"your intricate design is so amazing / now is the time for awakening…" | refreshment for the journeys with indra
Skin-Care, Fitness, Wellness
Drinking or eating bitter herbs, fruits and roots are a longtime custom in The Caribbean, whether it’s to get a good ‘clean out’ or detox, to prevent illness, to ward one off or to add as an accent to a plate. Some roots are chewed, boiled, simmered, dried and steeped to extract the properties tucked […]
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Today I went to a market in town and a farm shop in the middle of the island. Cheapside Market is at the edge of Bridgetown that’s closest to Kensington Oval. There’s an indoor market and a long stretch of street with vendors galore moreso on a Saturday morning but also on other days too. […]
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Mabrika! It’s usually an early start without any alarm over here for me and I give thanks for that. It helps make a gentle greeting of each gifted day. Today’s vlog post shares the first step of the process mixing shea butter blends for personal use as well as natural products to add to the […]
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Works in the garden A nearby tropical storm Birds, green monkeys and barefeet Rain, breeze, lightning and thunder Dancing banana leaves, moringa trees and guavas Sunset and moonlight A recent island wide electricity outage from morning til night Yet another reminder to be and walk in the light Humid days and plenty rain And some […]
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Seawater is healing, living, powerful, refreshing and revitalizing. Free sea salt direct from the source for skin to absorb naturally, both detoxing, exfoliating and rejuvenating the body. Sunlight gently recalibrating our eyes, especially after time staring at digital light or synthetic colours. Even the rays flickering like electricity on and through the water seem to […]
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As spring makes way for summer on the land where my feet stand at this point in time, colours of creation are introducing themselves sweetly. Winter-wizened trees have recovered and sprung fresh leaves as carpets of green fields roll out to welcome willing feet, happy pets and new broods of geese, swans, ducks and the […]
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Growing real food is a beautiful thing. It’s humbling and strengthening. It can soften a heart while building endurance. Gardening can teach you things without saying a word. It can be a healthy healing use of time and energy to produce more than food, flowers and vegetables. Being in creation listening to birdsongs while you […]
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I love farming and cooking with fresh provisions, veg, herbs and edible flowers. Since moving on a farm and volunteering on another one in 2012, growing food has become a natural part of life. In the casita garden, there are trees like palms, moringa, sour sop, paw paw with mango, avocado and coconut in the […]
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Greetings, it’s been a little while – not ’cause I forgot to post or anything like that but have been traveling and recording recently, and blog writing is different from songwriting. One thrives in quiet and the other naturally fuses with pockets of stillness, pressing topics and obvious sound, sometimes at full volume. Today I […]
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Breadfruit is a nutritious, filling and delicious provision that grows on a tree in tropical places. It’s a very versatile food that can be boiled, baked, roasted, pickled or fried, and when over-ripe – even blended into drink or made into a dessert. Today, we’re boiling breadfruit, not til it’s soft enough to mash but […]
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its Joy Within 