Instead of going to different locations for different practices, I’d like to offer them under the same roof, with a Hawaiian touch. All with an eco-friendly theme that goes deeper than just products. How I have visualised it can be seen in this sketch:
Can you see it in front of you in a park?
I started meditating as part of Qigong in 1995 and as part of Yoga in 2001. There are two ways to meditate:
Sit with straight back on a pillow on the floor, and simply let yourself relax with closed eyes. Let your thoughts come and go and pay attention to your breath. You can try to breathe both faster and slower to find your new pace. Fill your stomach with air to ground you and your chest to feel. Let each exhale empty your mind, and let each inhale, fill it with a positive thought (you might want to use a word as an affirmation). After much practice, choosing your breath will enable you to enter the same consciousness whenever you want to. It is this peace we aim to carry out.
Mediation can be practiced in various forms. Here is one with a tree, and one during walking.
You’ve probably seen lots of posts about lifehacks or career development suggestions, and think of these and other healthy wellness tips, as life coaching. While these can be inspirational, life coaching however, isn’t intended to be a how-to guide. Lifecoaching is a method, and an approach to life, to stimulate personal growth. We believe that the client holds his/her own best solution and form our questions on a neutral ground, with genuine curiosity and interest, with no other agenda than your success.
Typically, a coaching session lasts for 45 minutes to an hour, and is conducted very much like an interview. You’ll be asked questions, but instead of trying to impress me, the coach, your answers are for yourself to become more clear about what you want to improve and how. It can be a relationship, a situation, a condition you live under, that needs change. You might have a dream you’d like to make into a goal or a problem to solve. With me as your sounding board, you’ll be provided with more questions to each answer, and several perspectives to compare with, as I summarize you. All made to increase your own motivation for action, that I follow up with you. A good time frame is to allow 3-6 months, with one session every other week.
Lifecoaching, and especially careercoaching, can also be conducted in small groups, where we go around the table for each person to share on his/her turn, while we can benefit from others’ experiences to inspire our own insights and will to create.
Ready to try? Contact me at hannah@telluselleliving.com
At Telluselle Living Center, it’s my ambition to host coaching groups, where one of the topics is to create green inventions and methods, ie how we can live a more organic and sustainable life. In this way, we become proactive, rather than just protest that not enough is being done to curb climate change.
To be proactive, is part of non-violent communication, where we lead the way by showing how we want it to be, rather than opposing what we don’t like. This way, is also the foundation for reconciliation, and making peace in conflicts. It gives us room for creativity, when we get to consider a third way instead of taking sides. It’s this creativity, we can harness and develop through round the table discussions. We’ll start by defining examples of how we can live individually, in community and in society. Then we’ll try this, and support each other to endure the process and grow. All based on wanting to create green health.
Other topics for small groups, can include virtues and compassion, recovery and going through changes. What would you like to be supported with?
For many years, as a horseback rider growing up, I’ve cultivated a relationship to Mother Earth, that I thought I’d share with you. To me, each straw of grass, each tree, and each animal all consist of life energy, a spirit that permeates all. It’s through this spirit we are one. Even the little pebbles and sand are remnants of a creative energy (the volcanoes). We’re all part of the eco-system.
In Hawaii, one can say that we share breath (Ha as in Aloha) which is the same thing. Everything alive comes from the same source, which in turn is the source of our food, and thus life. Next time you go for a walk, remember this. Tune into this feeling by remembering we all breathe the same air. In spirit!
In Portugal last year, during Covid-19 restrictions, I still had the opportunity to practice Isadora Duncan dance through Instagram and Zoom with teachers in NYC. I soon felt my shape improve and it became a little like when I was in my 20’s. It became a blessing to stay put inside my room.
Here is a short sequence where I practice.
When we are feeling cold, we hunker down and raise our shoulders against the wind. And against any harsh words or even the total seclusion by a bully. If we let it go on for a long period of time, our bodies will condition this posture as our normal one. Changing it to an upright position might even give us sore muscles, just like a massage can release the emotion encapsulate within the tension. It’s this, that is part of our muscle memory.
