Author Archives: nandajurela

Blueprint Of Attraction

My grandmother looked at vegetables with the same admiration and awe rose gardeners direct at their roses, art buffs direct at the most exquisite paintings, women direct at the shoes and fancy dresses they really want to buy. While working in the garden, she would call me over, her eyes lit and smiling, and pointContinue reading “Blueprint Of Attraction”

Present To Yourself

About Preferences: Allow yourself to like what you like. Because you will like it at the end of the day and after you exhaust all the reasons about why perhaps you “shouldn’t” like it so intensely. And what about that what you don’t like that much? No good will, no fairness, no equanimity, no onenessContinue reading “Present To Yourself”

Nature’s Flotation Tanks

Nature provides flotation tank therapy for free — in all its bodies of water. You can go at night, or in the evening, or before dawn. Or you can close your eyes while you let yourself move with the waves and the breeze. Enjoy it while you can. 26 September 2016 #water#pleasure #meditation #quiet #creativityContinue reading “Nature’s Flotation Tanks”

Washed In Love

“Washed in love” feels like being heated by sunlight and cooled by saltwater in summer. It is neither cold nor too hot, just right. Soothing and restoring, inner treasures are coming to surface, cells are chuckling and humming, a very organic feeling. Almost unnoticeable, not too different from “normal”, except that all perceptions have slowedContinue reading “Washed In Love”

Happy Birthday To the Great bell hooks

bell hooks is my favourite writer, cultural critic, contemporary thinker. Her wisdom, brilliance, profundity, love-centred consciousness and constructive solutions have no peer in our time. I recommend her books – if you are unfamiliar with her work and are seeking new reading material. If you are familiar with her books and talks, you are probablyContinue reading “Happy Birthday To the Great bell hooks”

“Just For Today, I Will Appreciate All My Blessings”

We are blasé about so many things until we lose them, and we are unfamiliar with so many things until we receive them. The noticing of blessings is a soft path to awareness: the awareness that your life is being supported, that your actions have consequences, that your mind creates meaning, that your feelings guideContinue reading ““Just For Today, I Will Appreciate All My Blessings””

Thanks to My Cells (On this New Day)

Just for today, I send a smile and love to all the cells in my body. ✨ Thank you for working so well together on my behalf. Thank you for keeping me healthy. Thank you for letting me feel so much pleasure every day. ✨ May you shine with love on this day. Know thatContinue reading “Thanks to My Cells (On this New Day)”

Late Summer Sizzle

The crickets sing all day now. So cool. The inspiration to electronic music. A friendly reminder from nature that the males show off their gifts to attract the females. Society overturned nature in this aspect. The role reversal has become almost complete… That may be why relationships have become war zones and places of heartContinue reading “Late Summer Sizzle”

Harvest Season 2020

Start collecting your seeds for 2021. I hear my local co-gardeners and many semi-famous gardening authors and gardening content creators say the same. Many seed companies and garden centres have sold out their stocks fast this year.It is not easy to predict what will happen in the coming four seasons. When you gather your ownContinue reading “Harvest Season 2020”

Two Portions Of Gratitude, One Portion Of Love

There is a thirst in us for appreciation. It is both a thirst to be appreciated and a thirst to appreciate. There is a need in us for gratitude. It is both a need to hear thank you and a need to feel thank you. May we be led to the sources of water. MayContinue reading “Two Portions Of Gratitude, One Portion Of Love”

Co-Create Abundance In Your Corner Of the World

If on this Equinox you are smitten with the abundance in nature, you can decide to participate in it in the coming year. Maybe there is a shift in attitude you can lean into, or a series of steady actions towards enjoying and co-creating abundance in your corner of the world. Now is a goodContinue reading “Co-Create Abundance In Your Corner Of the World”

Answer From the Garden

It is funny how I always see the shape of a heart in nature — in fog, clouds, tree crowns, water, coffee, stains, leaves… Yesterday, I was pondering a problem in my garden that, on the surface at least, is the opposite of heart or love. I found no answer to how to solve it,Continue reading “Answer From the Garden”