momentorum
m-log: mentor, maker and wellness observations, ideas and wanderings, shared here and taken into conversation by connecting with [email protected]
Mentor, Maker and Wellness Practitioner
attitude
of abundance
begin
now, today…begin
(with thanks to the big magic – liz g)
career-ing
to where?
determination
intrinsically so
ego
to go?!
friendships
…a season, a reason or a lifetime?
to nourish or to acknowledge and let go?
grief
is hardwork!
home
is a fine-land
interdependence
independant – interdependant – dependant
where balance is?
joy
is nature-all
knowledge
a lineage approach to knowing
learning
with ear
(l-ear-ning)
menopause
a maverick approach to your superpower.
…after the ‘pause’ comes?
you are a wonder, woman…
nourish
…with porridge, berries, beans and greens.
mentoring with you and your fridge!
oodles
of…
pause...
listen and add, from a place of nowness
questions
to quietly query
rest
…lie on your right-hand side and surrender somatically
smile
tone
language and muscle toning
graduating into...
what is next for you post academia?
values
words of wellness
with a womanista
xactly
mentoring conversations that radiate refinement and wisdom
yoga
zest
how to return to…?
Mentor, Maker and Wellness Practitioner
Mentoring is a conversation in movement, Words that make us move…
Make your move with:
apathy
from hebetude to hunger…
buxom
for life is full of curves
courage
quietly
desire
is ok
emerging
to know oneself…
(with thanks to otto scharmer)
fantabulous
move over ‘fine’
gravity
no ‘anti’ required
humming
…a vibrational gift
interdependance
where the life dance is sweetest
jolly
take yourself on a wee one…
kenetic
…be mobile
laldy
gie it…
meander
no
…is a good word, especially when you do not want to say ‘yes’
opus
your creative makings to date?
quaff
an attitude
reveal
mentoring: a conversation to invite your wholeness
savvy
…you know
tomorrow
a little bit better than today…
unencumbered
…”press on into the great unknown, unlabelled, unencumbered, free as a bird”
(with thanks to an elder)
valification
…if you want to be the best, forget about all the rest, valificiation (dedication) is all you need.
(with thanks to Roy Castle)
wellingtons
a certain freedom in movement
expedition
today’s purpose-full wander will invite you to…?
yawn
…a stretch for the laughter muscles
zeal
promise
I promise that I will do my best. To do my duty to good. To serve communities and help other people and keep the brownie guide law.
Promises are kept…
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a wellness movement
a way of being whole with yourself
create
space
divine spine
standing tall, with soft knees – move your hands towards your feet, let your head hang loose – slowly return to standing
move your hips forward and open up across your chest, move your chin upwards
lengthen the space between your hip bone and your ribs, lift and lengthen your right arm over your head and move your hips to the right, swap sides…
slowly, with joy and a smile on your face
eight expressions of wellness
integrity, discipline, practise, breath, focus, concentration, meditation and interconectedness
feet fabulous
greet your feet, the welcoming not the crying kind…
a pedicure for your sole
go catch a pidgeon
yoga asanas/poses emanate from animal movements – i.e. the pidgeon pose, eka-pada-raja-kapot-asana, is a delight to say and a delight to be…
hinges
keep them oiled!
…especially the greater trochanter/femoral head of your femur into your acetabulum of your ilium – your pelvis
inside
go home
journey
into your exhale
knees
keep them soft and supported
their strength and longevity come from the friendly neighbourhood muscles above and below
lungs laugh
tickle your lungs with your breath
muscles move
agitate your agonist and antagonist
the nose knows
everything…
open
hearted
posture sings
heads, shoulders, hips and knees, hips and knees
heads, shoulders, hips and knees, hips and knees
and all the way down to your ankles
heads, shoulders, hips and knees, hips and knees
quiet
…lives in your exhale
rest, supported
relaxation is active and intentional. best with sumptious and numerous pillows/cushions.
squat
your way to en-lightness-ment
twist into bliss
moving from your feet – if standing or from the pelvis if sitting, conciously move to the right and left. Supporting your lymphatic and digestion systems; unsticks the stuckness!
unraveling the soreness
yoga is an internal massage and a heart hug…
breathe be
inhale for inspiration
exhale for celebration
vibrissae - no pluck required
befriend your vibrissae (also known as nasal hair) For moments of: stillness – inhale and feel your vibrissae vibrate and cleanliness – your vibrissae, your air filter.
wisdom
the body is ready, wellness will become
x uncross your legs while sitting
sitting with three right angled (ankles, knees, hips) skeletal alignment allows for ease of blood flow, breath and digestion. Looks good too!
yinvitation
yin yoga – an invitation, an true expression of relaxation, a deep strengthening of all that is important.
zippitydoodah...
the way yoga makes you feel
Mentor, Maker and Wellness Practitioner
wellness consultations: online, at home and retreats. Clients are requesting support for all matters physical, medical and emotional.
