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Spider’s Bite – Jennier Estep
Goodreads/Amazon.co.uk I first heard of Jennifer Estep and her Elemental Assassin books when she wrote a guest post in John Scalzi's Big Idea "column". Reading about her reasons for starting the...
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Web of Lies, Venom and Tangled Threads – Jennifer Estep
Goodreads/Amazon.co.uk If you haven't read anything about the Elemental Assassin series by Jennifer Estep you should take a look at my review of Spider's Bite (the first book in the series) instead of...
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The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Goodreads/Amazon.co.uk The Great Gatsby is one of the classical novels that I have been meaning to read for a long time. Last year I got a copy for Christmas, and this month I finally found the right...
View ArticleThe Cost of Magic
Yesterday's post from Brandon Sanderson about his second law of magic got me thinking about how I have approached magic, or science fiction technology, in my own writing endeavors. I wrote a little bit...
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Proper and Improper Moves
Recently I started to read the "Lessons in the Fundamentals of go" by Toshiro Kageyama. I've had it recommended by it plenty of times, but never had the time to start reading it until now. Black to...
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The Dresden Files – Jim Butcher
Over the last couple of months I've read the 11 first books in the Dresden Files. Now I'm dreading finishing the two I have left and having to wait for the 14th book. The Dresden Files are crime...
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Yukikaze – Chohei Kambayashi
Goodreads/Amazon.co.uk I've had a special interest in East Asian culture for quite a while, so when Haiku Soru started to translate Japanese fiction I instantly picked up a few of their books. So far...
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The Master of Go – Yasunari Kawabata
Goodreads/Amazon.co.uk The Master of Go is a book about a single game of Go. In the book Yasunari Kawabata chronicles the long retirement game between Honinbo Shūsai and Minoru Kitani. The game was...
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Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
Goodreads/Amazon.co.uk If you've seen the movie trailer for the Hunger Games you have a pretty good idea what to expect from the book as well. A young girl, Katniss Everdeen, is drafted into a game...
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The Magicians – Lev Grossman
Goodreads/Amazon.co.uk Before I started reading the book I had heard that it was a sort of an adult version of Harry Potter. The parallels between the two stories are very clear, but comparing them...
View ArticleAutobiography in 5 Short Chapters
This beautiful poem reminds us that suffering can be a habit we fall into every day. To change this habit, we must first understand it. With this understanding we can transform our behaviour into...
View ArticleA breathing practice to relieve stress
Breathing exercises help to calm the nervous system because deep breathing activates the bodys relaxation (parasympathetic) response. When you’re stressed out your body activates the sympathetic...
View ArticleHow to start a home practice
Daily home practice helps you to replenish the energy you spend while out living your life. This helps to reduce stress and increase your feelings of vitality. Home practice is the core of your...
View ArticleCuriosity in mindfulness practices
Yesterday, I learned something new. I was sitting, listening to a guided body-scan, when the guide said: Let the breath breathe itself. There is no right way to feel. This is what the practice is...
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3 blankets for everyday practice
I have been wondering how to facilitate a nourishing home-practice for students during the coronavirus lockdown without the need to invest in expensive props. Being able to change the shape of the...
View ArticleAm I doing it right?
How do I know if I’m doing it right? This is a question I get asked a lot as a teacher. To gain the benefits we seek, such as strength and joy, we must look inside ourselves and learn to ask the right...
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The 3 minute home-office commute
Several of my students have told me that they are much less physically active in their home office. One thing they point to is the lack of interruptions from co-workers. A normal day at work would be...
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Rest and digest – a restorative practice
When I was young, an uncle of mine would delight in telling us children that Christmas wasn’t really about presents at all. Clutching our gifts from Santa, my cousins and I would stare up at him,...
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