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A Sense of Belonging at Ipswich Karibu Centre
The Ipswich Karibu Centre offers a weekly movement-based session. The creativity, and cultural expression is tailored to include local...
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Jul 212 min read
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Loneliness Reframed
Written by Belinda Shave in Heart Mind Breathe 06/06/2025 How Society Frames Connection Is loneliness necessarily the absence of company,...
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Jul 24 min read
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DARK MOON MAN
However fast I run away he keeps up with me so I look elsewhere but stumble over his shoe I lie still, covering my eyes, but here is his...
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May 21 min read
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Wrinkles
Every face tells a thousand tales mapping trails, tracks and traps haunted by whispers from an ancestral crypt to today’s lesions and...
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Mar 241 min read
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Trauma Trail - a poem by Stefan Freedman
Tricks and treasons forced on infants Nothing treatable with trinkets Love was trance-muted by trauma To a trench of trickling treacle We...
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Mar 241 min read
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STOWAWAY
I sense you there Hiding in my bilge Shivering, hungry and utterly rejected Your hidden presence Causes pain and shame Gives me...
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Jan 102 min read
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HAIR POWER - on bullying at school.
Behind my desk, Rosalind plays with my hair. Gradually, I become aware of a firmer hand, a burn: blades are slicing through my abundant...
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Jan 102 min read
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BREAKING FREE
Wherever she treads on those fringes of town that encompass her fear – there, it comes upon her; and there: a mean, green shed;...
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Jan 82 min read
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BECOMING A GLOBAL FAMILY
I’m trying to stand back from my emotions about the conflict and chaos in today’s world to see if I can find a little wisdom. In what...
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Jan 83 min read
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BE A CLEVER CHAMELEON !
Chameleons can move their eyes completely independently of one another. They can see in almost any direction, giving them almost 360°...
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Aug 12, 20242 min read
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Co-ordinators wanted for Dancewise
It began with my love-affair with dance, witnessing the benefits to my own and others' emotional and mental health. Then came my book,...
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Apr 29, 20241 min read
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LOST! DANCING ELEPHANT
The whole world reflects our traumatic history which keeps compulsively repeating. So why do we recreate what we hate? Because fear...
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Feb 5, 20241 min read
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Dancing, Whirling and Emotional Freedom
Rumi the celebrated mystical poet was like a human wildfire and those near him were drawn to his vibrancy. Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi was...
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Jan 19, 20241 min read
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Musings on the Middle East:
To kill or not to kill? That is the question. I have been listening to different viewpoints and sitting with the longstanding paradox of...
dancewise321
Oct 17, 20232 min read
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Moments of Wisdom
Written by Diane Elizabeth Pilbro (Ellie) Inspired by dance and music. Thirst, that can not be quenched, Endless food to be eaten, A...
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Sep 12, 20231 min read
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REST OF MY LIFE
I have a chronic disease, but enjoy good health. I mean dis-ease. I won't allow myself to ease off the accelerator, to take it easy. Why...
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Jul 3, 20232 min read
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The Mask We All Wear
I am an island. Where all who visit are tourists, transient and allowed only a look at the glitz and glitter, never a glimpse of the...
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May 19, 20232 min read
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AMAZING but TRUE
I’d like to tell you the story of my evolving project. A shy and clumsy young person, I didn’t imagine myself as someone who would be...
dancewise321
Apr 26, 20233 min read
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FAQ Funny and Awkward Queries
Q. Hey Stefan! Why not get out and enjoy yourself instead of concocting another trauma awareness website? A. This site has fresh insights...
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Apr 16, 20231 min read
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MONOGAMY vs NON-MONOGAMY
- by Serdar Hararovich I do not believe in monogamy. I also do not believe in non-monogamy. I do not believe there is a right way to do...
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Apr 16, 20232 min read
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