Fresheye Magazine. September Edition 2021

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Hyper edition Issue 69. September 2021 Lifestyle Photography Culture

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Valhalla V8 reigns.

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Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2018.

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Massage the mind. l Skin brightening

Excellent skincare. l Jo Malone

A nose for creating. l Happy hour bites

Happy taste buds.

l Cornwall country

A Cornish experirnce. l Solid Sound

Marshall retro but new.

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Finding your inner being in the moment.

Burberry TB collaboration and collections.

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l Brain exercise

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Cover image: Aston Martin Valhalla. www.astonmartin.com

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Brain exercise is good

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ive your brain a workout! The simplest brain games and cognitive exercises can boost memory, help you think clearer and help your mind work faster.

Your brain’s fitness depends on how much it is used. Every time you do something new or different, you create new neural pathways and simple tricks can help give your brain a workout!

Despite being an organ, the brain has some powerful similarities with muscles. It can be worked on, developed, tested, and have its endurance and capacity increased. Just like physical exercise, it’s about training the brain to ensure its happy and healthy.

Something as simple as using your nondominant hand more in your day to day life will cause your brain to lay down new pathways and rethink daily tasks. Staying engaged with the tasks at hand is also a good way to test the brain. For example instead of relying on a list to remind us what we need to do or get, only use it when you have completed all the tasks you can think of, this keeps the brain active.

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Refreshing your head space.

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Puzzles are like weights for the mind, deciphering abstract concepts, performing math problems, and working to find answers helps your brain develop new neural pathways.

Even something as simple as practising to remember a loved ones number, can start off a good habit of retaining knowledge,

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for the head which you may also need in the future.

Conversations with people about something recent or from the past is also a great method of jogging past memories and exercising the brain. Face-to-face social interactions force our brains to think and act on the spot. Conversations, discussions and exploring ideas challenges your brain to accept new concepts and entertain abstract thoughts.

Mental exercise is something we all do daily without sometimes noticing. For instance observing things, people and situations, problem solving, organising our schedules, the list goes on.

Doing these things gives our brains something to think about and therefore keeps it active

Wake up to being mindful.

by Sophie Fitzjohn. and alert.

Routine is usually what keeps us all moving forward; however mixing it up every now and then is a good thing!

For example, drive or walk a different way to wherever you normally go. This little change in routine helps the brain practice memory and directions, and also changes up your day and makes mundane things more interesting for you. Another aspect of your daily routine which is also important is ensuring you are getting enough good quality sleep! It’s a must for a healthy brain, to schedule in rest.

Learning or doing something new or even rekindling an old hobby is a great exercise for the brain. Its engaging and gives the brain new experiences and information to work with. Picking a book on a completely new subject you don’t know anything about is a great start. Keep entertained as well as informed and educated.

These methods keep your brain active and also enable you to pick up and develop new skills, it’s a win, win!

Quote - “The brain is muscle. If you don’t exercise it, it will get slow.”

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“I don’t always enjoy curating, but I do believe it’s part of my job.

It’s a good exercise for my brain, like warming up.”

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Skin care report...

Skin brightening, the right way The ultimate in toning your skin.

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e know glowing, radiant skin is the result of a good skincare routine, and one of the first steps you should take in your routine is addressing how to even out your skin tone. These reader-approved skin lightening creams and skin brightening products do just that, giving you smoother, brighter skin and lessening dark spots caused by sun damage and scarring..

1. Murad Environmental Shield Rapid Age Spot and Pigment Lightening Serum.

Why it’s great: “Spots? WHAT dark spots?” jokes one fan of this product. “I have had great success with this product,” writes another user.

“I started seeing results after only one week and after several months my age spots have lightened significantly.”

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2. Kiehl’s Clearly Corrective Dark Spot Solution.

Why it’s great: “This works wonders on dark spots, probably better than any other dark spot corrector that I have used in the past,” says one user. “It feels light on your skin and isn’t super heavy and absorbs quickly so you can apply moisturizer on immediately after.

3. EmerginC Vitamin C Serum Why it’s great: If you’re looking to transform your skin overnight, readers say this serum will give you “smoother and brighter skin” when you wake up in the morning. “This vitamin C serum really helped with the fine lines around my eyes,” says one user. Other readers say this serum “feels amazing on the skin,” and is “hands down one of the best brightening serums out there.”

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Skin care note: For more advanced ideas in skincare, see previously featured brand ALBIVA. ALBIVA has been awarded the Butterfly Mark for their measurable impact and ACTION to sustainability. www.albiva.com

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A nose for creating Delivering a tangible sense of innovation.

