tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71498623756731340962024-03-06T01:46:58.365+01:00nathalie lathamsnippets.Nathalie Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12271956528218262083noreply@blogger.comBlogger247125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149862375673134096.post-42061728487813075622016-02-17T20:34:00.000+01:002016-02-17T20:34:59.003+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Nathalie Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12271956528218262083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149862375673134096.post-83405044232982725442015-02-26T11:43:00.002+01:002015-02-26T14:26:50.034+01:00swim<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Nathalie Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12271956528218262083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149862375673134096.post-44891353070753735382013-11-18T02:43:00.000+01:002013-11-18T02:43:23.067+01:00Warmth <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nathalie Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12271956528218262083noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149862375673134096.post-66633128210508360562013-11-07T23:30:00.001+01:002013-11-09T23:35:52.101+01:00WARME <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">My contribution is the video images on the wall + floor </span></div>
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<br />Nathalie Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12271956528218262083noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149862375673134096.post-26099449502295481802013-09-11T20:10:00.005+02:002013-09-11T20:12:37.910+02:00a young artist<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I was speaking to Ramesh, principal of Narayani Vidyalaya. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It was the end of the school day and children were waiting for tuk-tuks to pick them up to take them home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">This young boy came up to show Ramesh his very wonderful drawing... full of gods... even the lion to the right has a third eye...</span></div>
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This is a very wonderful and powerful affirmation written by monks in the 12th Century...</div>
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<br />Nathalie Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12271956528218262083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149862375673134096.post-18413249964833610762013-07-07T07:52:00.002+02:002013-07-07T07:52:30.909+02:00the body's ability to heal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Nathalie Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12271956528218262083noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149862375673134096.post-47601449920146916862013-06-15T13:22:00.004+02:002013-06-15T13:23:02.899+02:00space to play<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and after four years of feeling frozen... my pelvis has finally felt movement + laughter again !</span>Nathalie Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12271956528218262083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149862375673134096.post-31991558308332960562013-05-03T12:40:00.001+02:002013-05-03T12:40:10.326+02:00MU - IN THE CORNER <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">This is my brother's band - their sound has got to a good place...</span>Nathalie Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12271956528218262083noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149862375673134096.post-37281698447786659402012-07-23T19:10:00.000+02:002012-07-23T19:19:31.474+02:00my nervous system discovers watsu<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">i haven't drawn for months... just haven't been able to sit down and draw... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Then,
last week, I had the experience of water therapy (watsu) which blew my
mind and body. I began to draw again after the first session. </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br /></span><br />
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water and movement was immensely healing. Cannot believe it took this
much time to discover something so good for my nervous system! I wish I
had been introduced to this as soon as I had completed my treatment. </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br /></span></div>
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spun in the water... felt so playful! It was an incredible experience to
feel so soothed throughout my nervous system....and it brought up a lot of
compassionate sadness</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> (which is immensely healing)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">one step at a time...</span>Nathalie Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12271956528218262083noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149862375673134096.post-66292237919785045112011-11-27T22:09:00.002+01:002011-11-27T23:56:02.087+01:00drawing again<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 278px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjnxFaU-8kRBh07Y6PGh01rPe5eGXqWoyq0aZzD6T-kCieauSimNLUaGDaPFb1suUkkps0SwefE454xpGv4849MLNynhBURIOV2r5r52MkrLlsuDFYWqsP0SrhPRjvi4jKJ0JQsdn44nU/s400/book1_1_om+in+reds.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679786086047621554" /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >om om om</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43RuwAQZebszircQWE-dtJTqry8nZhOPsk62j5SfYceUTWdFFtrimY5DAL44zK9n6ZtDz1w49MTuEy3ByQE_xvdz4K7Xh4yQQKCBCg-oP6ghTSP0yVhsLaoLw_B7SfcTuMQLtAPYAU7s/s400/book1_3+may+wisdom.