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Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Mar 3

From my sketchbook today!

#art #drawing #draweveryday

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Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 23

Some doodles

#art #drawings #sketchbook

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Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 22

Some more animal 🦁 doodles.

#art #sketching #sketchbook #animals

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Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 20

Cuong Lu asks us to become curious about pain. What does it really mean to grieve, feel sad, hopeless, etc? For example, to grieve something or someone means we loved or cared for it or them.

#books #mentalhealth #psychology #curiosity #pain #suffering

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Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 18

Some drawings.

#art #animals

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Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 17

This was fun to draw and color.

Can you guess the singer?

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Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 17

“Are we there yet?”
“We’re always there.”

#art #drawing #zen #buddhism #cats

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Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 17

We shouldn’t be afraid to set boundaries. We might think of worst-case scenarios but many people will respect our boundaries and it’s the difficult ones who won’t.

From Nedra Tawwab’s book. It’s so good and worth reading.

#boundaries #books #mentalhealth #psychology #relationships

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Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 16

“I hope for nothing
I want for nothing
I fear nothing
I am free.”
— Nawal Al Saadawi نوال السعداوي

Some doodles.

#nonattachment #art #feminism #mindfulness #freedom #sketchbook #drawing #nawalalsaadawi

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Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 16

Boundaries must be communicated & with clarity. People are not mind-readers and they can’t know our boundaries if we haven’t communicated them.

From Nedra Tawwab’s book.

#boundaries #relationships #books #psychology #mentalhealth

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Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 16

Same here! I appreciate what the authors and books offer.

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Jeremy David Engels @jeremydavidengels.bsky.social · Nov 27

Several people have asked why a scholar of democracy like myself became a mindfulness and meditation teacher. It’s because:

Mindfulness is how we recover our agency as human beings.

And:

I don’t know how democracy - or any community building- works without mindfulness.
#democracy #mindfulness

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Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 16

Nice to meet you too!!

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Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 16

It’s so good!

Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 16

This week’s read by Nedra Tawwab.

#boundaries #relationships #books #psychology #mentalhealth

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Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 15

Yes! You too!

Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 15

Practicing drawing the body.

Inspired by Nawal Al Saadawi نوال السعداوي

“She is free to do what she wants, and free not to do it.” - Nawal Al Saadawi

#art #drawing #sketchbook #artist #nawalalsaadawi

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Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 15

“mindfulness must be practiced throughout the day, in whatever position you find yourself and during whatever action you undertake”— Thich Nhat Hanh

I love how he talks about mindful listening which can be part of mindful speech.

#mindfulness #thichnhathanh
#meditation

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Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 14

Happy Valentine’s Day!

#art #drawing #dog #valentinesday

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Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 14

My drawings.

#art #artist #artwork #drawing #sketch

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Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 14

A Valentine’s Day doodle.

Was great for stress-relief even though my inner perfectionist didn’t like it.

#draweveryday

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Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 13

“The seascape”

Colored pencils ✏️ & marker drawing ✍🏽

#art #sea #ocean #artist #flower

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Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 10

To have peace in the world, there must be peace within us. Nonviolence begins with us & how we treat ourselves.
Although, Thay compares Christianity and Buddhism, it would have been interesting to see other faiths explored too.
#ComparativeReligion #buddhism #christianity #islam #nonviolence

Takwa تقوئ @takwag.bsky.social · Feb 10

This section of Thay’s book reminded me of an Ayah (verse) from the Quran:
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا۟ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۗ
“God will not change the situation of a people until they change what is in themselves” (13:11)

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Rick @locktowndog.bsky.social · Feb 9

Watercolor and inks on Yupo.
5"X7"
#art

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