In our Sundance classes, we have been playing with the idea that we are never dancing alone. Every gesture, step and shape we create is the manifestation of a complex group choreography involving relationships between ourselves and other players in the field of creation. There is your relationship with your self to which you must […]
Most of us will never know if we have had COVID-19, as we will be asymptomatic or will experience mild symptoms which will certainly not warrant harassing the medical authorities to conduct a diagnostic test. As most complementary practitioners do, I believe in maintaining health, as opposed to waiting for a diagnosis in order to […]
The whispered invitation to let everything fall away arrives in the form of a screaming command from the external powers that be. My family had made a list of New Year’s intentions in January, and finally, on Day One of Social Isolation, we seized the opportunity to indulge in one of them – a family […]
I grew up in Barbados in the 80s, and was raised by a village comprising of my parents, grand-parents, great-aunts, teachers, family friends and housekeepers. Barbados is a former British colony, and is probably one of the most conservative of the Caribbean islands. The country boasts one church for every day of the year, which is […]
It would seem that 2020 is to be a year of ease and flow, of alignment and allowing, and of miraculous manifestation. In service of this ideal, what if we were to drop the stress and striving which manifests in our bodies as a lift and holding of the sternum and a state of suspended […]
Aconitum Napellus is a little remedy which I always have nearby. As is the case with many homeopathic remedies, Aconite has several indications for it’s use, but the one that relates to the Doctrine of Signatures is ‘ailments from cold wind’. It is a go-to remedy at the first sign of any inflammation, but if […]
I caved in and lit a fire a few days ago, as the temperatures plummeted at a pace which would make any Caribbean islander quake in their boots. I was quaking in my furry house slippers! My husband rolled his eyes at me, “Do not worry, you will be in Barbados in two weeks.” His […]
How many times have you pulled on those tights, leggings, kitted warmers and popped that ballet shoe elastic over your arches? How many times have you really brought awareness to your greater trochanter and the deep muscles which affect the external rotation of the femur which is the signature alignment of classical ballet? Shining the […]
When you buy a homeopathic remedy, the name is always followed by a number, and a letter – usually a ‘d’, ‘x’, ‘c’ or ‘M’. This combination of numbers and letters indicates the potency of the remedy. We not only have to match the remedy picture to the presenting symptoms, but also the potency to […]
