Amateur Wellness

Teenage reflections on wellness

[absurdism-and-hobbes]

[egypt-museum-deactivated2021071]

The three Pyramids of Giza are reflected in a pool of water, September 1926. Photograph by Jules Gervais Courtellemont, National Geographic

[om--namah-shivaya]

“If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to.”

— Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

[lazyyogi]

“You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.”

— Swami Vivekananda

[itsagoldenwhale]

majestic

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[itsagoldenwhale]

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[artist-monet]

Chrysanthemums, 1897, Claude Monet

Medium: oil,canvas

[artist-monet]

Water Lilies, 1899, Claude Monet

[artist-monet]

Branch of Lemons, 1884, Claude Monet

[artist-monet]

Road near Giverny 02, 1885, Claude Monet

[artist-monet]

Water Lily Pond and Bridge, 1905, Claude Monet

[global-musings]

Members of a Cambodian classical dance troupe dress and prepare for a perfomance in the Hall of dancers at the 12th century temple of Preah Khan. Classical dance has undergone a spectacular revival since the days of the Pol Pot regime, under which it was banned

Location: Angkor, Cambodia

Photographer: Michael Freeman

[visitheworld]

Prasat Prem Temple, Siem Reap / Cambodia (by Septimus Low).

[kiaoratibet]

One of my favourite shots of 2016: Taken in July at Yachen Gar in Kham, singing prayers with his elders just isn’t entertaining enough for this youngster

[picturesofchina]

Tibetan monks sitting in a courtyard surrounded by Chinese-style roofs in Kumbum Monastery near Xining, Qinghai

[museum-of-artifacts]

Sigiriya - ancient palace located on a massive column of rock nearly 200 metres (660 ft) high, Sri Lanka. Built by King Kasyapa (477 – 495 CE), later used as a Buddhist monastery until the 14th century.

[kiaoratibet]

One of my favourite shots from 2016: young monks play on the roof of their monastery in Garze, Kham