Singing Ice

Natural Healing

In Germany especially and other European countries there is big following of natural products to help your body get well. High streets have equivalent of our pharmacies – with shelves of different herbs and flowers – some to drink as teas, some to use for massage and some to put in a steaming bath. When we […]

Learning

Acupuncture

Lying on a couch with a bunch of needles in interesting places, terrified to move – felt like a needle felted animal. But it does seem to work depending on how good the person is. Understand its about helping the body to heal itself. I have only been for muscle, joint and tendon injurys but […]

find it your own way

‘To find peace in outer world you need to make peace with yourself’ Dalai Lama ‘Are you angered at the drop of a pin, losing your temper very easily? Are you impatient? Do you find yourself sometimes regretting your actions? Do you let work, news, weather & other people influence your mood, your behavior, and […]

Science and Art

Discovered Open Call for ‘Hooked‘ – the first installation exhibition for a new Gallery in London connected to Guys Hospital – under umbrella of London Science Gallery – described as – a space where ‘science and art collide’ and bringing togethor researchers, students, communitys and artists – to look for innovate ways to look for […]

Stress, fatigue, brain fog – an immune system gone awry

“Hypothyroidism, or low thyroid function, is a silent epidemic. What’s worse, in most cases, hypothyroidism isn’t rooted in a thyroid problem in the first place. It’s rooted in an immune system gone awry, but most doctors don’t test for the antibodies that show the presence of autoimmunity. Many people with hypothyroidism experience crippling fatigue and […]

Out of the blue

My son said, out of the blue and a little profoundly yesterday “its nice to be well known but nicer to be well known to be nice.

UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency – figures

Below is a link to an article from UNHCR including figures comparing 2013 and 2014. Interestingly the figures quoted are for applications for refuge, not figures for refuge offered. Asylum trends for 2014 “In the 1990s, the Balkan wars created hundreds of thousands of refugees and asylum-seekers. Many of them found refuge in industrialized countries. […]

Ebola continues

From Time.com – Aryn Baker @arynebaker March 23, 2015 ‘Ebola Continues to Punish Survivors One Year After Start of Outbreak’ Dr. Philip Zokonis Ireland has already started thinking about the future. Ireland contracted Ebola while working at Monrovia’s John F. Kennedy Medical Center in July. His recovery was long and difficult, plagued by anger, depression […]

Never be…

Twitter comment by Luke Dann @wookie4743

Hiking in East Greenland

This is one of those things that up to now has been left undone, a memory of a hope, not mine – perhaps now with a little planning it is something to make happen Trip diary: Hiking in East Greenland

On transforming traumatic stress

Even on the periphery of someone else’s journey – you can get sucked in to traumatic stress, however much you try to keep calm. Someone sent me a link today to a book about recovering from traumatic stress. Time, talking, when you are ready and just being outside doing ordinary things seems to work for […]

Nelson Mandela – July 18th 1918 – December 5th 2013

Nelson Mandela – “For to be free is not merely to cast of one’s chains but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others”

“Mental Health Services in England are a Car Crash”

Under resourced, under funded, you could say…under valued. You could also say, familys who are part of this picture, fall into the same category of being undervalued and forgotten. One of those funny things in life.. until you are personally effected, you wouldnt reallise, how bad it can be. You probably wouldn’t even think about […]

Change

im not at all sure i can follow the advice below but sounds good in theory and will give it some thought “If theres a situation that you are stressed about a person you love and are concerned about.. in my own experience the best way to help others is – Do your own work […]

Tree, frosty early spring morning

something about this tree, early morning with a touch of frost.. more personal, first time able to walk without thinking too much about foot and able to drive again, small things but notice how small things have big impact

Wish i had a rowing boat

then with all this rain, we could row up our lane .. in fact its not that bad, only parts of the road are flooded.. middle of night last night, before another heavy downpour, heard an owl outside, so close it almost sounded like it was on the roof, wondered if it had sneaked in […]