The Gift of Covid
After four years of dodging a tiny globular germ bullet, on a Friday afternoon in August at the Pont Aven Museum, there it was, lurking...
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Elizabeth Reumont
- Jul 27
- 3 min
In, and out of Practice
Ever drop the ball on an activity you practice regularly? A second language, an instrument....yoga? As I watch the opening of the Olympic...
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Elizabeth Reumont
- Dec 6, 2023
- 5 min
Aging
Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again. ― Eleanor Roosevelt I'll never be as young as I am...
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Elizabeth Reumont
- Sep 25, 2023
- 4 min
A Decade of Transplantation: Being Well and Ill
I have a 77 year old liver; the rest of my body is 51. This mismatch of age between a vital organ and the rest of my body does not rest...
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Elizabeth Reumont
- May 9, 2023
- 7 min
The Choices We Make
There is a Buddhist quote that I have held in my consciousness for some time, known by many as the opening lines of the famous...
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Elizabeth Reumont
- Mar 17, 2023
- 7 min
The thing about cancer...
…is that no matter how familiar one is with the word, it’s a shock no one is ever prepared to hear about themself. Not many people could...
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Elizabeth Reumont
- Feb 19, 2023
- 6 min
Notes from the Field: On Healing
Every so often, I catch a glimpse of 'the arc'. Not Noah's ark, or the arc of a rainbow (though every so often, I catch a glimpse of one...
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Elizabeth Reumont
- Feb 7, 2023
- 6 min
movement of the psyche: ii
Before I write another line, it seems relevant to establish what 'the psyche' is, considering the title of this trio of posts, and the...
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Elizabeth Reumont
- Nov 17, 2022
- 4 min
movement of the psyche: i
Since I was three years old, I’ve been poked and prodded by strangers more times than I can count, or even remember. Hundreds of blood...
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Elizabeth Reumont
- Oct 11, 2022
- 5 min
The imprint of Stigma
Monday, October 10th was World Mental Health Day. The stigma around mental health, its causes and treatments, and how the stigma itself...
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Elizabeth Reumont
- Sep 7, 2022
- 4 min
Fear Mongering
Someone recently contacted me in reponse to my latest newsletter, requesting to be removed from future communications because they...
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Elizabeth Reumont
- May 10, 2022
- 3 min
The Ticking Time Bomb
I recently rewatched the James Bond movie Goldfinger. Towards the end of the film, Mr. Bond finds himself, as usual, in a precarious...
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Elizabeth Reumont
- Apr 23, 2022
- 2 min
Adaptations: navigating change
I grew up on the Chesapeake Bay. Sailing and other water-based activities were a large part of my youth, yet it wasn't until much later...
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Elizabeth Reumont
- Mar 30, 2022
- 3 min
honey on the razor's edge
The nature of everything is illusory and ephemeral, Those with dualistic perception regard suffering as happiness, Like they who lick the...
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Elizabeth Reumont
- Mar 14, 2022
- 2 min
Booking Open: April 10, Yoga on the Farm
There is a saying: when one door closes, another opens.The past few years have felt like a revolving turntable of portals. Nonetheless,...
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Elizabeth Reumont
- Mar 12, 2022
- 4 min
The salve of the soul
The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world. – Marianne Williamson Observing the events...
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Elizabeth Reumont
- Feb 23, 2022
- 4 min
how to fall off a horse
Comon'. We've all done it. Ok, maybe not literally, but we've all had a moment when things didn't quite go to plan. Blindsided. Knocked...
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Elizabeth Reumont
- Feb 6, 2022
- 2 min
Roots
I've always had great reverence for roots. Of trees, plants and fungi alike, there is so much to learn about what lies below based on...
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Elizabeth Reumont
- Nov 24, 2021
- 12 min
On Yoga, Veganism and Wellness, part 3
March, 2020. By the time Covid broke out, I had stopped commuting into London on a weekly basis for work. After four months, it had...
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Elizabeth Reumont
- Nov 18, 2021
- 2 min
All of me.
So, this morning while taking my son to school I had a sort of unbelievable realisation. I’m half Lithuanian! Growing up as American, my...
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