Luckily for dancers, our motions can likewise be repeated enough to become like an automatic reflex, especially helpful in our performances on stage when our nerves might temporarily block our minds. It’s also then we learn how to trust our bodies, and ourselves.
Which stories are stored within our bodies and what is it we want them to tell?
It’s this that is the foundation of the kind of dance classes I would like to host at Telluselle Living Center:
Hawaiian Hula
Westafrican
Isadora Duncan
5rhythms and Ecstatic
These all share a danced connection to nature, taught through generations, describing the relationship between spirit and man, inspired by myths of gods and godesses. For rites and relationships, harvest and heart, we dance barefoot to explore and express the natural beauty of our souls, liberated in this dialogue.
May I have this dance?
One of the ways Lifecoaching works, is through our attention to conditions. We understand that in order to fulfil a goal, we must have the right conditions, such as resources (time, money, contacts, knowledge etc) but also a good environment and culture, with a strong will. But, one of the things I hear the most, is how a client, or potential one, doesn’t know what he or she wants. What can be done then?
Here is where the different steps come in. By going through what we have, we can see possibilities easier. And then by setting boundaries, we create space within, to both think and feel with less intrusion by others’ opinions. With this space, we are given room to maneuver and thus steer the direction of our lives better. We can make decisions that are informed, not only by outer information but our own.
The benefits of coaching thus are:
Ready for more? Contact me for a free coaching session to try!
I started practising Medical qigong in 1995. Qigong means “extraordinary effort of energy” and is a series of motions that we do with synchronised breathing. Each motion corresponds to a meridian – that is how our energy circulate throughout our bodies, and its organs. Each organ in turn, corresponds to an emotion that function as a layer of that organ. For example, kidneys and fear are linked together with water, and liver and anger with fire. Then, each organ effects the other as the natural elements do, in cycles. This is the foundation of Chinese Medicine and thus, also applicable for acupuncture and acupressure. All designed to help us to be in balance.
To me, qigong was a lesson to slow down, as well as learn how to meditate and open up for feeling energy. It later has become a way to rejuvenate myself and free up creativity to get my inspiration flowing. Most of all, I now can take with me the ability to inhale, or exhale, in sync with a motion more deliberately that works well for both yoga and dancing, or even walking, letting the breath lead.
Qigong is best practiced at sunrise or sunset, or noon or midnight, to be in sync with yin and yang, and can be done both outside and inside, preferably barefoot.
How does one eat to support wellness and good health? Most diets out there seem to be occupied with decreasing weight rather than creating strong and healthy bodies. For me, who never had any issues with gaining weight, it’s simple. It should look and taste what it is, preferably organic and/or locally produced.
I eat glutenfree, lactosefree (simply usually avoiding bread and dairy products) and half-vegetarian. That means, I also eat egg, fish and chicken. I avoid sauces and creams, stuffings and mixes, frying and spices. Food should taste good on its own and be the source of energy we need to be active. I drink about 1 1/2 – 2 liters of water every day.
To me, everything is about feeling well. And the better we feel, the less we need to think about it.
Yoga is commonly known as bringing a union between mind, body and spirit. I’d like to define it a bit differently. Yoga to me, is about bringing unity between our right and left sides of the brain. Our left side is commonly known for being the intellectual, verbal and logical side, also the masculine side. Our right side on the other hand, is known for things like intuition, visual and musicality, also the feminine side.
In yoga, there are several asanas where the motions are focusing on uniting these two sides, often by crossing the opposite hands and legs counter to each other. Have you tried it?
At Telluselle Living Center, we will focus on practising Ashtanga yoga.
Joy isn’t the same as being happy. Joy is like a rare cherry on top that we get to experience in fleeting moments, without preparation. Happiness however, is something we can acquire on our own.
