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 The Call to Unite by by Tim Shriver and Tom Rosshirt In his foreword, Tim Shriver writes that we get belonging by giving it, becoming more whole in the process. In conceiving the event and book The Call to Unite, he asked how we can move from a culture that divides us to a culture that unites us, the choice at every crisis point: ‘Divide or […] David Lorimer January 10, 2022January 20, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Embodied Practice Holistic Wellbeing Meditation Do Less, Be More: Holistic seasonal retreats in the UK Do Less, Be More is a series of seasonal retreats which align internal transformative processes with the natural rhythms of the seasons. They offer a facilitated, yet self-directed process, informed by a variety of contemplative and embodied traditions delivered by an interdisciplinary team. The ethos is one of learning by doing, experimenting, reflecting, and sharing. […] Tamara Russell and Trudi Simpson January 9, 2022January 9, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Art Solstice and the Technology of Time The architectonic structures of monuments such as Karnak Temple in Egypt and Stonehenge in England are ancient time measurement systems that, through links with the sun and sky, helped regulate human activity in cyclic correlation with a sacred Earth and Cosmos. These structures are the remains of ancient magical technology that in special moments in […] Lila Moore December 20, 2021December 20, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Book Corner Emerald to Ice: Adventuring in Ecological Science Fiction There’s a sequence in David Attenborough’s insect series, Life in the Undergrowth, when he describes the annual life cycle of the bumble bee. The story of the queen bee founding her nest after hibernation, raising a whole society, producing new queens and finally succumbing to senescence can only be described as high drama. This was […] Matt Colborn November 8, 2021November 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Conscious Community Project Yoga therapy with labour rights activists in Mexico Self-care and collective-wellbeing for effective, sustainable and transformative social justice movement building With almost 2 billion dollars of goods and services crossing each day, Mexico’s border with the United States embodies how corporate globalisation thrives on economic disparity and social inequality. Workers on the Mexican side are paid approximately a pound an hour to produce […] Lorraine Clewer October 27, 2021October 28, 2021 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
