Dear Friends, Dear Gentle Minds, Here are Study Notes for Part 1 of Thich Nhat Hanh’s book The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching These notes cover Chapters 1 to 8. If you see any mistakes or things to add please email … Continue reading
With thanks to Ombre Tarragnat for expanding the conversation, and to NeuroConvergences for holding space for these vital, unfolding dialogues…and Legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw who coined the term “intersectionality” in 1989 to describe how systems of oppression overlap to create … Continue reading
Contemplating the Five Elements: A Global Earth Day Meditation Journey On April 19th, 2026, I had the privilege of participating in a 90-minute Five Elements Contemplation meditation as part of the 24 Hours of Mindfulness Earth Day celebration initiated by … Continue reading
The first Contemplation of Nature Zoom session with Ajay Rastogi and Paul Erhard took place on Saturday, 21st March 2026, on International Forest Day. 76 people gathered across geographies to sit together; not in a forest, but to contemplate nature … Continue reading
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Most of us spend our days surrounded by screens, walls, notifications, and noise. Yet just outside the door there is another world quietly continuing; clouds drifting, leaves moving, water reflecting the sky. Just spending some time shifting your awareness to … Continue reading
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Here is a quick list of some more ethical tech alternatives to Google, Microsoft and Spotify. This list is beginner-friendly, open-source, privacy-focused, non-corporate and as decolonial-aligned as possible. Search Engines DuckDuckGo Startpage SearXNG Mojeek Office Suites and Document Tools CryptPad … Continue reading
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Recognising cycles of oppression with the help of Paulo Freire (and each other) -⎽__⎽-⎻⎺⎺⎻-⎽__⎽–⎻⎺⎺⎻- I am writing to you because my voice is broken It is hard to speak But I hear you through the airwaves -⎽__⎽-⎻⎺⎺⎻-⎽__⎽–⎻⎺⎺⎻- I write this … Continue reading
I recently met someone else who also has a cPTSD diagnosis and we started to talk about how shockingly textbook our common human struggles are. We spoke about how childhood formulates patterns, and how a person can spend a lifetime … Continue reading
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A chef stands outside the Israeli embassy in Tokyo shouting “Stop Genocide!” He goes back every week on his day off. A man on the southern of coast of Sweden collects plastic from the beach. He goes on holiday once … Continue reading
Dear friends, Welcome to the transcripts and my own summary notes from a series of dharma talks from Deer Park Monastery in Escondido, California:- ‘The Forty Tenets of Plum Village’. This class is based on the book in Vietnamese by … Continue reading
How are you? How are you feeling? Everything Looks Normal, Nothing is the Same is a 45 minute long film comprising of 12 short chapters shot on mobile phones in 12 different locations. The artist invited 12 of her ‘Instagram friends’ … Continue reading
Take a break and practice some nature-centred meditation with my friend Ajay!This is a short guided meditation instruction video about 22 minutes long. The Founder of the Foundation for the Contemplation of Nature, Ajay Rastogi, introduces an easy meditation technique … Continue reading
IMAGINARY FLOWERS was a 3 month project where digital flowers were sent by the artist upon request to a friend or family member with invisible illnesses, disabilities, and chronic conditions who simply aren’t going to “get well soon”. Breathing in, … Continue reading