From August 1st 2021 to August 15th 2021, we are sharing one newsletter each day, summarising each theme of the month covered over the past year. In October 2020, we shared with you tiny newsletters on Beauty. To know more about the content on the Integral Education Portal, click here.

Practice for the Week When you take a shower pay attention to how your body is moving. Notice if there is a sense of harmony, or whether any movements feel awkward. Explore whether you can increase the feeling of harmony and grace by changing a movement. Let go of any

So far we have seen the importance of beauty, what it is and how to cultivate it. The following practices can bring a sense of beauty into your life. Beauty in the physical environment Spend a few minutes really looking at your bedroom. Notice what is there and how it

Question for Contemplation How can you bring more order- and beauty - into your life? Practice for the Week Spend a few minutes really looking at your bedroom. Notice what is there and how it is arranged. Then make any changes needed to bring more order to your bedroom. Let

It is difficult for even the best pianist to play beautiful music if their instrument is damaged and out of tune. Any sound they make will be incomparable to the beauty of the same notes played on a good, perfectly tuned piano. It is the same for us. If we

Question for Contemplation When you think about the word beauty what comes to mind? Are there specific images, or sounds or sensations or feelings? Practice for the Week Bring beauty to your workspace by changing the screensaver on your laptop to a beautiful, inspiring image. This will bring you joy

Last week we saw that beauty connects us to what is true and pure within ourselves. But what exactly is beauty? Beauty is the way the divine expresses itself in the material world. It is seen as a perfection of form and felt as a living harmony. It is a

Question for Contemplation What is your experience of beauty so far? When was the last time you encountered it and what happened? Write a short diary entry. Practice of the Week Take a photo of something in nature that you find to be beautiful. It may be a flower, an