art-iculation
making conversations and observations art-fully
be
gentleness gentle-men
choose
courageous considered consumption
dance
…and those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music
friedrich nietzsche
experience
your experience is your experience
not the truth
fungus
also known as the ‘wood wide web’ …the search is over
(with thanks to merlin sheldrake)
grief
is love displaced…
hello
you,
yes you,
you wonder-full you
interconnected is
intimacy
with
interdependence
joyful
…may your heart always be joyful…
(thanks be to bobby d and his song ‘forever young’)
know
if I didn’t think,
I’d be much happier
sylvia plath
less is kind
considered consumption
momentous
momentorum moments makes many marvellous
new
we turn not older with years but newer everyday – emily dickinson
obstreperous
no thank you
a piece of peace preferably
please
please, do us all a favour and…
quintessentially
wabi sabi
responsibility
responsability
strawberries
by edwin morgan
…let the storm wash the plates
to give myself
to be amazed and confused…
you are the sunshine
you are your sunshine, the only sunshine
you are happy when skies are grey
you’ll never know dear how much you love you
please don’t dim your sunshine away
(with thanks to johnny cash, jimmie davis and charles mitchell)
valuation
make your value known, not a measure
wisdom
the memory without the historical vehemence
excrement
a movement for your waste and your waist
yes
to interdependence
zebra
who owns the zebra?
mentor, maker, wellness practitioner
attention density
look after your longings – give them attention
broaden and build
positive emotions – broaden your present thinking – builds personal resource-full-ness …i.e. joy creates the urge to play and create in social and intellectual or artistic ways – barbara fredrikson
candour
…of the rambuctious variety
darkness bruises luminosity
to fall, to bruise, to return
to scream, to hurt, to pause
to lie, to guilt, to quiet
emotional ocean
emotions are information, not direction – Susan David
fairness
I was informed, by my grandmother, at the age of six, that life was not fair…
grief
…the only way out, is through it
humankind
humankind is challenged as it has never been challenged before, to prove its maturity and its mastery – not of nature , but of itself – Rachael Carson (1962)
inquire
appreciative inquiry – the best of now
joy
a propensity for…
knowing
elder not elderly, the knowing of elders
listen
generatively – otto scharmer
mess
say ‘yes’ to the mess, make your mess your message
no
saying no with purpose
off
turn off your tv, thicken your skin, be unrealisitc, be unreasonable, be impossible – Bregman
positive psychology
the study of being well
questions
honeing the craft of curiosity
rambunctiousness
…childish or childlike?
somatic intelligence
your body opens up its song to you – Risa Kapato
transactional analysis
parent? adult? child?
The adult is now…
up
it is all made up
via
your values in action
(for more information click the pic!)
wander
Solvitur ambulando; it is solved by walking – with thanks to walt and the wander society
x
and why
yoga
A new friend awaits, oh the joy it brings…
zebedee
is here…
mentoring, making, wellness
Valerie’s mentoring, making and wellness, grow from observations, ideas and elders wisdom, shared here and taken into conversation by messaging: [email protected]
mentoring conversations: walking your path beside you.
making: fabric, art, interiors, conversations etc…
wellness: for your physical, medical and emotional support.
And, &, ampersand
The add-venture of the and…
Balderdash to...
…but and tut.
Can , can, can...
Curate candour
Courage chat
Create conversation
Couture could
Choose can
Cajoule current
Circumvent centuries
Command constructs
Clarify conscious
Clear cheer
Concentrate communication
Compound compassion
Concrete capabilities
Call companion
Centre cognition
Civilise context
Catalyst cool
Calm convulsions
Can your canny…
Discombobulated?
Be, or be not
There is no do
Equaminity
…the quality of being calm – an antidote to twaddle.
Forgiveness
What are we to do when we are stuck in indecision? What are we to do when obscurity blinds our vision? What are we to do when our fool has taken over?
What are we to do?
We trudge through our past treacle Where we get lost in the mist We come to curious crossroads With the inevitable clenched fists
So how do we tell our story Of how we overcame The past, the pain, the gory To be ourselves again
We breathe, We listen, We inquire To our inner emotional state To rejoice in life’s wondrous glory To order our genetic slate
So what are we to do with all this naïve realism? We pour into life and let it soak into our soul
We forgive
Get up...
Get out of the way of yourself
Get on
Here to hear
The tenacious ear
Intelligence
The art of guessing correctly.
Journalling
The immeasurable power of pen to paper.
Knowing
Wear it well
Outwardly quiet
Inwardly loud!
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momentORum
momentorUM
Now is known
Only order
put into order what you can put in order
Purpose?
…something to give.
Quietly quiet
Take a wondrous wander in your exhalation.
Rest a while...
…in sumptious slumber.
Stilt-walker
Looking forward with altitude.
Tenacit Gumption
Honour your intelligences.
How high is up?
Upwards, upwards…
All the Val(ue)s
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Wholeism
…cultivate your interconnectedness
eXpectations
…future resentments?
Returning yourself to yourself
The words shared are here to enthuse The letters joined will surely amuse The lines perused will ultimately effuse An outpouring of illumination Beautiful beings let us raise ourselves With courage, wisdom and neural nourish Discard your fears, belie your years Invite your flow and allow your flourish Standing tall, standing strong You will find yourself in a different throng Where people play and welcome their best cartwheeling, wholeheartedly into the unknown rest
Zig - Zag - Zen
Introductions
My name is Valerie, a mentor, a maker and wellness practitioner.
…with five decades of observations, structured learning (outdoor education, positive psychology, yoga) borrowed ideas, conjured up thoughts and joining of dots with ninety to two day old’s, numerous travels, middle of the night scribbles, simplified nourishment, silent retreats, fabulous friends and a foundational family, beach reclines and gazing of stars, reading of articles, books and poems, viewing of posters, dancers and art, mountain, city and museum wanderings and many a messy moment wry smile – mentoring, making and yoga awaits…
momentorum makes:
mentoring conversations: online, at home and retreats.
making: fabric design, art from conversation and wall hangings.
wellness consultations: online, at home and retreats. Clients are requesting support for all matters physical, medical and emotional.