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The business Ms. Malone is best known for - Jo Malone London - is now owned by Estée Lauder. She sold it to the global giant for an undisclosed amount in 1999, staying on as creative director until 2006. In 2011, she introduced Jo Loves.

In her bones Jo Malone has always had an ecceptional sense of smell. She says she can literally liken mood, sounds and memories to scent. “The relationship I have with fragrance is rather like one that you have with your best friend,” said Ms. Malone. “When you don’t see your best friend for a while, you really miss them. And the five years of not creating fragrance was one of the most miserable times of my life. I just didn’t know who I was. Deciding to come back and do it again was my only option.”

Like Jo Malone London, Jo Loves includes perfumes and ancillary products like scented candles and aromatic body moisturizers. But

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the two brands wouldn’t be mistaken for one another: The original line now includes 32 fragrances and is widely available worldwide, while Jo Loves sells 12 eaux de toilette scents and other items in limited distribution.

They do, however, share some distinguishing traits: sleek and simple bottles with unisex appeal; deliberately direct fragrance names (such as, in the case of Jo Loves, Fresh Sweet Peas and Smoked Plum & Leather, the collection’s newest offering); and scents that are straightforward but often unexpected, with a quirky combination of notes that might not seem, on first whiff, obviously perfumey.

Fragrant growth Her venture is growing. In July, Net-a-Porter began carrying a concise selection of Jo Loves items; last month, the airline Emirates added the Pomelo scent to its in-flight duty-free selection. The brand also has a boutique on Elizabeth Street in the Belgravia section of London, where neighbors include an outpost

Entrepreneur History - Malone was born in November 1963, and grew up in a council house in Bexleyheath, South East London. She had severe dyslexia and left school aged 13.

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Joanne Lesley Malone is a British perfumer, who is the founder of companies Jo Malone London and Jo Loves. She is particularly known for scented candles.

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Entrepreneur Inspired - In 1999, Malone sold Jo Malone London to Estée Lauder for “undisclosed millions”. In 2011 she started a new fragrance company, Jo Loves.

In 2008, Malone received an MBE, then in 2018 a CBE.

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of the Parisian bakery Poilâne and a shop showcasing statement hats by Philip Treacy.

Many industry figures credit Ms. Malone’s first brand with helping to pave the way for other niche fragrances and their eventual sale to bigger businesses. For example, Estée Lauder now also owns Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle and By Kilian, and L’Oréal acquired Atelier Cologne. Manzanita Capital, a private equity group in London, has invested in Byredo and Diptyque.

Elementary Unlike many other perfumers, Ms. Malone had no formal training. While working as a facialist in London, she developed a scented lotion and body oil to give to her most loyal clients; the fragrance became Nutmeg & Ginger, the first Jo Malone scent.

While her name is highly recognizable to perfume lovers, Ms. Malone seems to be, at her core, not all that different from the scrappy little girl who helped bring in customers to her father’s outdoor booth sellings paintings on cold British mornings.

Jo Malone opened her first store at 154 Walton Street in London in 1994, and by 1999 had launched her flagship store in London’s Sloane Street.

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Happy hour bites The words ‘happy’ and ‘hour’ have appeared together for centuries when describing pleasant times.

The use of the phrase ‘happy hour,’ to refer to a scheduled period of entertainment is, however, of much more recent vintage.

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Cocktail and bites Many people tend to pair cocktails with food.

It can be as simple as a dry martini with grilled sea bass or a French martini with a chocolate mousse.

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Chicken wing drum sticks It’s rare for chicken not to appear on a menu.

Be adventurous with your seasoning or marinate.

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Fish and chips An old favourite like cod and chips will always please the crowd. Haddock is always a good choice too.

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Parmaham and sun dried tomato For that continental flavour sun dried tomato and fresh leaf livens the taste buds.

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The art of canape To satisfy many palates extend the menu.

Tomato, prawn, beef, egg, salmon. Take your pick.

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Pizza Employ mediterranean flare with authentic pizza.

Classic cheese and tomato to start.

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Pork variety Choose your style of pork from rashers to thinly slice cured.

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Melon salad wrap Literal fruit salad. Lettace leaf and melon with salad garnish - try something different.

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Kiwi and melon salad Combine a little sharp with a mild flavour.

Rocket on top for a peppery note.

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Oh oh, watch out!

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Two years after Aston Martin debuted the striking AM-RB 003 concept, the final production version has arrived with a much simpler name: Valhalla.

The car gets it name from the Viking legend of the ‘warriors paradise’ which is reserved for the brave soldiers killed in battle.

