12:00pm Here and Now by Jordan Vanhemert from Here and Now
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Got up early to #hike a segment of the Byzantine route from Lefkes. The road is over 1000 years old, paved with marble in places, like delicate pieces of a forgotten puzzle. Lovely way to start the day alone with your thoughts in the middle of #nature #paros #hereandnow

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

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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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. ✨🌬️

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

Always connect with yourself first! 🔄🧘‍♂️

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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." 🔄🧘‍♂️

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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...

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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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