by Shelley Angelil | Aug 3, 2023 | Live Well
The word “reflect” means to bend or “shine back” light rays or images, as in your reflection in a mirror. But reflection, as in shining a light on an experience, is one of the most meaningful ways of learning. We learn by thinking about, and talking about an...
by Shelley Angelil | Mar 14, 2022 | Live Well
As we move through these days of division and anxiety fuelled by the pandemic, by war in Europe and by global warming, I’d like to ask you how you are and to tell you a little about how I am. In between I will drop bits of Rumi poetry that seem to me to speak to our...
by Shelley Angelil | Sep 7, 2021 | Live Well, Move Well
As I was packing my suitcase to fly to Bordeaux with my daughter about 2 weeks ago, I could feel a sudden warning pain in my back. I was rushing, because everything had been so last minute (and I’d impulsively decided to cycle down to the lake of Zürich and have a...
by Shelley Angelil | Jun 3, 2021 | Live Well, Mind your Mind
What’s your relationship to the news? And how does it affect your wellbeing? I used to be a news junkie. I think many of my generation pride themselves on being well informed about current events. We were encouraged to read newspapers, watch good television news, and...
by Shelley Angelil | Feb 16, 2021 | Live Well, Mind your Mind
I’ve been thinking about about breath, our prana, our life force. I’ve been noticing my own, behind the mask, and how it changes when I have no mask. Yesterday I went on a hike in the Fernkloof nature reserve, up the Zig Zag route, which is steep but has a beautiful...
by Shelley | Aug 21, 2020 | Live Well
How resilient is your immune system? Do you seem to get constant coughs and colds, or can you hardly remember when last you had the flu? This is probably an indication of the state of your immune resilience. Immune resilience is your body’s ability to deal with any...