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679786101292203666" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >text : may wisdom grow in the heart of each human </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >being on this planet</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QrF64lNtoINtM0OavMdhAsuM2YDe4_RB_lUV4z9sGGqp3CkgmzWePH6afHCAcZIBeHxUfr8nn8WRsoBh567QKtGQ4A4ARLn4RCSPvdHAr2NNvsFcap8riul4pnARf_k62oy2Wm4AJkQ/s1600/book1_2+breathe.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QrF64lNtoINtM0OavMdhAsuM2YDe4_RB_lUV4z9sGGqp3CkgmzWePH6afHCAcZIBeHxUfr8nn8WRsoBh567QKtGQ4A4ARLn4RCSPvdHAr2NNvsFcap8riul4pnARf_k62oy2Wm4AJkQ/s400/book1_2+breathe.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679786089590248514" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >text: breathe</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Nathalie Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12271956528218262083noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149862375673134096.post-55901395857288817892011-11-22T12:04:00.002+01:002011-11-22T12:11:15.196+01:00a favourite quote of the day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhNLKmRP7Y5UH00i6M7Og9b_5Vz43y_ltsUbiyElNLef6Dpdn3lHsaxr9BRsZ-I7s00oOxFD33eBa_mRdT_KRLmMNh8pNPRFzuqrLgyadPYSUCkM_QIEM6XEWossXaUyN5TIcwZzOvKc/s1600/PARIS_BK2_021.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhNLKmRP7Y5UH00i6M7Og9b_5Vz43y_ltsUbiyElNLef6Dpdn3lHsaxr9BRsZ-I7s00oOxFD33eBa_mRdT_KRLmMNh8pNPRFzuqrLgyadPYSUCkM_QIEM6XEWossXaUyN5TIcwZzOvKc/s400/PARIS_BK2_021.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677775658036703586" /></a><br /><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; line-height: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}"><span class="Apple-style-span" >"More fundamental than religion </span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; line-height: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; line-height: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}"><span class="Apple-style-span" >is our basic human </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; font-size: large; ">spirituality.</span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; line-height: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; line-height: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}"><span class="Apple-style-span" >We have a basic human disposition towards love, </span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; line-height: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; line-height: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}"><span class="Apple-style-span" >kindness and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; font-size: large; ">affection, irrespective of </span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; line-height: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; font-size: large; "><br /></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; line-height: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; font-size: large; ">whether we have a religious </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; font-size: large; ">framework or not.</span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; line-height: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; font-size: large; "><br /></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; line-height: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; line-height: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}"><span class="Apple-style-span" >When we nurture this most basic human resource – </span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; line-height: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; line-height: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}"><span class="Apple-style-span" >when we set </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; font-size: large; ">about cultivating those basic inner values </span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; line-height: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; font-size: large; "><br /></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; line-height: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; font-size: large; ">which we all </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; font-size: large; ">appreciate in others, </span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; line-height: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; font-size: large; "><br /></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; line-height: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; font-size: large; ">then we start to live spiritually."</span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; line-height: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="text-align: right;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; line-height: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Dalai Lama</span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; line-height: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="margin-top: 0px; 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cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5-nSfqdRkFXlZPRql_XV5aw-2q_7bt0JpcbZVdN6VO5f0SNeNdTEowgh5utyxnDnMDjrt84tFl4twV0uFXf55Llczbht7M9fMYLZY2ujUO-IOsWcY7J5OlRC_8bwx219381YZntHJQE/s400/IMG_9990.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665486940386712898" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" ><div style="text-align: center;">I had a most profound experience during the visit the virgin rainforest in Tamil Nadu, these last few days. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are a few pix. The first one is Ramana's grandfather and his temporary home, while he guards his family's fields of mountain rice (very soon to be harvested).