Holistic Wellbeing Introducing the Open Awareness Resource Hub… The Open Awareness Resource Hub (OA Hub) was launched online by Jevon Dängeli on 27th November 2020. It includes hundreds of free resources (videos, podcasts, articles & more) to help people reduce stress and fear, while empowering them to achieve win-win-win results in all areas of life. What is Open Awareness (OA)? OA is an expansive perception that […] Jevon Dangeli December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Holistic Wellbeing Psychedelics, altered states and transpersonal psychology: Guiding the genie out of the bottle. Following the prohibition of psychedelic substances in the 1960s, and the steady year on year increase in drug use since then, virtually all human research with psychedelics ceased until the turn of the millennium, when isolated research projects quietly began the delicate task of seeking approvals to conduct such work. Over the next decade more […] David Luke November 16, 2020December 1, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Holistic Wellbeing 9 Steps to Grateful Aging: How to shift from fear to wellbeing, health and quality of life Introduction to Grateful Aging We are alive at an unparalleled moment in human history. An enormous wave of change washes over us. As the demographic facts reveal, our world has an aging population—an unprecedented increase in the average age of people in the US and throughout the world. The number of people ages 65 years and […] Marilyn Schlitz November 12, 2020November 16, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Holistic Wellbeing Creative Alternatives: Arts-based social prescribing is now online Creative Alternatives is an arts-based social prescribing programme which has been operating in the North West of England since 2006 and under the Alef Trust umbrella since 2015. The Creative Alternatives programme engages adults experiencing stress, depression and anxiety through multi-modal arts activities, working across creative media and weaving in self-care and wellbeing practices. Taking […] Sheryl Clowes November 3, 2020November 16, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Conscious Community Project Holistic Wellbeing Integrative yoga programme In my experience, the contemporary yoga scene in the UK and indeed much of the world is being driven by commercial interests which do not often align with the higher purpose of yoga as a spiritual pursuit. Whilst I believe that the vast majority of teachers are working with the best intentions, I also believe […] Laura Harvey-Collins September 1, 2020November 16, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Conscious Community Project Holistic Wellbeing Inner Healing Outer Health: a workshop in integrated health Inner Healing Outer Health: How do we integrate the holistic and multidimensional approach into modern healthcare? Can we teach healthcare practitioners how to merge the transpersonal into their practice in an effective and pragmatic way? What changes do practitioners experience in themselves and their practice when they engage with integral practice, mindfulness and awareness training, […] Hennie Geldenhuys August 21, 2020November 16, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Holistic Wellbeing COVID-19 & trauma-informed approach Personal and professional insights from psychotherapist and Alef Trust graduate Sunita Pattani explore different aspects of a trauma-informed approach to contemporary mental health challenges, in this webinar-blog especially created for The Alef Field. Sunita Pattani July 10, 2020July 16, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Holistic Wellbeing The Benefits of Confinement: Unlocking the Spiritual Potential of the Coronavirus Lockdown Recently, I’ve been working on a book about transformational experiences that occur in unusual and difficult situations. I have chapters on transformational experiences in soldiers, prisoners, alcoholics, or drug addicts, for example. The chapter on prisoners is especially interesting, as it relates to the situation that many of us find ourselves in at the moment, as we […] Steve Taylor July 5, 2020July 16, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Embodied Practice Microcosmic orbital breathing meditation I learned this Taoist energy practice as the pandemic began to take hold in Mexico City, where I am currently sheltering in place. As my teacher Ana Ximena Pérez suggested, I have found that it has great potential to help in times of fear and uncertainty. It has helped me reconnect with the wisdom and […] Lorraine Clewer June 30, 2020July 16, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Holistic Wellbeing Reset resolutions for the new paradigm Over the past 3 months of lockdown in Italy due to the COVID-19 pandemic, my wife and I compiled a list of Reset Resolutions that we believe might be of value to people around the world and our environment, as we enter the Post-Corona Paradigm. We approached the lockdown period as a retreat in which […] Jevon Dangeli June 20, 2020July 16, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
