For a long time, with no expectations. Just writing.
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Not only asana: open your mind as your body
Although you have plenty of free time, being here in Mysore is a strong challenge: a great work on tapas (discipline) to hold you up, and also a big work on ahamkara, the part of the mind we know as ego; a task of dis-identification and letting go of preconceived ideas about oneself. To immerse…
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Glyphosate impact on human health denounced at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Between October 30 and November 10, 2023, the 188-session period of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH by its acronym in Spanish) was held in Washington, DC. There Dr. Damián Verzeñassi, integral medicine specialist and Director of the Institute of Socio-environmental Health of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Rosario National University, Argentina, exposed the…
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Diary of Mysore: first week
My first week practicing with Sharatji is over, and it´s been almost two weeks since I arrived in Mysore, India. It was a good idea to arrive a few days before starting. Now I am used to being here, the energy of this place has become familiar and I´ve already learnt how to drive a…
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Tips for women travelling by themselves in India
When preparing for a trip to a different culture, women have specific things to keep in mind, besides the passport, money and debit card: travelling alone in a safe manner. Even if you are used to moving around by yourself, not knowing some cultural guidelines may expose you to unnecessary situations. In this article are…
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Massive Mothers of Plaza de Mayo round after the far-right candidate Milei triumphed in Argentinian run-off voting
Diverse human rights organisms, social organisations, left parties and non-gruped people accompanied the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo (Madres de Plaza de Mayo) round this Thursday 23th, that was held at 15.30 at the square at the front of the Government House in Buenos Aires, as the Mothers do since 30th April 1977: they couldn´t…
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An eye on each election: Australian Referendum for the Voice and presidential elections in Argentina
With a one-week distance, in Australia and Argentina two decisive elections were held this October: the first one has taken place last Saturday 14th, the referendum for the Aboriginal Voice at Parliament; the second one were the presidential elections in Argentina, held on the last Sunday 22th. A country that does not listen Almost unanimously…
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Critical inputs for an energy transition
In the context of the current climate crisis, there are different narratives about the need for an energy transition. The scale of the problem means that it is not enough to switch from fossil to renewable energy sources: the energy transition has to go hand in hand with a rethink of our current way of…
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Writing to inhabit, and why this website
Writing has always been for me a way of inhabiting, of recognize myself: thus inhabiting a language necessarily implies writing in it. Writing is an exploration, a way of appropiating the foreign language. And the opening to the second language revitalises my writing: the impossibility of counting on it was a desolate loss, that I…
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How to take care of your writing and avoid the dangers that threaten it
Writing is an underground river running internally, and blooms in strange geysers, lakes and waterfalls when the cracks for it to emerge are created. It is the expression of a living force, something that is always there, the river running silent and in the dark. Taking care of one’s own writing is a commitment that…
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