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Forest Bathing | Shinrin-Yoku | Healing in Nature | Short Documentary

5/13/2020

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Having recently moved to Webster, NY some 20 minutes outside of Rochester city, we are spending a lot more time outside (though it is still quite chilly here in May: we’ve had freezing temps and even flurries these days!)

Adjacent to our new home is the North Ponds park that is made up of large pools and rolling hills where geese, ducks, and Caspian terns share fish with little freshwater otters that zip by across the surface of the waters.

Further along is the Bird Sanctuary Trail where, so far, we have identified a pileated woodpecker, red-winged blackbirds, cardinals, European starlings, and a hawk: who still has remained too shy to identify with more detail.
    
One evening, during a warm spell, I was sitting outside my home reading and gazing around at some pear trees on our property, I suddenly had this feeling that started with a tickle in my stomach and a flicker of energy in my feet that made me curl my toes in my slippers. I realized that I hadn’t felt pure, wholesome joy in quite a while. Yes, I am generally happy-—trying to remember that happiness is not a state of mind, but a way of thinking—-as I run from school, to work, to home chores, to homework, to the next meal, to some time for decompressing, and on and on the list goes until bedtime.

​Living in the downtown region of a city was wearing upon my mind and body more than I had thought; I didn’t realize how much until that peaceful evening where I was reading outdoors on a cozy chair by the orange light pouring through one of our windows behind me.
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Above is a "video about forests," but "also a video about you." It made us smile here in our new home :)
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A Surprise for mariano

1/30/2017

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'we are one' and upcoming move

12/8/2015

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February 2016 marks a big change in our lives: We are moving to Peru for an indefinite period of time. We have chosen to follow our hearts in response to the calling to immerse ourselves in the traditional medicine work of the Amazon Rainforest. We will begin our new journey with a two week fast at a Center for Research on Traditional Medicines, called TAKIWASI
This prestigious center has been bridging 
traditional and western medicine for nearly 40 years now; treating drug addiction through a therapeutic process of integrating spiritual and medical tools to get to the root of the issue, as well as providing a consistent research model to
​"revalue the human and natural resources of Amazonian traditional medicine."After a long interview process through letters and official documents, we are confirmed to partake in DIETA (click to read more). After this we are free to explore the Amazon and its mysteries, with our intuition and prior 3 years of experience guiding us, we feel confident that we will be safe and that we will find the perfect circumstances to support our learning process.  
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In related news:
We are still working on our album and are aiming to release it within this blessed month of December. 
This sharing of our hearts through music has taken on a new significance as we find ourselves growing nostalgic of even the most routine aspects of our day, with the knowledge that life will soon be looking very different. The spirit of a farewell embeds itself in the music as we record, motivating us to give our best efforts to the process. 

The song "We are One" will not be on our upcoming album, but can be listened to and downloaded for free on soundcloud. Lastly we have compiled videos of memories from our experiences from the past few years and though it is mainly a farewell to our family here in New York, we'd like to share it with everyone who has had an exchange with us in one way or the other. 

Love,
Zain and Zahra
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snake crossing at the preserve

6/11/2015

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While working at the Mohonk Preserve we sometimes catch sight of creatures like snakes, falcons, bears, vultures, bucks and others...
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interview at tierra vida (2012)

5/19/2015

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Alexander Ward interviews Zain in 2012
http://www.wardyworks.co.uk
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