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Prescriptions for Calm
April is Stress Awareness Month, an annual event dedicated to increasing public awareness about the causes and cures of stress. This year's theme is Lead With Love - an invitation to be kinder and more compassionate to ourselves and others in an increasingly confusing world.
With the long Easter weekend behind us, those everyday stresses can soon stack up as normal life resumes. Recommended approaches for stress management are taking time for activities that we enjoy and that relax us.
At the Poetry Pharmacy, we love to spread the word on kindness and the therapeutic tonic of words, recommending reading as our number one remedy for stress. Activities that you can do every day but that only take a few minutes are a great way to build a habit of relaxation into your routine. We prescribe a poem a day with a comforting drink, settled in your favourite seat, preferably in the spring sunshine.
Our Poetry Pharmacists have a range of interests and specialisms that are perfect for a remedy of relaxation. As well as poets, we have gardeners, runners and a meditation teacher in the mix. Pictured are their favourite titles for rest and relaxation from our bookshop in Bishop's Castle.
Our Prescriptions
I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
Wendell Berry
Our Calm First Aid Kits provide an antidote to stress for those in need of serenity and reflection, containing a collection of three bottles of poetry pills: Wild Remedy, Mindfulness, and Slow Down. Available online, and from our Bishop's Castle and London Poetry Pharmacies.
Breathe
We are often taught to disregard symptoms of anxiety, stress, chronic pain, and other common imbalances as part of our everyday lives. But what if you could completely change your life and balance your health just by mindfully breathing? Breathwork is a 2,500-year-old practice and one of the greatest healing tools used around the world. In this essential guide, you will learn how to breathe intentionally and properly, so you can live your best life.
TEEN Breathe: Be Kind
'Be Kind' is a guide to help teenagers treat others and themselves with respect, compassion and care. With supportive, unpatronising and gender-neutral editorial, the 'Be You' series offers conceptual and delicate illustrations that invite readers to reflect on the many changes and challenges affecting them. This innovative, informative and engaging approach, makes these books an empowering tool that will be welcomed by teenagers and praised by parents and teachers alike.
Garden for the Senses, Kendra Wilson
Discover how to garden to enliven all five senses - touch, sight, hearing, smell, and taste - to build a connection with the world around you and bring joy and wonder into the everyday. Find out how simply being outside can help to ground and calm you, and learn what plants to grow to nourish both your mental and physical wellbeing.
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