To feel happy, you must feel content. To feel content you must first feel gratitude. So, start or end your days by listing things you feel grateful for. It can be things you’ve bought or received by others, but it can also be appreciation of nature, of validating compliments or getting a need met like solitude, or even your basic needs. It can also be what you have achieved. An extraordinary thing then happens. You receive more to be grateful for! What will happen is that you will learn how to notice things more and this good energy will multiply and generate more, especially if you also give more. Soon, you’re going to think about what you would like to write down when you come back home and see how easy it is to list these things. How does this makes you feel? Happy of course!
But, if you struggle with not really feeling grateful, you might need to first create peace within. We do this through meditation and/or prayers. When you sit with yourself in silence, you enter your own inner space where you can listen to your thoughts and notice your feelings more clearly. You’re not your thoughts or your emotions, you are a being having them. Who is this being? Get in touch with that. From this sense of inner peace, you now can choose how to look at the world. What are you going to look for? Things to be grateful for?
Happiness therefore also is a choice, an approach or attitude (To me, it’s even making one!) towards life.
While we all should respect the rights of others and our own, it’s also important to provide space and time to discuss our values. Values are what we think and feel about different things. What we think and feel is most important and why. Together this creates a certain ideal of how we want life to be. And can be. We’re not going to create a Utopia but instead examine the ideals we live under and the ones we would like to have. How we want to look, how we want to eat, work, practice, relate and live. What others want in comparison, and find whether to create the same or respect the differences.
At Telluselle Living Center, it’s my ambition to have these type of discussions in small groups – sacred circles for conversations – and sometimes as seminars with guest speakers. We will also cover topics like feminism, organic living, immigration and similar.
Which are your values and ideals? Can these become your goal?
There are several perspectives to have in mind, when trying to make choices that are good for the environment, as well as for our own health. Here is an example. Let’s say you want to buy a pair of jeans. Then you need to think about the following besides design, fit and price:
(These factors can also be taken into account for other things than jeans.)
A great example of a green innovation is the Orange fiber, an Italian business, who has created a new type of fabric, through making cellulose from oranges after they have been used to make juice.
Do you have any ideas of how to live a greener life? Let’s meet at Telluselle Living Center and brainstorm!
At Telluselle Living Center, we want our customers to feel welcome to participate in all our various activities, regardless if it’s to take a dance class in any of the styles we offer, qigong, meditation or yoga, as well as be part of coaching conversation circles, under the same roof. This means that you pay the same price for any of the group activities. When it comes to private sessions, whether for coaching, healing, massage or perhaps an intensive class, they too will have the same price among each. Naturally, we will have a membership card with different payment plans, so you can choose how many classes per week you want to take.
For all our instructors and coaches, they too will be paid the same, regardless if they are employed or charging by the hour through their own firm.
The ownership and its responsibilities of the house and our organization, will be hosted by a Co-op.
Any questions or thoughts you’d like to share? Send an email to hannah@telluselleliving.com!
Are you led to believe that healing is a ritual that require lit candles and soft music? While rituals can be comforting and create a sense of sacred space, it doesn’t constitute healing.
To heal, is by holistic healing defined as to be restored, to be aligned with one’s true purpose, one’s original path. We were born perfect into this world and we thus strive to reclaim this purity. By looking at what works and what is good, we can reclaim this for both our bodies and our soul, hence the importance of wellness practices to foster a welcoming heart and a healthy body for us to fully reside in.
We have gone havoc for many years with people seeking their purpose and path, rather than to heal where this unfolds naturally. We are not here to cure an illness, but to try to remove what caused it, by tending to what makes us feel well. By this I mean, to rather seek to create good conditions for living, than trying to become something. We focus on what works and aim to let that grow.
Healing is to center oneself, and clearing outer effects, to live as unique individuals in integrity and harmony. It’s to dare say both yes and no, and live according to one’s beliefs, causing no harm, and being the leader of one’s own life. It is thus not any type of path to follow, or any specific career to seek, or even type of diet, but simply to live truthfully to one’s own needs and be your own best self.