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9lPThaPZ-Jsou8_AQ9aCwcinpYUoQyAqIqHIoPRA2RLeTgZp1aSeRCsTuow7aPSCwMgd6azCLwQF-FGGn9KFLQaVNkSbcCSoq8z7iltMy0A2ZkA6plmins0irON62dtWF4KTYv8sdweM/s1600/IMG_0076.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9lPThaPZ-Jsou8_AQ9aCwcinpYUoQyAqIqHIoPRA2RLeTgZp1aSeRCsTuow7aPSCwMgd6azCLwQF-FGGn9KFLQaVNkSbcCSoq8z7iltMy0A2ZkA6plmins0irON62dtWF4KTYv8sdweM/s400/IMG_0076.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665486923932844226" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" >Here is Ramana climbing the root of a tree during our walk. He's just completed 10th grade at school and now works full time for his family (4 generations live under same roof).</span><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAIX721POwBn_7L4eXjaAwkWrmtu81_S4I8iOtGK_xTewBWiiUmHNNHRXIY6VCTjJuzsoas5cnuXSqbCX-g4ly3P7i_ctDDFWvJcJHcAK_4Ruid5fb51_idyiWj679jN5rYQ_tKXr_Y9M/s1600/IMG_0061.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAIX721POwBn_7L4eXjaAwkWrmtu81_S4I8iOtGK_xTewBWiiUmHNNHRXIY6VCTjJuzsoas5cnuXSqbCX-g4ly3P7i_ctDDFWvJcJHcAK_4Ruid5fb51_idyiWj679jN5rYQ_tKXr_Y9M/s400/IMG_0061.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665486915163249810" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" >Afternoon walk deep into the forest where the air was cool.</span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDVU_2d9vAIthek2E9DTQMStbhmfc_hcMauUGwwST7oOfBLkgXIj5TXlL6B_xBfpzFuuosixermsTSVplwCZ5IvmO8vgqw5173wLKAIUDjAflCXCcdDEaAxP3VhPzk-Wi9B6QoBZgCV8/s1600/IMG_0056.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDVU_2d9vAIthek2E9DTQMStbhmfc_hcMauUGwwST7oOfBLkgXIj5TXlL6B_xBfpzFuuosixermsTSVplwCZ5IvmO8vgqw5173wLKAIUDjAflCXCcdDEaAxP3VhPzk-Wi9B6QoBZgCV8/s400/IMG_0056.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665486908568611234" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZveOfnQukzJ6EGWMh4Dvdl9aCifcQIVZo44rqEyDvZIwqF3o6Wi8ZHn2uvavyQyLo5pjpbJ9KSfszxxe2feKaQeGgomh9vcVEbjr9HeQi8Y2cSJ2yajWxzar_TQThgIKazVEE5JieK0Q/s1600/IMG_0010.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZveOfnQukzJ6EGWMh4Dvdl9aCifcQIVZo44rqEyDvZIwqF3o6Wi8ZHn2uvavyQyLo5pjpbJ9KSfszxxe2feKaQeGgomh9vcVEbjr9HeQi8Y2cSJ2yajWxzar_TQThgIKazVEE5JieK0Q/s400/IMG_0010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665486902274320402" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" ><div style="text-align: center;">Our morning walk earlier in the day.</div></span><br /></div>Nathalie Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12271956528218262083noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149862375673134096.post-17778081259310271532011-09-04T17:24:00.003+02:002011-09-04T17:40:06.064+02:00delicious surprises<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqM8iudWW33waBA1t6ckRO3LaQuZgnwgtQeNCVnTcKexwEJl_Wkx48QGa3rrdwy2tkXvYMeqlbYMnUmcmZVTL69TdxsnwNb18udn8gfjXqroh6wU2wDiCMlHan5_zJ2BQlzukhZw0ti7M/s1600/nat+at+claudio%2527s.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqM8iudWW33waBA1t6ckRO3LaQuZgnwgtQeNCVnTcKexwEJl_Wkx48QGa3rrdwy2tkXvYMeqlbYMnUmcmZVTL69TdxsnwNb18udn8gfjXqroh6wU2wDiCMlHan5_zJ2BQlzukhZw0ti7M/s400/nat+at+claudio%2527s.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648525959821270306" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" >
<br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Today I was in bed with slight flu / head-ache and I was remembering a trip in Texas that I had made with a friend, Claudio... we haven't been in touch for over a year (maybe more) ... </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >and tonight I received an email from him with this photograph of me in his garden in south Germany, taken in 2008 (or there abouts... during my artist-residency in Berlin), the day after his birthday party (Mirjam Siefert was photographing me holding a disco ball in my hand)... We were feeling rather hung over and playing with the mirrored reflections of the disco-mirror ball and sunlight...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >how stunning is that image? ... talk about a delicious surprise... thank-you.</span></div>Nathalie Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12271956528218262083noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149862375673134096.post-81398133539561823282011-06-05T13:35:00.004+02:002011-06-05T13:56:09.115+02:00by request<div>
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<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >THis first one is a letter to Mother Nature :</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >dear mother nature, it's now been 2 years since i finished treatment. I feel OK. Thank you for this feeling.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span">A first, for this blog in a long long time. It seemed easy enough to be cured : go through the treatment. But healing has been another, complex, unexplicable ball-game. There has been no road map... no clear directions. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">2010 was a year of silence, retreat and quiet. </span><span class="Apple-style-span">Healing has required every fibre of my being.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Communication needed to be placed on pause to be able to fathom and let myself be guided through the complex labyrinth of healing a traumatised body following cancer treatment. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span">So here it is, my first step towards sharing words + images : the image of the very mischievous monkeys coming to wake me up in the morning, curious of who's behind the screen. Is there a potential for a banana or two to appear ???</span></span></div>
