and Revelations, a small group of 14 dreamers chooses to celebrate Queens and Oracles. And rather than a coronation --for what use is a crown?-- there shall be a wielding of sceptres. Suddenly, with a branch, a twig, a rod, a staff from tree or shrub...we…Read more Epiphany
Solstitium, the Sun stills
"those of us who hold no religious or supernatural beliefs still require regular, ritualised encounters with concepts such as friendship, community, gratitude and transcendence" Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists Winter Solstice. The great Sun sits still a moment and then turns. The long night giving ease to incrementally longer days. This ceasing to move,…Read more Solstitium, the Sun stills
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