RUGBY .. YAWN

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It's been a while since blog and I talked about anything remotely to do with rugby and you may have been wondering why. Then again, you may just have been breathing sighs of relief. However, the sad truth is that there is only one, bloggable, word to describe this season and that is: B-O-R-I-N-G. At the beginning of the season, Stade seemed to forget that they had Mirco in the team, and Stade (and 'Quins) lost quite a few games or either limped to a 'match nul' (literally and figuratively), then to make it even worse, Nick injured his leg and hasn't been seen since. Unfortunately, the autumn internationals are doing nothing to lift the rugby spirit, each week I watch, expectant, waiting for something thrilling - is a proper try too much to ask for these days? or even an attempt at running with the ball? - only to see my hopes dashed. Still, one small crumb of comfort: there is at least the prospect of the haka to look forward to next week. And, surely (dare I say it?) the VI Nations?

REMEMBRANCE

MOON

Full moon, dia de los muertos, lovely Malantha's birthday ..

YOGA - XI

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This month, we'll be stretching our hamstrings and stimulating our abdominal organs and our hearts!

HAPPY HALLOWE'EN

REGULATE OR NOT REGULATE?

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These are murky times to be a student herbalist for there are at the moment, dark and serious mutterings in the form of a consultation about regulation as well as a strange thing known loftily as the 'Codex Alimentarius'. These documents are utterly tedious to read and I suppose this is what the government is relying on to deter even the most determined from deciphering the civil-servantese in order to make a decision on the right way forward. Personally, I haven't made my mind up about what it all means for me and my future but if you're feeling militant, there is a mass lobby on the 2nd November, otherwise here's some bedtime reading:

Pitillo report
Joint consultation information
Consultation questions
EHPA
NIMH press release

YOGA - X

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And so back to the yoga, which of course we’ve continued diligently with all summer! This particular pose stretches the thighs and psoas muscle, stimulates the abdominal organs and opens the shoulders and chest. It's challenging to say the least.