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Poetry Presentation – Consciousness
Through the sorrows and trials of life, I have become aware that my Higher Self is connected through my life force with the center of life itself. In order to go beyond the trials and tribulations of this mind-based life which my mind has created and in which it wants...
Poetry with Purpose – Remembering our Roots – Fanny Bay
Fanny Bay is a bay on Baynes Sound as well as a small hamlet with a population of about 815. Fanny Bay may have been named after Francis "Fanny" Palmer, the daughter of a popular Victoria family, or perhaps the physical appearance of an ample part of the human...
Poet’s Corner – The Power of the Empath – by Lawrence J.W. Cooper
Sometimes we may go beyond just emotional empathy, to actually share someone's hurt or pain in our body, in our gut. This is a gift given to the healing empath to break through the walls of deep core hurt or trauma. In some cases the memories may be hidden from the...
Grounding Virtues – Self-Awareness – Activity 6 – The Soul Chakras – Indigo: The Third-Eye Chakra
The royal color indigo signifies spirituality and higher consciousness. It is located between the eyebrows which puts it in the same general region as the prefrontal cortex. When the two work together, they produce our seat of intuition, knowledge, and wisdom. It is...
Poet’s Corner – The Art of Listening – by Lawrence J.W. Cooper
When I engage in emotional empathy, I listen for voice tone and I read body language. I absorb their negative emotion and reflect it back to them filtered through the positive love energy from my own heart. I lead them gently from feeling to feeling so they can be...
Self Acceptance- Activity 7 – A Healthy Mind – The Throat Chakra
We continue our journey into unlocking the mysteries of grounding by accepting the role of our mind in living a conscious life. In order to do that we have to make sure our mind is vibrant and healthy. So let's take a look at the Throat Chakra, keeping in mind that...
Poetry with Purpose – Remembering our Roots – Royston
Comox First Nations people called this area Tle-Tla-Tay. It was used to smoke herring and herring roe. William Roy and his family purchased the land from James Dunsmuir in 1890 and established the townsite that they named Royston. In case you think that this is rather...
Poetry Presentation – I Am an Elder – by Lawrence J.W. Cooper
Self-acceptance is accepting my present position in life; the seat of the elder. I have entered into my 70’s, the age of wisdom. I have come to a place of peace with myself and with life, and I have discovered that it is okay to be 70. Aging does not have to be the...
Poets Corner – The Interview – by neil garvie
(This is another poem from Neil's new book Jigsaw. I have been in that chair a few times.) you enter a room with the same large table centred with a tray of glasses and pitcher of ice water you nod at the faces but being familiar with the routine it’s...
Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival – Spoken Word Workshop with Jillian Christmas
Photo credit Kay H This one caught my eye. I have trouble with the spoken word but only because I can't remember all the words in the poem, so I try to read with passion when I do readings. But I think I would like to attend this on, just for the interest. Sunday -...
Poetry with Purpose – Remembering our Roots – Union Bay
In 1889 Robert Dunsmuir's Union Colliery Co. opened a railway link from the Cumberland coal deposits to Union Bay’s deep-water bay. The coal was converted to high quality coke in two rows of fifty beehive airless coke ovens. The 490-metre (1,600 ft) principal wharf...
The Grounding Virtues – Self-Awareness Activity Seven (continued) – The Heart Chackra
Green: The Heart Chakra The heart chakra is located in the middle of the chest. It is the center of our physical and spiritual energy system. We are born with the innate ability to receive and give love. We receive love from our intimate family; then the heart begins...
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