Hey  ,
So what's your new years resolution, well for many it's going to be something that's forgotten by the second week of the year.

The effort and choice for self betterment is appreciated, I consider it safe to say that most people want to do self work or are trying to embody a better version of themselves or perhaps most people on our website do. :)

Here's the thing, it becomes more difficult to create a new habit just for a new year but you may find it easier to build on something that already exists. We have a little story for you to read that we have personally found true from experience.

" Grandma how do you deal with pain?"
" With your hands, dear. When you do it with your mind, the pain hardens even more."
“With your hands, grandma?"
" Yes, yes. Our hands are the antennas of our soul. When you move them by sewing, cooking, painting, touching the earth or sinking it into the earth, they send signals of caring to the deepest part of you and your soul calms down.
This way she doesn't have to send pain anymore to show it.
" Are hands really that important?"
" Yes my girl. Thinking of babies: they get to know the world thanks to their touches. When you look at the hands of older people, they tell more about their lives than any other part of the body. Everything that is made by hand, so is said, is made with the heart because it really is like this: hands and heart are connected. Masseuses know this: When they touch another person's body with their hands, they create a deep connection. Thinking of lovers: When their hands touch, they love each other in the most sublime way."
" My hands grandma... how long haven't I used them like that!"
" Move them my girl, start creating with them and everything in you will move. The pain will not pass away. But it will be the best masterpiece. And it won't hurt anymore. Because you managed to embroider your essence."
~ Elena Barnabé

On days when I am really anxious and worried, I used to make dreamcatchers, and at the end of it, surprisingly, my anxiety and worry would have disappeared. My mind would have calmed down and I would feel grounded.

If you want to live a calmer life, to find the peace in your soul that already exists within you, tap into the power of using your hands, draw, write, garden, chop, clean, knit, sew, the focus lies on slipping into the awareness of the act as you do it. 

Remember Frida Kahlo created some of the best masterpieces in spite of her pain and suffering. 

Don't let the monkey mind take over, be there in the moment. Most of us do the above things on a regular basis we just don't realise that we have the power to transform the mundane into medicine.

We wish each of you a spectacular year around the sun, we hope this year brings us much love, friends and a whole lot of new members :)

If you recollect that last year Bhavika spent her new year doing a 10-day Vipassana meditation and me and the kids were on top of a mountain camping, we're all going to be camping again this year with the stars and friends on the same mountain top. :)