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A Cornucopia of Slow Summer Ideas to Enhance Your Life and Wellbeing...
Hello Luminaries, Who yearns to live the slow Luminary Good Life, get a little plot of land, grow a lot of peaches, a la John Prine (with the best song every about escaping the rat race and getting back to the land) and live well and simply in the 21st Century? As I rebuild my life, one day at a time, this is where I will talk about what is working for me and how I am actively creating a slow, beautiful and authentic life for myself, based around writing and creativity, walking, meditation, nature, cooking from scratch with friends, live arts events and real community and dancing around my living room to Led Zeppelin's magical Going to California...in preparation for the day when I will go dancing somewhere wonderful, preferably under the stars, before this summer is done... I can feel that Italy is calling to me again.
Are you with me?
I am facing many challenges are more than five years of injury, plus the Covid Plandemic which made life so hard for the self employed and for people working in the arts, film and publishing. And yet, when I sit beside a stream and marvel at a chorus of bright luminous blue Damsel Flies, swooping, fluttering and darting along a stream on a halycon summer afternoon, the beauty and breathtaking wonders of nature and its fantastic beasts restores me. Ditto larking beside a stream with a hot pink rose briar! Nature, fantastic beasts and hot pink roses are always the answer!
Now, here are my indispensable slow, life-enhancing ideas to burnish your life right now. They are working for me.
In this very personal letter to my supporters who have stuck with me, through the best and worst of times, this is for you.
Banah Winn - Sound Healing and James on the Beach
Banah Winn - Sound Frequency Healing - For the past month or so, I have been starting and ending my day with the joyful company of American musical and sound healing wizard (of Oz) Banah Winn.
Now, I wouldn't have stuck to it every day, if I didn't think Banah was a charming authentic and very talented wandering minstrel who possesses a musical genius for sound that transforms and resets the human spirit. When I listen to the ethereal single tone track, it is like hanging out on the moon. I love the back to the sixties vibe. Banah is using music, sound, spirituality and community with a huge dollop of compassion and authenticity to help people. It's just what the functional doctor ordered, and I particularly love the Great Day Meditation and Sing Along. It uplifts me and makes the challenges I am facing less daunting. Put simply, I have found that listening to the Golden Ratio relaxes my brain and relieves the feeling over being overwhelmed. Hats off to Banah for creating something really beautiful and practical that builds resilience and makes every day greater. Banah Winn's community is called Harmony and you can find his sound healing sessions on the Skool Platform.
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