Insight Welcome to The Alef Field! Our transpersonal community of change-makers is cocreated by Alef Trust and all participants in this multimedia magazine and hub. We recognise that our times call to deeply and urgently revision our relationships with ourselves, each other, the planetary ecosystem and transpersonal dimensions. Our collective intention is to provide a fertile terrain and shared field of […] Francesca Hector June 25, 2020July 15, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Book Corner Extraordinary Awakenings: The Transformational Power of Turmoil and Trauma As a young man, I suffered from depression. From the age of 16 to 22, I felt like I didn’t know who I was or who I was meant to be. All I knew was that I didn’t like the person I seemed to be. I felt uneasy in other people’s company, found it difficult […] Steve Taylor September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Conscious Community Project Wild Refuge: Connecting to self, others and the transpersonal through nature. Wild Refuge works alongside residents of Chy Rehab in Truro, Cornwall, to explore the process of connecting to self, others and the transpersonal through nature, as an aid to holistic change facilitation. It takes the form of a semi structured 7-week program for people with addiction issues and complex needs including mental health diagnoses and […] Martha Sneyd September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Holistic Wellbeing Spacebook: Introducing open awareness for adults and kids A few years ago, my wife and I had the idea to share publicly an approach that we had been experimenting with as part of the home/travel schooling that we were providing to our children. We called it “Spacebook” for which we put together a simple website. Until recently the initial website remained undeveloped, but […] Jevon Dangeli August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Research Spiritual Pathfinders: A Creative Synthesis In my PhD research, I sought to evaluate the longer-term process that people undergo to find their spiritual expression. I used the qualitative method of Heuristic inquiry (Moustakas, 1990), to explore the experiences, developmental processes, aspirations, and perspectives of 20 people aged between 37 and 70 who follow a self-directed spiritual path. Each participant had […] Ellis Linders August 13, 2021August 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Book Corner Oneness vs the 1% by Vandana Shiva with Kartikey Shiva In this book of searing brilliance, Vandana Shiva goes to the heart of the ideological struggle between industrial capitalism represented by Big Agriculture, Big Pharma, Big Food, Big Energy and Big Tech and the holistic movements represented by systems science, agroecology and natural and complementary approaches to health – the last has been subject to […] David Lorimer August 3, 2021August 19, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Eco-Community Telegraph Lane: Transforming Land Transforming People This project looked at transpersonal experiences and contributions from people involved in the Earth Moves community as we begin to work on Telegraph Lane, our new base. I am very grateful for the funding from the Alef Trust for this project, as it has given me the chance to obtain data, initiate transformative activities for […] Paula Staunton July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Conscious Community Project Integrative Practice Project – Romania 2020/21 – A brief review In November of last year, 20 participants and four facilitators embarked on a journey to discover what is integrative practice, why it is beneficial and how to actually do it. We covered more details regarding the structure of the project in a previous post so please check it out here if interested: https://thefield.aleftrust.org/integrative-practice-research-project-in-romania/. There was […] Victor Jivanescu July 24, 2021July 24, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Conscious Community Project Emotional Freedom Techniques within the Police Constabulary The Background In February 2021, I was contacted by the founder of Frontline Assistance for Stress and Trauma (FAST), Wendy Power Stoten, to see whether I may be able to help with some research. FAST is a Community Interest Company that was formed in April 2020. The aim was to provide frontline professionals with some […] Sunita Pattani July 24, 2021July 29, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Conscious Community Project Project “Mend”: Stitching lives together Project Mend was born out of my own experience of stitching as a mindfulness practice. My ideas solidified during my studies with Alef Trust. Learning that stitching can lead to a state of mind that resembles meditation (Kirwin, 2012) and that textile art contributes to feelings of well-being, boosting confidence levels and increasing motivation for […] Tania Botoulas July 21, 2021July 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Conscious Community Project Integrative yoga project The integrative yoga project was created as a space for yoga students to engage with their practice from a holistic perspective within the container of an online wellbeing course. The course lasted 10 weeks and combined live sessions on Zoom with online content that participants could work through at their own pace. Participants were encouraged […] Laura Harvey-Collins July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
