Author Archives: The Holistic Gardener

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About The Holistic Gardener

author of wellness books, columnist, keynote speaker.

Make your own Echinacea Tincture

Posted on September 2, 2017 by The Holistic Gardener

Echinacea Tincture is suitable for internal immunity boosting and external antimicrobial action. This is one you can add to your daily beverages and also apply topically to cleanse around wound site. Ingredients: Echinacea root is best but leaves, stems, and … Continue reading →

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Cultivating conscious awareness

Posted on August 24, 2017 by The Holistic Gardener

Conscious awareness is the aim of mindfulness – it is mindfulness. It is also the way to attain mindfulness. So it is both a practiced skill and a living state. Conscious awareness is simply being present in the moment, being … Continue reading →

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Yes to becoming one chemical less

Posted on August 17, 2017 by The Holistic Gardener

Gardeners are ecologically conscious – we are met with ethical choices in a more up front way on a weekly basis – home compost versus peat, no dig or manual methods versus chemical weed control, beneficial insects and biological control … Continue reading →

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The power of mindfulness – Dealing with thoughts and strengthening concentration

Posted on August 16, 2017 by The Holistic Gardener

Today more and more people are practicing mindfulness. The practice is to simply notice your breathing, follow or be consciously aware of the inhale and the exhale and when random thoughts come into your mind you chose to not get … Continue reading →

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Breath awareness / How to breathe for mindfulness

Posted on August 14, 2017 by The Holistic Gardener

If you make the decision to be mindful or switch on your conscious awareness, the next job in hand is to master breath control. It will take a little time, you may have to work at it a bit but … Continue reading →

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Mental health can be a tough mountain to climb but it can be climbed

Posted on August 13, 2017 by The Holistic Gardener

Persistent sadness, depression and anxiety can be huge obstacles in the way of you living a full life –they can stop you in your tacks and are hard to get over. Mental health can indeed be a tough mountain to … Continue reading →

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Even a tree was once a seed

Posted on July 21, 2017 by The Holistic Gardener

Learning to become more mindful is a journey and we know not all journeys are smooth sailing. It does take time to get from 30 seconds of attempting to be non-thinking to a perfected 30 minutes of mindful meditation. Some … Continue reading →

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Empty your mind – become whole.

Posted on July 20, 2017 by The Holistic Gardener

In mindful practice – the stillness meditations, the ‘in the flow’ active meditations, the breath control and the non-thinking is all asking you to empty your mind and become whole. If that sounds a little bit Zen well that’s just … Continue reading →

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Mindfulness in the garden comes naturally

Posted on July 5, 2017 by The Holistic Gardener

Anything can be a mindful experience – from eating a meal to washing the dishes after it – if you allow it to be a mindful experience. If you become fully aware of it, in the moment of it – … Continue reading →

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