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In the Light of Courage - a residential winter retreat towards finding our next steps
Jan
3
to Jan 5
Caring for Health, Events in USA, Health and Well-Being

In the Light of Courage - a residential winter retreat towards finding our next steps

In the Light of Courage
a winter residential retreat towards finding our next steps

Friday, January 3rd to Sunday, January 5th
Friday 12pm to Sunday 12pm
at Sun Heart Farm in Stephentown, NY

  • Opportunities for group conversation and shared experiences on the retreat theme

  • Baths, compresses and other therapeutic treatments

  • Space for quiet contemplation and time in nature

  • Renewal through the arts

  • Health-bringing meals and snacks

    Cost: $500-$750 Sliding Scale. Financial aid available on a needs basis.

    Please express your interest early! Contact us via phone/text 908-227-0004 or email ​contact@developingtheself.org​. Space is limited to 7 participants.

    Participants will each have a private room with shared bathroom. All meals included on site.

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Working with Health and Illness at Home
Jan
19
10:00 AM10:00
Events in USA, Caring for Health

Working with Health and Illness at Home

Working with Health and Illness at Home
part of a 3-part series of workshops on supporting health and illness at home
with Sarah Mecca
at Sun Heart Farm in Stephentown, NY
10am to 4pm

Cost:
$25 USD ($40 AUD) paid to EduCareDo with registration below
(paid once whether attending 1, 2, or all 3 workshops)
+ sliding scale contribution in-person: $40-75/workshop

Meeting rich and diverse experiences of health and illness support the child’s journey of growth and development towards inner freedom in adulthood. While we need to consciously support their unfolding, at the same time we must tread lightly, so as to not interfere in the potential fruits that may naturally unfold for them through their experiences of health and illness. Our conscious activity of reverence serves them on this journey.

In addition to offerings on this workshop theme, each workshop will include a nourishing meal, the opportunity to both receive and learn how to offer therapeutic treatments at home and gain familiarity with some home remedies, space for individual reflection, experiential exercises and group conversation. Each workshop will deepen and build upon the pre-reading Supporting Inner Freedom in the Young Child through Health and Illness (a lesson in the EduCareDo Early Childhood Course). While the workshops are aimed at supporting parents and caregivers in the home, the workshop content and experience will also be relevant for those interested in deepening their relationship to their own experiences of health and illness as well as those caring for other adults. The workshop content will unfold and adapt to meet the questions and interests of the participants. 

This day-long workshop is offered through Developing the Self Developing the World and is open to all. You can attend 1, 2 or all 3 workshops (other two workshops are Feb 23 (Working with Preventative Healthcare at Home) and March 23 (Supporting Nourishment - Body, Soul and Spirit).

All three workshops will take place at Sun Heart Farm in Stephentown, New York.
Childcare available on-site.


“Heart Warmth” by Laura Summer www.laurasummer.com

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Health and Education
Feb
10
to Feb 27
Events in USA, Schools, Caring for Health

Health and Education

  • Phoenix Initiative (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Health practitioners work alongside Phoenix Initiative educators towards fostering spirit-led community. In February, the health practitioners will visit Phoenix Initiative classes to contribute to child observations and studies, a culture of care and salutogenic practices, and be available for private therapeutic consultations to support this work.

Parents are encouraged to join the “meet and greet”
on Monday February 10th 9-10am.

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Mantles of Care - Warmth and Enfoldment
Feb
17
to Mar 20
Events in USA, Schools, Caring for Health

Mantles of Care - Warmth and Enfoldment

Mantles of Care Workshop Retreat
Warmth and Enfoldment
Monday - Thursday 9am-3pm

Across this 4-day workshop, adults who are parenting or educating primary school children are provided experiences of mantles of care, time to create care items with wool and silk for a family or classroom kit, and principles towards understanding and supporting health.

The workshop complements the Developing the Self Developing the World Mantles of Care Program in classrooms aimed at supporting a culture of caring for self and others. We work with educators and children to refine daily hygiene practices for harmonising the ability to be attentive, self regulate and maintain healthy relationships.

Extended tutoring is available for class teachers to apply mantles of care in the classroom to support learning enrichment for individual students or towards bringing mantles of care to class groups within a curriculum.