The Valhalla’s V8 is said to be “the most advanced, responsive and highest-performing V8 engine ever fitted to an Aston Martin.

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It’s a 937-horsepower hybrid beast, with a top speed of 217 miles per hour and the ability to go from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour (62mph) in under 2.5 seconds.

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Supercar 740-horsepower twin-turbo V8 engine with a pair of electric motors - one on each axle.

The Valhalla will now be prepared for a market launch in the second half of 2023, with Aston Martin F1 drivers Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll called upon to offer feedback on the car’s dynamic performance.

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A futuristic dash and a leather-bound steering wheel gives the interior a minimalist look.

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Supercar Sending power to the rear wheels, the combustion engine works with a pair of electric motors, one for each axle. The electric punch is rated at 201 horsepower (157 kilowatts) and helps the Valhalla deliver a combined output of 937 hp (699 kW) and a colossal torque of 738 pound-feet (1,000 Newton-meters).

All told, the Valhalla matches up well with some other hybrid supercars like Ferrari’s SF90 Stradale.

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007 hurtles not towards danger – but to the nearest electric charging point to cut his emissions.

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Cornwall...

A truly Cornish experience by Dennis Sterne.

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o, if you’ve never heard of the expression ‘glamping’ then clearly you and the idea of camping have not made for an agreeable imagination. Glamping is a more luxurious setting for camping, in that real bedding and addition interior comforts are incorporated in a more spacious tent with larger head room. In this setting, one is immersed into more familiar comfort where ‘roughing it’ is a far less present reality and so too is the five star hotel bill you may be used too.

What better expression of English splendour than the countryside to soak in the summer season. This year’s choice of rural county - Cornwall. Cornwall for it’s beaches, rolling hills, natural vallies and not least, it’s uncomplicated and satifying offerings for pasties and ice cream. I stayed with my family of four at the Wylde Vally Camping site giving

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us an easy twenty minute drive to the best beaches. The town of Bude was our most regular excursion.

A picture of beauty From Crackington Haven, Widemouth Bay to Bude on the west coast, you can experience a truly Cornish view of natural beauty. This year the tempestuous British weather was graceful enough in early August. Apart from one day out of seven we were able to enjoy the scenes and also visit the town of Lauceston.

Pronounced Lanson is the gateway to Cornwall. This ancient market town sits high on a hillside astride the old A30 and stares across the Tamar Valley into Devon. Once the only walled town in Cornwall, Launceston retains its old Norman Castle and part of the town wall including the South Gate. www.visitcornwall.com

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Crackington Haven is a coastal village in Cornwall, England. It is in the civil parish of St Gennys at grid reference SX140972 at the head of a cove on the Atlantic coast.

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Above: Aerial view of Summerlease Beach with view of sea pool nestled at the foot of the cliffs. Part manmade and part natural rock pool, the salt-water pool, cleaned daily by the tide, has enticed swimmers since it opened in 1930.

Destination Cornwall is a county on England’s rugged southwestern tip.

It forms a peninsula encompassing wild moorland and hundreds of sandy beaches, culminating at the promontory Land’s End. The south coast, dubbed the Cornish Riviera, is home to picturesque harbour villages such as Fowey and Falmouth. The north coast is lined with towering cliffs and seaside resorts like Newquay, known for surfing.

Above top right: Glamping tent deck at Wylde Vally Camping site.

Above right: A view from the height of Bude.

Left: An old anchor at Bude Museum in the centre of the town.

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Cornwall has the longest coastline in the UK with Ordnance Survey mappers measuring it to be a whopping 1,086 km, and that’s not even including the Isles of Scilly.

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Top: The Summerlease shore line.

Destination Located between the capes of San Antonio and Nao, Jávea is one of the most important tourist destinations on the Costa Blanca. The historic quarter, located two kilometres away from the coastline, preserves a beautiful architecture, also with newer monuments such as the Fisermans Church dedicated to the fishermen of the town (above left).

Above left: Real Cornish Ice Cream outlet at the top of Bude rise.

Above right: Summerleaze Beach.

The hub for beach goers and water sports.

Left: Pasties in Bude.

Right: The post office at the peak of Bude rise.

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Summerleaze Beach is Bude’s central hub of sand, surf and sun, and it’s the first port of call for many visitors.

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Solid Sound Marshall is synonymous to sound what seasoning is to food.

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arshall, one of the most legendary brands in the music industry.

