This time of the year can be hard on your liver: alcohol, processed foods, late nights, lack of physical activity, the list goes on. But even if you are consistently health conscious and mostly avoid rubbish foods, drugs and alcohol, your liver is still under constant pressure to detoxify 

Mulla Nasrudin was walking along a lonely road one moonlit night when he heard a snore, somewhere, it seemed, underfoot. Suddenly he was afraid, and was about to run when he tripped over a dervish lying in a cell which he had dug for himself, partly underground.

We share the same Sun and planetary influences; we share the same Earth; Sky, Land and Oceans and Human Genetics.  Yes, we do indeed live on common ground. With the Aquarian frequencies pouring in now, individuals we may be, but we are all parts of the whole, the holographic Universe.  

Spearmint is one of those essential oils that people generally don’t know what to do with so tend not to experiment with it.  A popular flavour in toothpaste and lollies, it is similar to peppermint, but less powerful due to the lower menthol content.

Mookaite is only found in WA (the Kennedy Ranges near Gascoyne) making it quite rare in the rest of the world, but relatively common in Australia. Being of “our land” it seems to works really well with our bodies, help us find that “Common Ground” within. It’s name means “flowing water” 

A legume, wood shrub or small tree, 1-4m tall with a deep taproot to 2m. Young stems are angled and pubescent. Flowers are usually yellow and purple with red streaks or plain red. Seeds are oval to round and vary from light beige to dark brown. 

As we are tapping into the theme of, Common Ground in this edition, I would love to share the following recipe for cultural collaboration. This beautiful dessert is nice and refreshing on a hot summer’s day. They can be a great companion for other types of desserts for everyone! 

The theme for this magazine is common ground.  I wondered what to write about this very powerful yet unassuming word, furthermore, writing from a feng shui perspective gave me some challenges. Here’s the thing, in our everyday life finding the common ground helps us humans realise we are

Scarabs are a family of beetles that are found in every land across the world except Antarctica. Although it can be tempting to dismiss such a familiar creature, if we look closely at the Scarabs in our backyard, we will discover they are anything but mundane!