Joy of Ageing Esoterically

SELF CARE

31/12/2018

Self-care is not about being selfish. Self-care might sound like an indulgence to those of us brought up to always put others first, but the truth is that when we take loving care of our bodies and the way we nourish ourselves, exercise and even dress ourselves, we begin to feel more vital and appreciative. How much and how often do we appreciate the delicate and tender person we really are? Self-care is a way of being and living that is personal and always unfolding. It is much more than a prescribed set of activities like going for a daily walk or eating your greens! On these pages our writers share their growing awareness of self-care and what it means to them. Enjoy their inspiring articles.

LEARNING TO SELF-NURTURE IN MY ELDER YEARS

30/12/2018

Over the years and living with breast cancer for the past fifteen years I have developed a good, however, quite different understanding of self-nurturing.
English being my second language, I now realise that for a long time I didn’t have a full understanding of the word itself. I thought of the English words ‘nurturing’ and ‘nourishing’ as almost one and the same.

CAN WE TRULY CARE FOR OTHER PEOPLE WITHOUT CARING FOR OURSELVES?

30/10/2018

We like to think of ourselves as caring people, and this we naturally are. Most if not all of us do care deeply for other people. But how many of us care just as deeply for ourselves? And how true can the care we offer others be, if it does not come from a body that is deeply cared for itself?
I used to think I was a kind and caring person and would do anything for others.

ACCEPTING SUPPORT

27/2/2018

Support wasn’t a word that I can remember being used as I was growing up. Rather you were expected to stand on your own two feet, become independent and not need anyone. If you were needy it was looked upon as a weakness. The idea of ‘how do I support myself’ apart from having a job didn’t enter my head. Not so today, the word support is heard everywhere!

CURIOSITY OR TENDERNESS?

30/1/2018

As a humanity we are coming to more of an understanding of our energetic world, that part of us where we know we sense things that are not seen with the physical eye. The wider population is coming to accept that this is so even if we do not as yet fully understand the part it plays in our everyday living. Recently I had my first experience of an Elder’s Expo and was reminded of how there is always a choice.

REACTION, ANXIOUSNESS OR STILLNESS WITHIN—A CHOICE IN EVERY MOMENT

30/12/2017

On reflecting on the title, it seems pertinent to share one or two of my experiences during these past few months where I had the choice of either going into reaction and anxiousness or to remain in stillness within my body. It appears to me there has been a developing intensity around us, a general feeling in the air, indeed in the space that surrounds us all – that begs attention and understanding.

SELF CARE FOR A RICHER LIFE

30/11/2017

Self-care is a way of learning to look after our whole body, connecting to, listening to and feeling our reactions to the way we are treating and caring for ourselves. It is a vital and important aspect of any person’s health and wellbeing! Without taking the time to connect with our body, listen to and supply its needs, our health and wellbeing will eventually deteriorate, often quite slowly.

EMBRACING MYSELF AS A WOMAN

31/10/2017

As a child, I used to give myself a big hug when things went wrong. If I had been told off, I would literally put my arms around myself and give myself a squeeze to reassure myself I was still okay. As I became a teenager my breasts got in the way and it felt weird, so I stopped. I didn’t want to become a woman, but couldn’t stop it, so instead I chose to disconnect from myself.

BOUNCING BACK FROM ILLNESS AND DISEASE

1/8/2017

Having a diagnosis of an illness or life threatening disease can be very confronting for many of us. We can get much needed supportive advice from our medical practitioners and specialists. We also have modern technology at our fingertips, however, the overload of information the internet has available on illness and disease can send many into anxiousness in believing the worst case scenario.

TAKING THAT STOP MOMENT

4/7/2017

Sometime ago I attended a course run by the College of Universal Medicine on exhaustion. It was very powerful and the honesty with which people shared their experiences was inspiring.
Part of the course focused on what were called Stop Moments, taking time in our busy day to stop, connect with our body and feel how we are in that moment.

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Photos copyright © by the photographers: Alan Johnston, Clayton Lloyd, Dean Whitling, Desiree Delaloye, Iris Pohl, Steffi Henn, Steve Leca ,
Shannon Everest, Matt Paul, Gayle Cue

SELF CARE

LEARNING TO SELF-NURTURE IN MY ELDER YEARS

CAN WE TRULY CARE FOR OTHER PEOPLE WITHOUT CARING FOR OURSELVES?

ACCEPTING SUPPORT

CURIOSITY OR TENDERNESS?

REACTION, ANXIOUSNESS OR STILLNESS WITHIN—A CHOICE IN EVERY MOMENT

SELF CARE FOR A RICHER LIFE

EMBRACING MYSELF AS A WOMAN

BOUNCING BACK FROM ILLNESS AND DISEASE

TAKING THAT STOP MOMENT

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