They have always been best known for their guitar amplifiers, but now Marshall has gone

Retro influence If you are looking for an expert in sound and design within audio equipment, then oyu ought to opt fpr a model from the Marshall Speakers family. Every speaker unit is made with the utmost skill and finesse evident in its craftsmanship. With over 50 years in the industry, the company has technologically evolved to enhance your music experience, all the while maintaining its signature classical retro design.

Different kinds of Marshall speakers One of the reasons Marshall Speakers have

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continuosly stayed on top of their game is because of their ever evolving innovative technology without compromising on their signature classy looks and high quality merchandise.

1. AC powered Marshall speakers Some of the most innovative models by Marshal are the ones that are AC powered.

These speakers come with a strong reproduction capacity which means that you don’t have to worry about running out of juice.

2. Compact and portable Marshall speakers If one of the things you seek out in a pair of speakers is portablility, then it is always a good idea to opt for Marshall speakers with rechargeable batteries. The lithium charged ion batteries have a sturdy 25 hours life with a single charge. They are easy to charge with a USB port. Most models are AC powered as well. u

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Above right: Marshall Stanmore II is a rockin’ Bluetooth speaker that improves on the original. a slightly gritty, powerful profile that is most tuned for its genre of choice. Rock is clearly that target here. Stanmore II sounds strong, with substantial room-filling bass but not overwhelming like speakers designed for pop and rap.

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Portable - Ready for life on the road. The Marshall portable range means you get take your sound on every journey.

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3. Multi-room Marshall speakers This in-built system allows multiple speakers within the same model family to come together play in the same vicinity. You can play the same track on different speakers or different tracks on each of the connected speakers.

4. Marshall speakers with Multi-host functionality This technology allows multiple Bluetooth host devies to be connected to the speakers simultaneously and move between host devices without having to connect and reconnect multiples times.

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Marshall Voice “Play my chillout playlist.” The most helpful speakers in the collection. Marshall Voice speakers combine the authentic Marshall sound and voice activation technology. You can play your music, schedule reminders and control your smart home, just by using your voice.

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Retro design and high tech functionality features, Marshall speakers have found a special place in the heart of music lovers. www.marshall.com/lifestyle/speakers

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Samira Addo In the artist’s own words: “portraits can engage attention, evoke emotions, and hold a level of relatability unlike any other genre.”

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Art note: You can see more of Samira Addo’s art on her instagram page @ mimma_art

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Accolade Born 19999 - Samira Addo is a self-taught artist; she taught herself how to paint in oil using You Tube videos. Winner (from over 3000 entrants) of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2018.

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“The Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year propelled me into the world of being a full time artist.”

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Favourite medium “Oil paint, as I feel like it has more scope for manipulation – I feel I can experiment more in comparison to acrylic and build texture.”

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The drive to create a piece of art “Sometimes it’s the need to want to try something new – a new approach or ‘effect’ and other times it could be related to a personal experience, a country travelled or an expression in a photo.”

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Presidential Painted as Obama finished his term in office, with an idea of pushing the boundaries of what colours may represent flesh tones.

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Painting the famous Samira Addo Emeli Sandé, MBE b. 1987. Singer-songwriter.

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Paintings of Zandra Rhodes and Emeli Sandé Sandé’s portrait has since been acquired by the National Gallery of Scotland and Zandra Rhodes’ portrait was unveiled at the London Fashion and Textile museum.

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CBPP Samira Addo is a member of the Contemporary British Portrait Painters.

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Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool The winner of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2018 - Samira Addo.

Portrait of the Liverpool-born actor Kim Cattrall. www.samiraaddo.com

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editation is a practice where an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing their mind on a particular object, thought or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state. Scholars have found meditation difficult to define, as practices vary both between traditions and within them.

What is meditation?

Meditation isn’t about becoming a different person, a new person, or even a better person.

It’s about training in awareness and getting a healthy sense of perspective. You’re not trying to turn off your thoughts or feelings. You’re learning to observe them without judgment.

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Learning to meditate is like learning any other skill. Think of it like exercising a muscle that you’ve never really worked out before. It takes consistent practice to get comfortable.

And it’s usually easier if you have a teacher.

Meditation App There are over 2,000 meditation apps out there, but ‘Headspace’ is one of the only ones committed to advancing the field of mindfulness meditation through clinicallyvalidated research on their product. They are currently in progress on research studies with large national institutions that could be among the largest mindfulness meditation trials ever conducted. They are committed to ensuring Headspace can actually make an impact in people’s lives. www.headspace.com

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Our being resonates with the sight of a flower, sound of birds, feeling of the breeze. These experiences wake something up inside of us, and help to set our lives into a more natural rhythm.

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Meditation is no stranger to sport.