Nathalie Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12271956528218262083noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149862375673134096.post-82285086130135733942010-05-04T19:11:00.008+02:002010-05-04T19:21:36.428+02:00living in gratitude 86 : earth day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSmiNbRRwU6oxbGwhVlZDTLQr5RUr9rKwWzxW5_zfmR36K-jDcbaw7hnApxuogsoTu_cp4dyzrpoHJ-xURqku17aU73VOB0w1_9nO1qJdhvFlKjfrN4gQXROFPSB83jBPxS-8Xn39tBo/s1600/earthday.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSmiNbRRwU6oxbGwhVlZDTLQr5RUr9rKwWzxW5_zfmR36K-jDcbaw7hnApxuogsoTu_cp4dyzrpoHJ-xURqku17aU73VOB0w1_9nO1qJdhvFlKjfrN4gQXROFPSB83jBPxS-8Xn39tBo/s400/earthday.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467463800497229170" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">A friend from London asked me "what is a normal day like in India?"</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">No day is the same. Each day is filled with enchantment and fustration of varying degrees. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I pace myself through the day, as I am keeping my health / recovery as a priority. Some days are easier than others.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Working on a photographic book and a documentary film simultaneously (and very very slowly to not extend beyond my present energy levels). The subject is humanitarian work being done here (spiritual, education, environment, cultural, health).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Here is a picture from Earth Day (22 April), of the students from Sri Narayani Vidyalaya School. Each student took home a sapling or two to plant in their home or neighbourhood. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Nathalie Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12271956528218262083noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149862375673134096.post-25602959770870489682010-05-01T21:55:00.002+02:002010-05-04T19:20:59.178+02:00living in gratitude 85: recovery is a very complex process<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process recovery is a very complex process... my first entry for 2010</span>Nathalie Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12271956528218262083noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149862375673134096.post-71573327927289654532009-12-26T21:35:00.003+01:002009-12-26T21:52:42.900+01:00Living in Gratitude 84 : Go sweep out the chamber of your heart<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmKXjwDoDGfYvnYRKRbDx_wUXisBWdLSF5XTFhSeG0dAMJcCMZ5EU1AwswoOZMTZQgy39XiQvXR9dG1QJk-bMsDTjQedBrOMoqHq7ZdL653CJYfXyg4myBn_L93yymNTq1WyubiYcDASQ/s1600-h/P1020378.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmKXjwDoDGfYvnYRKRbDx_wUXisBWdLSF5XTFhSeG0dAMJcCMZ5EU1AwswoOZMTZQgy39XiQvXR9dG1QJk-bMsDTjQedBrOMoqHq7ZdL653CJYfXyg4myBn_L93yymNTq1WyubiYcDASQ/s400/P1020378.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419647814582451634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Go sweep out the chamber of your heart</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Make it ready to be the dwelling place of the Beloved</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />When you depart out</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />She will enter it</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />In you</span>,<br /> <span style="font-family:courier new;">void of yourself</span>,<br /> <span style="font-family:courier new;">will<br />She display her beauties</span><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Shabistari 13th Century<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">poem found while cleaning up my desk today</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcRG3J5BxFsmOExhs2L40bQ6-QDh2TZ_ADSxTlLrSXL19ahYAmrfsQ8CE97dL_udrpDCJZUAHf2DbNH9wCrCMTVad3-Ho4T8cDCRhmGVN1om6o2AXvDF9nD1OL3GMrbXdRHerBVqjcNs/s1600-h/P1020386.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcRG3J5BxFsmOExhs2L40bQ6-QDh2TZ_ADSxTlLrSXL19ahYAmrfsQ8CE97dL_udrpDCJZUAHf2DbNH9wCrCMTVad3-Ho4T8cDCRhmGVN1om6o2AXvDF9nD1OL3GMrbXdRHerBVqjcNs/s400/P1020386.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419647826242244690" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Got through the Christmas festivities OK - knew my limitations so kept the celebrations within the zone of not getting myself too tired.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Now, it's 26th Dec, hung out with my little brother today, showed him how to make his first sushi and tonight I sent him off to a Jazz concert with Australian friends who are usually based in Gaza/ Jerusalem+ have an appartment on the other side of the park (I have understood now after being back in Paris for 2 weeks that if I don't go out, I don't over-tire myself... it's simple but imagine, a city like Paris and not being tempted 20 times a day to do an activity!!!)<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: courier new;">THE CONSTANT TEMPTATION !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"> I'm clearing and cleaning the appartment, as while I was sick, I didn't have the energy to do anything for six months... after being in India, material objects seem so superfluous, although I do like the comforts of a warm bed, soft sheets, hot water in my bath, music to listen to.. I look at my huge bookshelf and think of all these books, my archives, catalogues, my photo collection... it all seems to be so much unnecessary "extra"...<br /><br />I live fairly simply (on the material level) and I'm interested to live even more simply...<br /></span><br /><br /></div>Nathalie Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12271956528218262083noreply@blogger.com4