presence | Indieanna.com https://indieanna.com Connection. Communication. Courage. Tue, 26 Jul 2022 16:30:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://i0.wp.com/indieanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-lotusdrawn.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 presence | Indieanna.com https://indieanna.com 32 32 169738796 *Free* Relaxing Background Soundscape https://indieanna.com/free-relaxing-background-soundscape/ Tue, 26 Jul 2022 16:30:13 +0000 https://indieanna.com/?p=1791 Jim Donovan from Sound Health donovanhealth.com shares a steady 11 hours of calming background noise. So useful for background soundscape while working.

]]> 1791 Navigation https://indieanna.com/navigation/ Wed, 26 Aug 2020 04:26:08 +0000 https://indieanna.com/?p=1594 Emergence Magazine/Podcast presents a practice on ā€œNavigationā€ last year as a part of their digital magazineā€¦. It feels relevant again during this pandemic season, as we all try to navigate a shifting, changing world right now. Want a practice that deeply grounds and centers? Try this…

Navigating a Shifting World

https://emergencemagazine.org/story/practice-navigating/embed/#?secret=BndddtjuCs

ā€œAsk yourself where you are, whatā€™s around you, and what the history is beneath your feetā€ says writer Aylie Baker ā€œThis practice offers a way to begin to locate yourself in relation to an ever-shifting reality around you, beginning right where you areā€

1.Stop. Start where you are. Find a spot near your home to sit for twenty minutes or so. Get comfortable. Turn off any electronics. If you have a map, hold your finger over where you think you are. If you have a compass, you can place it on your lap. Look out from where you sit and locate north, then east, then south, then west. Rotate so that your front, back, and shoulders align with the four directions. ā€¦. click through to see moreā€¦ 

(photo of windows in Topkapı Palace in Turkey by my brother Justin, during the season of his life when he was always traveling somewhere.)

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