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    Cultivating Joy through Dance
    Lucy D-C
    • Jan 27, 2021
    • 7 min

    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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    Transforming the World from Within - audio course
    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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    Connecting our Inner and Outer Worlds
    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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    A Thousand Year Vision
    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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    Wandering Along the Spiritual Path
    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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    It’s Time to Act!
    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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    Small – Broad – Vast Mind
    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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    Immeasurable and Ineffable
    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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    Activist or ‘Passivist’?
    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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    The Dharmagiri Dragon – poem
    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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    Compassion
    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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