The ability to conentrate the mind with a pointed focus that means muscle memory and attention to detail becomes more accute is an attractive prospect for competitors.

Sport champions often declair the ability to be mindful in the peparation for a big event gives them the edge they need to perform. Rock climbers often talk about employing a meditative state while climbing which conquers the fear that can very often interupt the fluidity of a climb.

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Nature has a way of demanding our attention and our focus. It forces us to simplify our thoughts much like meditation does. We focus on what’s right in front of us. We become present.

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Nature meditation: Ideally, find a quiet place in nature where you can connect to the earth.

Train the mind to cultivate awareness, clarity and an array of positive qualities.

Yogi meditation: The Transcendental Meditation technique or TM is a form of silent mantra meditation, developed by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The meditation practice involves the use of a mantra and is practiced for 20 minutes twice per day while sitting with one’s eyes closed.

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Transcendental Meditation technique Described as both religious and non-religious, as an aspect of a new religious movement, as rooted in Hinduism.

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Meditation in film: The most important source for the Jedi Way is Taoism, an ancient Chinese philosophy whose name is generally translated as “the Way” or as “the Way of Nature.” The two main goals of Taoism are to achieve balance and to exist in harmony with nature (and with all living beings). There is no deity as such in Taoism, which conceptualizes ultimate reality as a primal energy. This energy is expressed in the world in the form of two equal and opposing forces, the “yin” or passive female force, and the “yang” or active male force. These forces are neither good nor evil, and what is desirable is that they be in balance at all times.

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Yoda - The legendary Jedi Master and stronger than most in his connection with the Force.

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Biscuit Boutique Cocoa Biscuit Bonbons - Cocoa biscuit shells filled with tempered Belgian white chocolate and crushed caramel Speculoos biscuit crumbs.

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Beautiful things baked to share All biscuits are suitable for vegetarians.

They contain NO gelatin or alcohol, vegan food colouring is used. The Biscuits arrive with up to 10 months of shelf life.

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Send a loved one a box of these beautiful biscuits.

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Too pretty to eat!

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Delicious biscuits will be on their way within 48hrs of your order.

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www.biscuitboutique.co/gift-ideas Artisan biscuits will be on their way within 48hrs of your order. They will be placed onto a food-safe paper to stop them from moving around in the cardboard gift boxes during the journey to you. The gift boxes are then wrapped in a yellow wrapping paper, which then placed into a postal box to keep them as safe as possible.

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TB Series A set of interlocking initials, ‘TB’, the monogram of our founder Thomas Burberry, was reimagined as a new house code in August 2018 by Riccardo Tisci and graphic designer Peter Saville, and celebrated in a Monogram pattern first debuted on the Spring/Summer 2019 runway.

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Above right: Burberry announces it is partnering with Mythical Games to launch a non-fungible token (NFT) collection in their flagship title, Blankos Block Party, a partnership of firsts paving the way for the future of digital ownership in gaming.

Blankos Block Party is a ground-breaking, multiplayer party game featuring digital vinyl toys known as Blankos that live on a blockchain, inherently providing players with proof of verified ownership and authenticity. Burberry is the first luxury brand to feature in Blankos Block Party.

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Certain colors have been associated with increased blood pressure, increased metabolism, and eyestrain

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Above: One of the most beautiful blue butterflies is the Ulysses Butterfly.

Also known as the blue mountain butterfly, this species is a larger Australian swallowtail. They live in the Australian tropical rainforest.

The Ulysses Butterfly is a tourism symbol for the northern Australian coast.

Above right: Polandbased Agabag have a huge array of handbags and jewelry encased in official LEGO bricks.

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Right: Measuring 63.5 cm (25 in.) in length, the toco toucan is the largest of all toucans.

Its black body and white/yellow throat are overshadowed by its most recognizable trait: a large colorful beak.

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The Thomas Burberry Monogram is an ode to the founder and a nod to house heritage.

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Right: Psychedelic Colors by SparklingSary on DeviantArt

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Available for both men and women, and spanning across ready-to-wear, shoes and accessories, the Monogram collection is comprehensive.

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Some Satisfaction In honour of the great Charlie Watts, fresheye commemorates the legendary drummer and celebrates The Rolling Stones Store anew on Carnaby St, London W1 opened last year.

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CHARLIE WATTS 1941-2021 Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, who helped them become one of the greatest bands in rock ‘n’ roll, died at the age of 80 August 2021.

He performs on all studio albums. Sir Paul McCartney described Watts as “a lovely guy” and “a fantastic drummer” who was “steady as a rock”.

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