The result of healing can be perceived when something that didn’t work before, now does again, in our daily lives, hopefully even improved. This can come about through realisations that were made either through therapeutic dialogues, or by yourself journaling or meditating, reaching insights that you apply by acting on them. Healing can be facilitated by letting this desire to, become brought into awareness. But, it’s an ongoing process, that our Ego tends to come inbetween “wanting to heal too much”, without doing so. What we always have to remember, is to relate with our own lived, personal, examples. This is especially important if someone claims to be a “healer”.
It’s this foundation that Telluselle Living Center rests on. To help let go of, energise and refill, we will offer Pranic healing, Lomilomi massages and Acupuncture, besides Qigong. To enable mending of relationships, whether in person or in spirit, we do Ho’oponopono. And for forward motion in your life with an empowered will, you can receive Lifecoaching. All framed with faith.
Aloha!
I thought I’d share one of my favorite meditations to do outside. I started doing it in Sweden in 2008, as a way to release stress and recharge myself in a grounding way. Already in 1995, I learned about how some Native American tribes see trees as “The Standing people” with their own spirit and have often felt a certain type of peace when I go for my walks alone. While in Hypnotherapy some years later, we did an exercise, where I felt how much closer I am to trees than people. I used to think of nature as my church.
While Buddha sat, I prefer standing:
Go for a walk in a park, or better yet, in the woods. Pick a tree and place your back against it as close as possible, so that you can liken your spine with its trunk.
Let any excessive energy, such as anger or frustration go down into the ground as if it was a lightening rod.
Take a couple of deep breaths with closed eyes and let yourself feel smaller than the tree. Imagine that the tree is older, wiser and both more stable and flexible than you are. Gently let this feeling fill you. And say thank you to the tree.
Your root-chakra grounding you with the roots, and your crown-chakra with the tree’s crown.
Open your eyes, stretch, and hopefully you will now feel refreshed!
I started using body and haircare products, only made of biological ingredients in 2005, after becoming more concerned about both my own wellness and living more organic, after having to deal with blemishes and allergies for many years, and living in the special nature of Hawaii.
I have since tried several brands that are biologically produced, such as without parabens and other chemicals, whether cheaper and more available, like Urtekram, Lavera and Santé, but these however, remain my favorites! (For make-up, I prefer to use Jane Iredale):
It’s said that what ever we put on our skin or in our hair, should be what we also could eat.
Which are your favorites?
To develop a more defined professional aptitude, ie get a good job that you like doing and/or will lead you to a better job, here are my assessment questions and examples, that I use in my life coaching. What you’re getting from me is my help for you to answer these questions and more, my support and new perspectives, on time dedicated to your progress. Ready to change?
Things you have learned can be: Oral or written presentations, take notes, keep things organized, make phone calls, answer calls, sell, sort, count, use your hands, follow up, plan, summarize, do research, write, programs, translate, clean, care for, listen to others, ask questions, look up things, analyse, create ideas, take initiative etc
How do you like to work? Inside, outside, in your own office with closed door, in the same room together with others, regular day shifts or irregular, with travel, domestic and local, international or global, products or services, making, repairing or keeping, small groups or large, in person or online, leading or following.
It’s all about being specific!
Contact me for a coaching session to get going!
Just like authors can tell a story from different characters’ point of view, we too can choose perspective when we engage in discussions about a certain topic.
Often a certain opinion becomes lifted as the “right” one because of the many likes it gets, or because the one saying it is famous, ie has many followers. Do you dare go against it? What do you really think?
To make it even more creative, you can choose the perspective, the approach, to a discussion on purpose. This opens up for less prejudice and less bullying, and at best can open up for more solutions. It’s also how we can encourage reconciliation and peace in agreement.
Next time you read an article about a hot topic, try seeing both sides.
If you see that someone could be threatened, you can choose to take the lead on that lurking threat by taking over their opinion to a certain degree, and thereby own the threat that therefore won’t be carried out. Taking the lead including with someone else’s criticism, enables us to take power over it.
Now, add your own real opinion!
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