Cultivating Joy through Dance
Introduction Towards the end of last year, I was asked to speak during a webinar about Ancient Wisdom, Ritual and Embodiment, convened by...
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Lucy D-C
- Jan 25, 2021
- 5 min
Transforming the World from Within - audio course
During the height of the pandemic, I wondered how best to be of service. Staying home didn't feel enough, yet we were being asked to do...
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Lucy D-C
- Jan 5, 2021
- 4 min
Connecting our Inner and Outer Worlds
As I sit on the stoep, sewing a button on my shorts, I am reminded of the Zen poem that touched me in the midst of our hard lockdown:...
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Lucy D-C
- Aug 27, 2020
- 7 min
A Thousand Year Vision
With the pandemic putting all plans on hold, it may feel like we’ve been locked up in a prison of the present moment. Our planning brain...
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Lucy D-C
- Sep 19, 2017
- 7 min
Wandering Along the Spiritual Path
I’ve recently returned home from five weeks of teachings, and as I reflect back, I realize that those weeks were like taking a walk along...
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Lucy D-C
- Jul 2, 2017
- 6 min
It’s Time to Act!
I recently presented a workshop on Mindful Activism to the South African Guild of Actors (SAGA). The tagline of their organisation is...
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Lucy D-C
- Nov 17, 2016
- 5 min
Small – Broad – Vast Mind
small mind – B r o a d M i n d – V A S T M I N D “The mind is not inside the body, the body, the mountain,...
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Lucy D-C
- Aug 19, 2016
- 3 min
Immeasurable and Ineffable
“True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all...
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Lucy D-C
- Jun 30, 2016
- 6 min
Activist or ‘Passivist’?
A friend of mine recently asked, “Why should we regulate our emotions with mindfulness? Looking at what is happening in South Africa,...
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Lucy D-C
- Feb 29, 2016
- 2 min
The Dharmagiri Dragon – poem
The Dharmagiri Dragon We’d seen her fire, heard her thunderous roar And then, one night, we saw The dragon, flying through the sky....
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Lucy D-C
- Aug 24, 2014
- 3 min
Compassion
What is compassion? Compassion is one of the Four Brahmaviharas or sublime states or limitless qualities: loving kindness, compassion,...
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