The Camio Story Part 4 A World Turned Upside Down

One time even the cover !

As a child I turned upside down without thought, flipping through cartwheels, walking on my hands, rolling head over heels, launching into handstands, standing on my head . I brought the mind of a child to it . As an adult I am a bit more circumspect and realise that there are consequences if I turn my body/life upside down. To turn upside down you need the following.

1. You have to grow your courage. In my early days of practicing yoga I had to learn that courage comes in teaspoons . In a handstand once I fell off my hands and onto my face it made me afraid for years. Using the mantra fall down seven times get up eight I gradually got my courage back.
2. You have to be strong before you turn your life on its head, a weak body or mind and you will crumble and fall. 3.You have to want to do it because there will always be consequences if you fall . 4. You have to be patient and persistent.

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On the 4th October 2018 It was with a heavy heart that I decided that I could no longer write my yoga column for the Ulster Herald while it continues to publish Dalradian sponsored content (Dalradian are the mineral prospecting corporation who are endeavouring to open the biggest cyanide processing facility in Europe here in the Sperrin mountains ) To set the context . I have always had a good relationship with the paper and would be the first to say that by and large they do a good job. I had recently submitted my 200th article to them and looked forward to submitting as many again. However I am very well aware of the appalling cost of extractive industries as I have seen/experienced with my own eyes whist travelling in Australia . I witnessed the utter  devastation caused by the Mount Isa goldmine in Queensland and met people who had not only lost their livelihoods but developed many life threatening illnesses because of same. So you see if I continue to write for the Herald  I would be equally culpable of supporting and promoting gold mining here in our lovely Northern Ireland . Sure I could talk myself out of it with petty excuses and fob myself off but because of what I know about toxic mining I knew I had to speak out. On the 4th of October 2018 I turned my world upside down and resigned from the Ulster Herald . A small act of protest in a world that does not care.

About sums it up