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Alexander technique with Michael Ashcroft by @Francis Irving What is it like to experience “open awareness”? What’s the difference between doing and non-doing? What is “thinking”? Welcome to another episode of “Imagine an apple”. In this episode, Vynn and Fra...

Really happy to interview @michaelashcroft.com on my podcast "Imagine an apple" about the inner experience of Alexander Technique.

What is it like to experience “open awareness”? What’s the difference between doing and non-doing?

Really enjoyed this one!

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I'm having knee surgery on Friday

good afternoon everyone, I am recovering from knee surgery and enjoying the anaesthetic wearing off

how are you all doing?

context on the knee thing:

michaelashcroft.com/notes/2025-0...

grief, when not resisted, unfolds into its own flavour of bliss

I like how it's possible to deeply enjoy the bittersweet nature of transient wonderful experiences

rather than fighting the grief, I'm finding ways to actually enjoy it in real time alongside the pure enjoyment of the connection and early morning quiet

I keep catching myself saying stuff like "I'm looking forward to when he <X>", but always immediately find myself correcting and pre-emptively grieving all the good things about this time right now

he'll never be a tiny nugget like this again, and I'm enjoying him as he is

early morning contact naps with a three week old might be one of the best things

most mornings from around 5am I lie with him on the sofa while reading and it feels very precious

and it feels great that I can give his mother another round of much deeper sleep for 2-3 hours

update from life with a two week old

I am tired, I have much less time for myself, but I am happy

what's your desired outcome with this interaction?

what?

2025 is the year of telling your followers on bluesky that you're basically off twitter but posting more on substack

thank you!

Notes from the threshold of fatherhood I'm excited to meet my son

I am excited to meet my son... any day now

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the world I grew up in, the one that felt like home to me, is gone

if I am to gift my son a world that feels like home to him, I must first grieve the loss of mine

it has now been 9 hours and I am beginning to feel the shallows of sleep

I should just quit caffeine completely

I had a single espresso at 3pm thinking it wouldn’t affect my sleep and I am disheartened to report that this is not the case

Deal ends today. https://pathless.thrivecart.com/black-friday-creator-offer/ @jmiller.bsky.social @michaelashcroft.com @visakanv.com

Deal ends today.

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@jmiller.bsky.social @michaelashcroft.com @visakanv.com

those were the days

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oh wow, well all in on bluesky I guess!

Put together a fun little black friday deal with some friends Help keep us unemployed: https://pathless.thrivecart.com/black-friday-creator-offer/ @jmiller.bsky.social @michaelashcroft.com @visakanv.com

Put together a fun little black friday deal with some friends

Help keep us unemployed: pathless.thrivecart.com/black-friday-creator-off...

@jmiller.bsky.social @michaelashcroft.com @visakanv.com

I’m gonna tattoo “what would Paul do” on my wrist

yeah it’s all public. granted maybe there’s some copyright at play but it’s not like we’re being directly plagiarised

can’t see anything stopping this tbh

standing all the time isn’t great either, but changing positions often is good

so get one that goes up and down easily

seconded

sorry this should say ghrita is ghee

I’m clearly feeling the effects of it

it has a LOT in it though

and then the herbs start releasing the various wastes held in the tissues, so you start feeling a crappy because of that

but... there will be a purge at some point!

yes, the ghee I'm using is called Panchatikta Guggulu Ghrita

Pancha meaning five

Tikta meaning bitter

Guggulu is a plant

Ghrita is bitter

I've had more bitter things, here even, but we're talking increasingly large quantities of warm salty bitter ghee...

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yes there are five bitter herbs in there

thank you