Roula Papathanasiou

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Moving beyond blaming

2023-03-10T17:49:15+02:00March 8 2023|Categories: relationships, self-awareness|Tags: , , , , , |

Seeking to expand beyond blaming… Learning how we (co)create the circumstances where other peoples’ behaviour is hurtful to us. And they do so only by being themselves, it’s not even personal most of the time. Quite a demanding and utterly tricky process… it requires the uncomfortable truths to be faced, you know, the difficult-to-digest [...]

Today I see her

2022-03-15T10:07:55+02:00March 15 2022|Categories: meditation, self-awareness|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Today I see her She is a little girl in elementary school, she wants to play, she wants to be included. For some reason, children don't seem particularly interested to play with her, for some reason she takes it as rejection. Her response to this is, something must be wrong with me. This will haunt her [...]

Bringing light into our soft spots

2020-12-23T10:04:34+02:00December 23 2020|Categories: relationships, self-awareness|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

The vagus nerve and its connection to unresolved trauma within our bodies Was reading the following article the other day and felt into my own beautiful journey… another chance to see myself naked. Another chance to write down a few of my thoughts. I hope they inspire and support You on your healing journey. Please remember: [...]

Oh, I love you

2020-11-27T10:16:49+02:00November 27 2020|Categories: action, self-awareness|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

For some time now it’s been clear that we are entering into something new, unfamiliar and we need to step up our game. We didn’t want to, still don’t want to admit it, but the pressure that's been applied to the world it’s a call for action. And this action has to do with our inner world, [...]

Alternative therapeutic approach of a disease

2020-01-30T18:17:07+02:00January 30 2020|Categories: meditation, self-awareness, therapies|Tags: , , , , , , |

The title is not pompous, but,  full of meaning. I thought of writing a few words about “alternative therapies”, that I would normally call – if I was involved in the creation of this term – “the therapies of 3”, where 3=soul, spirit, mind. My inspiration for this name is their complementary, meaning the western treatment of an [...]

Death; opening a great window of consciousness in life

2020-01-29T16:05:12+02:00January 29 2020|Categories: action, meditation|Tags: , , , , , , |

Dedicated to my father What is death? How does every human being define death? How do you feel when you hear about someone who is dying? How many of us have realized our natural and inevitable end? Over the past few months, I have been studying a book that I highly recommend to everyone: “The Tibetan [...]

Thai healing massage

2020-01-16T22:54:27+02:00January 16 2020|Categories: therapies|Tags: , , , , , |

Thai massage combines the Chinese and Indian medicinal practices (Ayurveda). It doesn’t work solely on the body, but, it constitutes a holistic therapy.  Through pressure points, stretching exercises and muscle relaxing – reflexology techniques among others, Thai massage restores the harmony in our body which is the reason that makes it so effective and unique in [...]

The marvelous world of our Body

2020-01-16T22:14:27+02:00January 16 2020|Categories: action, meditation, therapies|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Our body is the Shrine of our Soul; without a healthy body, we cannot realize all the things that we want; when our body aches we cannot think clearly and we cannot dream and make plans for tomorrow when our body is sick. Everyone is aware of all that. Have you noticed though how badly we [...]

Unconditional Love without Attachment

2020-01-16T23:21:37+02:00January 16 2020|Categories: relationships, self-awareness|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Nowadays, the issues of “Love” and “Attachment” come up more and more. It is important to talk about a “solid core” which is necessary in order for someone to observe and improve oneself. This core is crucial to our existence as it helps us have as much energy as we need by ourselves and be happy in our [...]

Peace of Mind

2020-01-16T11:28:25+02:00January 16 2020|Categories: action, meditation, self-awareness|Tags: , , |

 12 wonderful solutions to focus our attention “elsewhere” Have you ever noticed how obsessed we can get with some things, ideas, people or situations? How many times we try to think of something else, but, we cannot make it? You will be surprised when you count in one day how many times we reproduce the same thought-obsession. [...]

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