There are so many benefits to meditation. However, even though I know it is good for me, I still struggled to do it everyday so I have compiled a list of the things that have helped me to meditate daily and I hope with all my heart that it can help someone else too.
Author Archives: Mariel Torres
The Commute: A London Poem
Step outside. It’s raining, nothing new. You take out the umbrella, you always have it with you.
“Once in a Blue Moon”: 7 Things to Do for this October Blue Moon
This year’s Halloween coincides with a Blue Moon, here are 7 things you can do to make the most of this day’s intense energy.
World Mental Health Day: Ophelia’s Flowers
Today on World Mental Health Day I visited the Tate Britain Museum in London and I was finally able to behold one of my favourite paintings of all time: John Millais’ Ophelia.
Walking through Doors: My Visit to the Jurassic Coast
I recently spent a few days in Dorset, in the south of England. I had never visited it before and I cannot think now why… It is so beautiful and it is definitely underrated.
Demons Within: Eckhart Tolle’s Pain-Body in Marvel’s Venom (2018)
The film Venom (2018), based on the character of Marvel Comics, hints at the concept of the pain-body introduced by spiritual master Eckhart Tolle in his world-renowned book The Power of Now.
Love is (not) enough
I used to believe love was enough, I used to believe that if someone loved you then it would work out. That if someone loved you and you loved them it would all be alright, that you would be able to overcome anything. I recently realised this is not true because love is not enough..
Book Reviews June-July 2020
These are my reviews for some of the books I read in June and July 2020. Happy reading, everyone!
Coffee Shops and Strangers
Now that we have to keep distance, it is more important than ever to make eye contact, to smile at each other from across the street or across the room, to wave at each other from opposite windows and sometimes just to say hello and start conversations with strangers with good vibes in coffee shops.
“You have not suffered so you cannot speak”
Nobody is exempt from hardships, but it always amazes me how many people actually believe some people are, and how easy it is to confuse positivity, resilience, kindness and the relentless desire to see the good in even bad situations as naivety and lack of experience or knowledge.
