We’ve been reflecting on the idea of zen (small “z”) (largely because we recently launched zen garden retreats). Our understanding of zen is that it is another interpretation of “The Way”, that is to say “how the universe works”, which relies on a description of the universe. There is also zen behaviour which refers to …
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Enjoy Life in the Zen Garden
When is a garden not a garden? When it’s a zen garden. So, what is a zen garden? Well, in a broad sense a garden is simply nature that’s been managed by people for amenity. There are many styles like formal, wild, traditional, cultural, physic or therapeutic, landscape, forest and so on. There’s even the …
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Happy 26th Anniversary to astraea! An update on System Change…, and a Quiet January Retreat in the Mediterranean
astraea turns 26 today. Happy birthday! It’s a bittersweet anniversary. astraea’s vision is to show the big picture to understand our place with, and within nature. From this flows everything else – our ability to thrive, liberate our highest potential, and find joy. We saw the growing need for system change, and changed our own …
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Zen Adventure
Before we begin the story, a brief but heartfelt thanks to those of you who helped make this adventure happen, especially Dad and Mum, Pam, Richard, Noel, Daniele, Kelly, Rhadames, Clara, Kate, Christian. THANK YOU! The idea of getting the red car down to Malta had been passed around a few times, but no one …
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