4 Days : US$475/person

Includes quality care items for a care kit,
homemade morning tea and lunch

Please direct questions to Developing the Self Developing the World
And for registration email: Phoenix Initiative

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Working with Preventative Health Care at Home
Feb
23
10:00 AM10:00
Events in USA, Caring for Health

Working with Preventative Health Care at Home

Working with Preventative Health Care at Home
with Sarah Mecca
part of a series of workshops on supporting health and illness at home
at Sun Heart Farm in Stephentown, NY
10am to 4pm

Cost:
$25 USD ($40 AUD) paid to EduCareDo with registration below
(paid once whether attending 1, 2, or all 3 workshops)
+ sliding scale contribution in-person: $40-75/workshop

Even though we may recognize the deep meaningfulness of illness for growth and development and for the strengthening of both child and caregiver, that is not to say that all illness processes are necessary or unavoidable. By fostering good health we can support greater balance and harmony without having to traverse every illness process ‘available’. As adults, we have to know how to perceive and evaluate the wellness or imbalance of our own system in order to support this development in the young child. By cultivating and deepening our own relationship to rest and to harmonizing therapeutic applications we can more potently facilitate these experiences for the young children in our care.

In addition to offerings on each workshop theme, the days will include a nourishing meal, the opportunity to both receive and learn how to offer therapeutic treatments at home and to gain familiarity with some home remedies. There will also be space for individual reflection, experiential exercises and group conversation. Each workshop will deepen and build upon the pre-reading Supporting Inner Freedom in the Young Child through Health and Illness (a lesson in the EduCareDo Early Childhood Course). While the workshops are aimed at supporting parents and caregivers in the home, the workshop content and experience will also be relevant for those interested in deepening their relationship to their own experiences of health and illness as well as those caring for other adults. The workshop content will unfold and adapt to meet the questions and interests of the participants. 

This day-long workshop is offered through Developing the Self Developing the World and is open to all. You can attend 1, 2 or all 3 workshops (other two workshops are Jan 19 (Working with Health and Illness at Home) and March 23 (Supporting Nourishment in Early Childhood).

All three workshops will take place at Sun Heart Farm in Stephentown, New York.
Childcare available on-site.



Image Credit: Laura Summer www.laurasummer.com

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Supporting Nourishment in Early Childhood - Body, Soul and Spirit
Mar
23
10:00 AM10:00
Events in USA, Caring for Health

Supporting Nourishment in Early Childhood - Body, Soul and Spirit

Supporting Nourishment in Early Childhood - Body, Soul and Spirit
with Sarah Mecca and Anthony Mecca
part of a series of workshops on supporting health and illness at home
at Sun Heart Farm in Stephentown, NY
10am to 4pm

Cost:
$25 USD ($40 AUD) paid to EduCareDo with registration below
(paid once whether attending 1, 2, or all 3 workshops)
+ sliding scale contribution in-person: $40-75/workshop

In this workshop we will look at different aspects of nutrition in the life of the young child. We will consider the ‘earthly nutrition’ of food in the life of the young child – recognizing that by observing a child’s relationship to eating and food preferences we can gain insight into their constitutional tendencies and needs and ask the question of how we could bring greater balance and diversity to the nutrition of the young child. We will also explore the ‘cosmic nutrition’ of all that they absorb through their senses as well as the influence of their unseen environment, particularly the world of thoughts, feelings, and will impulses of the adults that surround them.

In addition to offerings on each workshop theme, the days will include a nourishing meal, the opportunity to both receive and learn how to offer therapeutic treatments at home and gain familiarity with some home remedies, and space for individual reflection, experiential exercises and group conversation. Each workshop will deepen and build upon the pre-reading Supporting Inner Freedom in the Young Child through Health and Illness (a lesson in the EduCareDo Early Childhood Course). While the workshops are aimed at supporting parents and caregivers in the home, the workshop content and experience will also be relevant for those interested in deepening their relationship to their own experiences of health and illness as well as those caring for other adults. The workshop content will unfold and adapt to meet the questions and interests of the participants. 

This day-long workshop is offered through Developing the Self Developing the World and is open to all. You can attend 1, 2 or all 3 workshops (other two workshops are Jan 19 (Working with Health and Illness at Home) and Feb 23 (Preventative Healthcare at Home).

All three workshops will take place at Sun Heart Farm in Stephentown, New York.
Childcare available on-site.

Photo by Kelly Sikkema




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Mantles of Care - Warmth and Enfoldment
May
2
to May 4
Schools, Caring for Health, Events in Australia

Mantles of Care - Warmth and Enfoldment

  • Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Mantles of Care Workshop
Warmth and Enfoldment
Friday 5-7pm | Saturday & Sunday 9am - 3pm

Open to all

Adults who are parenting or educating children are provided experiences of mantles of care, time to create care items with wool and silk for a family or classroom kit, and principles towards understanding and supporting health.

