We’ve created a series for you on the theme of ‘Hold On’ and by this we refer to holding on to the lessons learned from COVID, hard though they are.
We would love to encourage you to remember all the steams and trees that you have discovered, the birds that filled the skies, the joy of family and friends time, the aspects to your personality that you have seen more clearly and been able to look after, the importance of community, and of the value of your smile on a lonely person’s face.
Here for in the first interview I talk to Zoe Warren, yoga teacher and movement therapist whose moments of madness on the dancefloor at home kept her (and us) smiling lots during the recent lock down.
Added BONUS...I have included our 1-2-1 chat after the interview as it’s fun and educational!
Zoe’s main message is simple “Hold on to your rocks and be grateful”.
Her insight is so sensitive….“the pause or change in our year of lock downs has pulled us into the front of our brain, our prefrontal cortex where we are aware and where we see ourselves”
She also shares this Dr. Edith Eger quote:
“Our painful experiences aren't a liability—they're a gift. They give us perspective and meaning, an opportunity to find our unique purpose and our strength.”
With love and thanks to Zoe’s children.
NB. I reference the book published by the National Portrait Gallery called ‘Hold Still’ (not Hold Tight my semantic error in the vid)
Spearheaded by Kate Middleton, The Duchess of Cambridge, Patron of the National Portrait Gallery, Hold Still is an ambitious community project to create a unique collective portrait of the UK during lockdown. They invited people of all ages to submit a photographic portrait, taken in a six-week period during May and June, focused on three core themes – Helpers and Heroes, Your New Normal and Acts of Kindness. Over 31,000 submissions were received from across the country, with entrants ranging from 4 to 75 years-old. From these, a panel of judges selected 100 portraits, assessing the images on the emotions and experiences they conveyed. The exhibition was supported by Taylor Wessing. From virtual birthday parties, handmade rainbows and community clapping to brave NHS staff, resilient keyworkers and people dealing with illness, isolation and loss. The images convey humour and grief, creativity and kindness, tragedy and hope – expressing and exploring both our shared and individual experiences. Simply wonderful.
