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#GardenHeart :: A Creative's Note
"be your own sacred, wild, unsettled, brave ecosystem your own Sanctuary – from the inside out."
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PC: Ibrahim Rifath
Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.
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Starts February 19! Click to Join!
PC: Teddy Kelley
#RestorativeRecess :: Upcoming Virtual PLAYshop!
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#PlantsHaveYourBack :: Hopeful-filling Winter Bloomers
PC: Monrovia, Great Plant Picks & Red Bird
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Ə PC: Pablo Garcia Saldana
#MindtheGardenofYourMind :: Positive Momentary Distraction Research shows that even in a very busy life, small sips of positive views of nature-based distractions, even if momentary, reduce pain, anxiety, stress, fatigue, distress & other physiological & psychological outcomes.
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#GardenGym :: Yog-AHH
"Much like the Winter season, this grouping of poses might not look like much from the outside, yet there's magic happening beneath the surface! Enjoy this time of the year when you can easily give yourself permission to turn inward and find joy in quiet moments." - Kat Reiner
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"With focus on the breath, you have the opportunity to generate feelings of ease, joy, and compassion. This is true REST!" - Kat Reiner Kat Reiner is the Director of Education and Outreach at Growing Places Indy, a non-profit dedicated to sustainable urban farming, providing access to fresh local food, and mindbody education, in Indianapolis, IN. She and her husband are currently delighting in the process of opening a studio space which will offer yoga and meditation classes at accessible pricing. Follow along on Instagram @heartwood_studio_indy and @growingplacesindy. PC: Kat Reiner @heartwood_studio_indy Art work: Lauren Reiner @weeds_and_wonder
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#EatYourYard :: This Soup for You!
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PC: Aaron Burden
It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.
PC: Aaron Burden
Positivity and possibility are the patterns of winter's dress.
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#HealingGardenHappyPlace :: A Season of BEcoming
My deepest fear was not BECOMING.
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"There is a season for wildness and a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about Becoming." – Shauna Niequist
I am. With my thoughts, choices, elections. Not in crisis, no. Priceless, yes. ˈ
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Welcome to my BEcoming season.
Action is the energy of BEcoming.
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PC: Jared Rice
#NatureRx :: Restorative Design for BEing of Your MEing
Physical: Sleep hygiene Be like a bear - REST. Like hydrating properly, hibernate. Set & sticking with a RESTorative regular pattern of sleep. Mental: Mantra the heck out of it. Find a mantra that supports your becoming & mantra the heck out it - "plant" it everywhere. Emotional: Give yourself an allowance Allow yourself emotional shifts (& drifts), you are organic by nature after all. Soulful: PLAY OUTside! Take 5 to boost your creative connection & BE positively distracted ON & OF PURPOSE. ˈ
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Nature looks dead in winter because her life is gathered into her heart. She withers the plant down to the root that she may grow it up again fairer and stronger. She calls her family together within her inmost home to prepare them for being scattered abroad upon the face of the earth.
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PC: Josefin
#FeelGoodFurnishINgs :: Winter's Take Good Care Kit
1 | Spark: Mantras in Motion 2 | Seek: Pocket Guide to Sanctuary Space Styling 3 | Sip:
Smith Teamaker No. 73 Spearmint
4 | See: Forcing Branches
PC: Joanna Kosinska
5 | Scent: Sweet Orange & Pine EOs
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PC: PPGPaints.com
#DesignAsThoYourHealthMatters:: Style + Science + Soul
PC: Sandra Seitamaa
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PC: Amy Kingsford
S O U L
SUPPORT
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#SoulSoil ::
PC:Â Ray Hennessy
You can come home. Find comfort. Circle back. Be at peace. REST. Nest. Here be welcomed and become joy.