The workshop complements the Developing the Self Developing the World Mantles of Care Program in classrooms aimed at supporting a culture of caring for self and others. We work with educators and children to refine daily hygiene practices for harmonising the ability to be attentive, self regulate and maintain healthy relationships.

Extended tutoring is available for class teachers to apply mantles of care in the classroom to support learning enrichment for individual students or towards bringing mantles of care to class groups within a curriculum.

Includes quality care items for a care kit,
homemade morning tea and lunch

Please direct questions to Developing the Self Developing the World

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Mantles of Care - Warmth and Enfoldment
May
2
to May 4
Schools, Caring for Health, Events in Australia

Mantles of Care - Warmth and Enfoldment

  • Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Mantles of Care Workshop
Warmth and Enfoldment
Friday 5-7pm | Saturday & Sunday 9am - 3pm

Open to all

Adults who are parenting or educating children are provided experiences of mantles of care, time to create care items with wool and silk for a family or classroom kit, and principles towards understanding and supporting health.

The workshop complements the Developing the Self Developing the World Mantles of Care Program in classrooms aimed at supporting a culture of caring for self and others. We work with educators and children to refine daily hygiene practices for harmonising the ability to be attentive, self regulate and maintain healthy relationships.

Extended tutoring is available for class teachers to apply mantles of care in the classroom to support learning enrichment for individual students or towards bringing mantles of care to class groups within a curriculum.

Includes quality care items for a care kit,
homemade morning tea and lunch

Please direct questions to Developing the Self Developing the World

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Mantles of Care - Sleeping and Waking
Aug
8
to Aug 10
Schools, Caring for Health, Events in Australia

Mantles of Care - Sleeping and Waking

  • Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Mantles of Care Workshop
Sleeping and Waking - Breathing into our earthly home
Friday 5-7pm | Saturday & Sunday 9am - 3pm

Open to all

Adults who are parenting or educating children are provided experiences of mantles of care, time to create care items with wool and silk for a family or classroom kit, and principles towards understanding and supporting health.

The workshop complements the Developing the Self Developing the World Mantles of Care Program in classrooms aimed at supporting a culture of caring for self and others. We work with educators and children to refine daily hygiene practices for harmonising the ability to be attentive, self regulate and maintain healthy relationships.

Extended tutoring is available for class teachers to apply mantles of care in the classroom to support learning enrichment for individual students or towards bringing mantles of care to class groups within a curriculum.

Includes quality care items for a care kit,
homemade morning tea and lunch

Please direct questions to Developing the Self Developing the World

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Mantles of Care - Caring for the Skin
Oct
17
to Oct 19
Schools, Caring for Health, Events in Australia

Mantles of Care - Caring for the Skin

  • Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Mantles of Care Workshop
Nutrition
Friday 5-7pm | Saturday & Sunday 9am - 3pm

Open to all

Adults who are parenting or educating children are provided experiences of mantles of care, time to create care items with wool and silk for a family or classroom kit, and principles towards understanding and supporting health.

The workshop complements the Developing the Self Developing the World Mantles of Care Program in classrooms aimed at supporting a culture of caring for self and others. We work with educators and children to refine daily hygiene practices for harmonising the ability to be attentive, self regulate and maintain healthy relationships.

Extended tutoring is available for class teachers to apply mantles of care in the classroom to support learning enrichment for individual students or towards bringing mantles of care to class groups within a curriculum.

Includes quality care items for a care kit,
homemade morning tea and lunch

Please direct questions to Developing the Self Developing the World

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Mantles of Care in Early Childhood
Nov
5
to Nov 7
Events in Australia, Caring for Health

Mantles of Care in Early Childhood

Lyn Clifton joins Sophia’s Garden, offering mantles of care to the children during their free play time and a parent education session.

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Sydney Steiner College Teacher Training
Oct
14
11:30 AM11:30
Events in Australia, Caring for Health

Sydney Steiner College Teacher Training

  • Gleneaon Rudolf Steiner School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Experience and education on the role of care in the classroom. A PD for classroom assistants.

Harmonising the Senses | Upbuilding & Revitalising Our Etheric Forces

A quiet reverent space for experiencing beauty is held whilst engaging with daily hygienic self-care practices.

Rose or lemon face cloth, rose sphagni lotion, silk matles rest and herb tea 

As you prepare for your meaningful Spring Seminar journey into Steiner education, we would like to extend to you an invitation to book into a specially arranged restorative session during the break times, to support your own well-being during the Seminar. The half hour session will offer you an opportunity to be introduced to daily self care practices, that are not only restorative in the moment, but can be considered in an ongoing way for your own self care during your teaching career to help support your sense of life and balance. They can be introduced into classroom hygiene as a part of the Steiner curriculum for students from early childhood to high school, as well as supporting the wellbeing of parents and staff.

