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Kali Takes America: I’m With Her – Vera De Chalambert

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://www.rebellesociety.com/2016/11/18/veradechalambert-kali/ Click on the link to visit http://www.rebellesociety.com for Vera’s brilliant article, which lays a sensitive finger on the cultural pulse – and not only in the U.S. Reading this, the writer felt it was the most important thing she … Continue reading →

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When Women Wanted Sex Much More Than Men – Alyssa Goldstein

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://www.alternet.org/when-women-wanted-sex-much-more-men Click on the link to visit Alternet for Alyssa’s interesting browse through some of the historical and political dimensions of current cultural perceptions of gender/sexuality. Many of these perceptions are profoundly unhelpful and unpleasant:- ‘Women must be convinced, persuaded, … Continue reading →

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Rewilding the Yoga Body – Danielle Prohom Olson

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://bodydivineyoga.wordpress.com/2014/10/06/rewilding-the-yoga-body/ Click on the link for this interesting and wide-ranging post by Danielle beginning with modern cultural ideas of feminine beauty in the context of the ‘yoga body’, and ranging through other cultures, times and spiritual traditions in search of … Continue reading →

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Toko-pa: Sacred Restlessness

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Toko-pa: Sacred Restlesness Click on the title for a gorgeous, poetic, resonant post from Toko-pa’s blog. She is talking about ‘calling things towards us from a place of presence’, rather than ‘those places where we might be striving, mimicking, or … Continue reading →

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Ione Rucquoi: Sanctae – A Portrait of Secular Saints, by Milica Lewis

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Ione Rucquoi: Sanctae – A Portrait of Secular Saints by Milica Lewis Click on the title to follow the link for a post about this exhibition at the Royal West Academy of England in Bristol. With thanks to Milica Lewis, … Continue reading →

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