David Roessli1d ago

The first evening is always the sweetest. Gently loosing focus, wrapped up by the afternoon heat, a Cyclades breeze brushing your skin. Smiles and hugs with locals who recognise you, catching up on the past winter, picking up where you left off. It feels good to be alive.

#grateful #hereandnow

WIST Quotations3d ago

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

And always, in our highly regularised way of life, [the modern man] is obsessed by thoughts of the morrow. Of all the precepts in the Gospels the one that Christians have most neglected is the commandment to take no thought for the morrow. If a man is prudent, thought for the morrow will lead him to save; if he is imprudent, it will make him apprehensive of being unable to pay his debts. In either case the moment loses its savour. Everything is organised, nothing is spontaneous.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Lecture (1949-01-09), “The Role of Individuality,” Reith Lecture, “Authority and the Individual” No. 3, BBC Radio

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Russell, Bertrand - Lecture (1949-01-09), "The Role of Individuality," Reith Lecture, "Authority and the Individual" No. 3, BBC Radio | WIST Quotations

And always, in our highly regularised way of life, [the modern man] is obsessed by thoughts of the morrow. Of all the precepts in the Gospels the one that Christians have most neglected is the commandment to take no thought for the morrow. If a man is prudent, thought for…

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Reiner Schwope5d ago

Ask yourself three times a day: "Where in my body am I holding unnecessary tension right now?"

Let it go with your next exhale. A tiny micro-exercise to step off autopilot and instantly arrive in the here and now. ✨🌬️

#Mindfulness #SelfCare #BodyAwareness #MicroPractice #HereAndNow #Presence #Wellbeing #StressRelief #TakeControl #Achtsamkeit #HealthyAging

Reiner Schwope6d ago

Instead of thinking first and then speaking, I recommend breathing first, then feeling, then speaking.

Always connect with yourself first! 🔄🧘‍♂️

#Mindfulness #Breathing #SelfConnection #Presence #HereAndNow #Achtsamkeit #Wellbeing #Communication #TakeControl

Reiner SchwopeJun 6

In conversations, we easily do 80% of the talking without realizing it. But do we need that? What are our actual needs right now?

Maybe it's 0% talking and choosing instead: What do I actually want to do for myself right now?

Take back control over your programming." 🔄🧘‍♂️

#Mindfulness #SelfCare #TakeControl #HereAndNow #Coaching #Wellbeing #Presence

thewandererMay 23
Twisting in Neigong: The Spiral That Awakens the Body’s Layers

There is a quiet revolution happening beneath the surface of every movement. It begins with a subtle turn – a forearm rotating softly around its bone, muscles rolling like waves beneath the skin. This is not mere exercise. It is neigong – internal work – the Taoist art of awakening and integrating the body’s hidden systems.



What is Neigong?



Neigong (內功) is the foundational practice of Taoist internal arts like Taijiquan and Bagua Zhang. Unlike external forms that mimic animals or emphasise power through t...

read on: 🔗 https://brush-and-tale.com/taichi-taiji/twisting-in-neigong-the-spiral-that-awakens-the-bodys-layers/

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thewandererMay 1
The Two Silks: Chan Si Jing and Cho Si Jing – On the Inner and Outer Path of Silk Reeling

There is an old story about a silk farmer who, early one morning, lowers a cocoon into warm water. With a single steady finger, she finds the thread’s beginning and begins to reel. Too much tension – the thread breaks. Too little – it tangles and is lost. The whole art lives in the middle: a continuous, alive, listening motion, neither forcing nor abandoning.



In the tradition of Taijiquan, this story is not just a metaphor. It is a technical instruction. And at the...

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thewandererApr 25
Morning Mist Rising

I woke before dawn and walked to the meadow at the valley’s edge, drawn by some intuition I couldn’t name. The air hung thick with moisture, and as the first grey light touched the eastern sky, I realized the entire valley was filled with fog – a solid white mass that erased all detail, turning the familiar landscape into abstraction. I found a boulder at the meadow’s edge and settled there to wait, though I wasn’t sure what I was waiting for.



The fog felt alive so...

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Frauchen Will RausApr 22

Raubtierangriff heute Morgen unterwegs zum Bäcker

I was attacked by a predator this morning on my way to the bakery

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thewandererApr 17
Echo Canyon

The trail descended into a narrow gorge where red rock walls rose sheer on both sides, smooth and sculpted by ancient water. The path followed a dry streambed, sand and smooth stones underfoot, and the walls leaned inward, creating a roof of sky that seemed impossibly distant. Sound behaved strangely here – my footsteps echoed and re-echoed, bouncing between the walls until they became something other than footsteps, a rhythm that seemed to come from the canyon itself. I stopped walking...

read on: 🔗 https://brush-and-tale.com/the-wanderers-tales/echo-canyon/

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