As a gesture to enable you to experience these sessions, they are being partially sponsored by Sydney Steiner College.

We invite you to book a place during the Spring Seminar, to experience hygienic daily self-care practices that compliment studies of this Seminar, support your integration of the Seminar content and reconnect with yourself.

Details:

  • Date: October 2nd  (during lunch time and at the end of the day)

  • Session Duration: 30 minutes

  • Treatment: Introduction to a guided face cloth, hand sphagnum rose hand/arm oiling, rest and tea.

  • Cost: $15 per person per session sponsored by the College (limited spots – 5 people per session) 

  • Booking: Pre-book and payment required to secure your spot by 27th September

  • Location: Care and Renewal classroom (to be advised during the seminar)

Don’t miss this opportunity to experience the profound benefits of Anthroposophical care. Take this time to focus on your well-being, so you can bring greater balance and presence to your future classrooms.

Offered by Lynette Clifton

We’re also making it easy to buy mantles of care items for use at home or in the classroom. We’ll have compress kits, sphagni lotions and silk mantles.

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Steiner College Spring Seminar
Oct
2
12:00 PM12:00
Events in Australia, Caring for Health

Steiner College Spring Seminar

  • Gleneaon Rudolf Steiner School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Care & Renewal

Steiner College Spring Seminar, Glenaeon Castlecrag 2024

Harmonising the Senses | Upbuilding & Revitalising Our Etheric Forces

A quiet reverent space for experiencing beauty is held whilst engaging with daily hygienic self-care practices.

Rose or lemon face cloth, rose sphagni lotion, silk matles rest and herb tea 

As you prepare for your meaningful Spring Seminar journey into Steiner education, we would like to extend to you an invitation to book into a specially arranged restorative session during the break times, to support your own well-being during the Seminar. The half hour session will offer you an opportunity to be introduced to daily self care practices, that are not only restorative in the moment, but can be considered in an ongoing way for your own self care during your teaching career to help support your sense of life and balance. They can be introduced into classroom hygiene as a part of the Steiner curriculum for students from early childhood to high school, as well as supporting the wellbeing of parents and staff.

As a gesture to enable you to experience these sessions, they are being partially sponsored by Sydney Steiner College.

We invite you to book a place during the Spring Seminar, to experience hygienic daily self-care practices that compliment studies of this Seminar, support your integration of the Seminar content and reconnect with yourself.

Details:

  • Date: October 2nd  (during lunch time and at the end of the day)

  • Session Duration: 30 minutes

  • Treatment: Introduction to a guided face cloth, hand sphagnum rose hand/arm oiling, rest and tea.

  • Cost: $15 per person per session sponsored by the College (limited spots – 5 people per session) 

  • Booking: Pre-book and payment required to secure your spot by 27th September

  • Location: Care and Renewal classroom (to be advised during the seminar)

Don’t miss this opportunity to experience the profound benefits of Anthroposophical care. Take this time to focus on your well-being, so you can bring greater balance and presence to your future classrooms.

Offered by Lynette Clifton

We’re also making it easy to buy mantles of care items for use at home or in the classroom. We’ll have compress kits, sphagni lotions and silk mantles.

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Mantles of Care in Early Childhood
Aug
27
to Aug 28
Events in Australia, Health and Well-Being, Caring for Health

Mantles of Care in Early Childhood

Lyn Clifton joins Sophia’s Garden, offering mantles of care to the children during their free play time and a parent education session.

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Guided Nature Observations and Lemon Footbath for Deep Rest
May
25
9:00 AM09:00
Events in Australia, Caring for Health

Guided Nature Observations and Lemon Footbath for Deep Rest

Retreat practitioners warmly invite adults, especially educators and parents to share in a morning at Myocum to rebuild your forces once a term.

We meet at 9am to commune with nature, to foster and inspire our capacity for wonder and reverence which may lead us to experience the wisdom filled harmony and health giving forces that are inherent in the natural world. By cultivating inner stillness and deep listening, we allow the world to speak, we are brought into a growing relationship through entering into a conversation with the living world. You’ll be guided through an exercise by Fiona Mackenzie.

This experience will flow to a quiet indoor space where you can receive a lemon footbath from Lyn Clifton.

Allow up to 3 hours.

Light refreshments are provided.

