2min Okutama River Meditation

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Here is a 2min river meditation, created in Okutama, Japan.

  • Start the video or audio, sit with a straight back, your chin slightly pulled in, relax your shoulders and close your eyes (or lie down if too tired!).
  • Relax and slow down your breathing.
  • Listen to the river, each time you notice your mind has wandered, gently go back to listening to the river.

Download Audio File

Breakfast Smoothie Recipe

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Am trying Veganuary this month and made this smoothie for breakfast out of ingredients I found in our kitchen, it was really good! Here’s the recipe:

Blend all these ingredients together with a mixer or blender (serves one):

Large handful or frozen mango
Handful of frozen blueberries
Juice of half a lemon
1/2 tsp chia seeds
tbsp maple syrup
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/4 tsp powdered cinnamon
1/4 tsp powdered ginger
150ml approx of hot water (to help melt the frozen fruit)

Colour Pencils

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Been wanting to use some colour pencils that need sharpening for a while. They are chunkier than the standard size, I had a large size pencil sharpener for them but it got broken when the bag it was in got caught in my bicycle wheel when I was cycling to a yoga lesson through Toyama park and I hadn’t got around to getting a new one. This morning while removing flash cards from a yoga anatomy colouring book I suddenly and joyfully realized I could sharpen them with Dan’s penknife!

This pose is Janu Sirsasana – head to knee pose – a forward bend to help gently look forward to the coming year, yet still holding 2020 – a year that has stretched many of us beyond what we can bear.