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Mantles of Care in Early Childhood
May
21
to May 23
Events in Australia, Caring for Health

Mantles of Care in Early Childhood

Lyn Clifton joins Sophia’s Garden, offering mantles of care to the children during their free play time and a parent education session.

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Care and Renewal for Staff
Mar
14
4:00 PM16:00
Events in Australia, Schools, Caring for Health

Care and Renewal for Staff

Supporting the health and wellbeing of the educators.

Facecloth, soup and lemon footbaths after the college meeting.

With Lyn Clifton & Louise Stewart

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Eurythmy along with Care & Renewal @ Myocum
Feb
24
9:00 AM09:00
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Eurythmy along with Care & Renewal @ Myocum

A morning at Myocum, of care and renewal for adults, especially educators and parents.

Retreat practitioners Marilyn Myres, Lyn Clifton and Simone Weihermann invite you to support rebuild your forces. We begin with an hour of eurythmy followed by pastel drawing and mantles of care such as face cloths and handbaths. A light refreshment will also be provided.

We also visit schools to provide workshops for children and their parent(s) to experience mantles of care, and you are welcome to start a conversation about bringing this to your community.

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Care and Renewal
Feb
21
1:15 PM13:15
Events in Australia, Caring for Health

Care and Renewal

  • Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Mantles of Care support in times of loss and change : Year 12 and Staff

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Mantles of Care in Early Childhood
Feb
6
to Feb 22
Events in Australia, Caring for Health

Mantles of Care in Early Childhood

Supporting the transition into care

Lyn Clifton joins Sophia’s Garden, offering mantles of care in the day for children, and a parent conversation and introduction of the chamomile compress.

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Steiner Teacher Intensives
Jan
15
to Jan 19
Events in Australia, Caring for Health

Steiner Teacher Intensives

  • Newcastle Waldorf School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Classes 1-7 Curriculum in person Intensives for interested teachers throughout Australia/ New Zealand / Asia  held from January 15th-19th 2023 at the Newcastle Waldorf School in Newcastle.

Developing the Self Developing the World will again be providing Care and Renewal opportunities for teachers at the intensives.

Foot baths, hand baths and face compresses will be available from 7am each morning and during breaks to offer a quiet and supported moment for digestion, integration and restoration.

We’re also making it easy to buy mantles of care items for use at home or in the classroom. We’ll have compress kits, sphagni lotions and silk mantles.

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Class 3, 4 & 5 Parent/Child Workshops
Dec
2
11:30 AM11:30
Events in Australia, Caring for Health

Class 3, 4 & 5 Parent/Child Workshops

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Crafting Mantles of Care
Oct
29
3:00 PM15:00
Events in Australia, Schools, Caring for Health

Crafting Mantles of Care

  • Shearwater, the Mullumbimby Steiner School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Parent and Child Workshop - crafting mantles of care

An opportunity for caregivers of Class 4 at Shearwater to spend one-on-one time with their 9-11 year old child/ grandchild. The space is held to allow the caregiver and child to share in nurturing experiences that build towards self-care.

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Star Wisdom and Care
Oct
28
2:00 PM14:00
Events in Australia, Caring for Health

Star Wisdom and Care

You are warmly invited to share in an afternoon at Myocum with retreat health practitioners, Fiona Maunder and Lyn Clifton.

We will be preparing to experience the lunar eclipse occurring this weekend. The Sun, Moon and the Nodes will be brought into the conversation to understand this cosmic occurrence which we will view through the lens of Astrosophy (Star Wisdom). Gestures towards wonder and reverence for our body and the life within are offered through mantles of care to support this wisdom into our beingness.

This is an introductory workshop for adults only. Please reach out if you have any questions. Email: info@developingtheself.org


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Creative Nourishment for Wellbeing
Aug
26
2:00 PM14:00
Events in Australia, Caring for Health

Creative Nourishment for Wellbeing

A nurturing opportunity to help restore health-giving rhythms and the connection to our Self, through the combination of writing for wellbeing and self care. Offered at Myocum by the Retreat Health Practitioners, Annie Barrett and Lyn Clifton.

We will be introduced to writing that offers a quiet time of creativity, personal reflection and soul nourishment, and  heart – warming care to support body, soul and spirit.

As we move from Winter towards Spring, we invite you to reflect on your inner and outer landscapes and transitions. Plus contemplate the Virtue of the month of Virgo - Courtesy - leading towards tactfulness of heart.

Trusting the pen on the page is like a deep listening process; images, insights and ideas emerge. It can be full of wonder and healing.


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