Is there a way
to talk of the sun
without invoking the moon?
Love without loss,
Desire without despair, without hope.
Arrival without departure.
What follows can’t be easily ignored.
If life is an act of remembrance
Don’t forget —
every considered step, and how well you have fallen down
– Lisa Rani Ray
If you fancy reading more of my poetry, there’s a sprinkling published in @thepunchmagazine this month. Link in bio
Setting all our #sensesonedge @sixsenseszighybay with my gorgeous forever friend @sujstyle
#Oman #alhajarmountains Six Senses Zighy Bay
Hello Beautiful Tree, shall we pose together?
#treeposing #dharanawayoflife #crazyhippiespotted #besilly #bekind #alwaystalktotrees @hiltonshillimretreatandspa Hilton Shillim Estate Retreat and Spa
Repost from @shireenquadri using @RepostRegramApp – Actress and social activist Lisa Ray has been writing poetry for quite some time. Here, for the first time, she has generously and graciously agreed to share some of her poems, exclusively for The Punch Magazine. Diagnosed with a rare blood cancer in 2009, Ray chose to share her experiences in a blog called ‘The Yellow Diaries’ which led to her first book, a memoir, commissioned by HarperCollins, which will be published this year. Her poetry explores themes derived from an identity-bending, nomadic experiences, the culmination of a life of no fixed address. Here’s the cover! Image courtesy @farrokhchothia .
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#lisaray #exclusive #poemsbylisaray #actress #socialactivist #poetess #theyellowdiaries #memoir #bookgeek #bibliophile #booklover #bookworm #bookrecommendation #bookstagram #bookstagramindia #writersofinstagram #igreaders #igworldclub #tbt #poetrylovers #poetryperformance #poetryslam #poetryreading #readersofinstagram #bookphotography #photooftheday #thepunchmagazine
Sometimes we run.
Sometimes we hide 😎
#Oman @sixsenseszighybay Six Senses Zighy Bay
View from #ShillimPeak at sunrise. A triumphant climb. Why do we talk about ‘conquering a mountain’ when the mountain has so much to teach us about opening our mind and vision? If we surrender to earth’s intelligence we could rise up, rooted like the mountain.
Thank you @hiltonshillimretreatandspa for an incredibly rejuvenating stay. I’ll be back 🙏 for your visionary wellness program and haunting views.
#dharanawayoflife #sustain #heal #protect @hiltonshillimretreatandspa #sahyadris
The whole effort of the spiritual process is to break the boundaries you have drawn for yourself and experience the immensity that you are. The aim is to unshackle yourself from the limited identity you have forged, as a result of your own ignorance, and live the way the Creator made you—utterly blissful and infinitely responsible.
Sadhguru, Inner Engineering: A Yogi Hilton Shillim Estate Retreat and Spa
‘Let Food be thy Medicine’ is not only a statement attributed to Ancient Greek philosopher #Hippocrates, but has become a way of life as a Cancer Graduate. As a Multiple Myeloma patient, I’m on life saving maintenance therapy, which means I’m meant to take strong medication to control my condition for the rest of my life. The meds I’m on have a long list of side effects- including rashes and depleted energy. I have none 🙏 and I attribute part of this to my efforts to eat clean, organic and balanced meals. I’m not fanatical (because…LIFE!) and follow the 80-20 rule: I eat clean 80 percent of the time.
But I also schedule a detoxifying and rejuvenating retreat at least once a year, to flush out toxic overload from not just my medication but everything we’re collectively exposed to in the world.
Today, there’s so many delicious options in clean eating – and your body will thank you for it.
My breakfast bowl @hiltonshillimretreatandspa is an example. Made with fresh, sustainable, delicious ingredients, it’s a mouthful of sunshine. Not pictured is my ragi idli and dosa. Healthy eating heals you from the inside out and has a positive impact on your skin glow factor as well as many, many other benefits. Easier said than done, it is much easier to shift your eating habits on a wellness program. I’m so kicked to discover an amazing one @hiltonshillimretreatandspa where the food by @shubhendu_kadam is inspiring a fresh, healthy reboot for 2018.
Ironic, isn’t it, I had to get sick to get well 💕
#dharanawayoflife #detox Hilton Shillim Estate Retreat and Spa
Pret a gratitude 🙏 Echoing @sujstyle in my love for the tagline of this beautifully minimalistic fashion line started by cancer graduate- my Lebanese sister- the multi-talented @lamariachi ❤️ we stumbled on @blessed_ae pop up in #Dubai and enjoyed a fab afternoon of fashioning and sharing our cancer journeys. Lama, the creative director of an ad agency was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2013 just a few months after getting married. The experience transformed her life and soon after she started the line to support cancer patients in the U.A.E. and spread her life positive motto #Blessed
Scooped up armfuls of her designs because they rock.
Check out @blessed_ae online and look up @lamariachi remarkable story 💕
And don’t forget to always share your blessings
#AttitudeofGratitude @mojogallery #Dubaiwithheart #CancerGraduate #giveback @blessed_ae Alserkal Avenue
Absolutely amazing #Oman @sixsenseszighybay #pinkpanamas Six Senses Zighy Bay
Drenching the #AlHajar mountains with colours from sunrise’s paintbox
God’s payoff for being a morning person
#Oman @sixsenseszighybay #nofilterneeded Six Senses Zighy Bay
Repost from @shireenquadri using @RepostRegramApp – Our January 2018 cover with Canadian actress and social activist Lisa Ray. She has been writing poetry for quite some time. To read some of her excellent and exclusive poems, visit thepunchmagazine.com
Diagnosed with a rare blood cancer in 2009, Ray chose to share her experiences in a blog called ‘The Yellow Diaries’ which led to her first book, a memoir, commissioned by HarperCollins, which will be published this year. Her poetry explores themes derived from an identity-bending, nomadic experiences, the culmination of a life of no fixed address.
For more updates follow @lisaraniray and @thepunchmagazine .
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Repost from @shireenquadri using @RepostRegramApp – Here’s our first cover of 2018 with Canadian actress and social activist Lisa Ray. She has been writing poetry for quite some time. To read some of her excellent and exclusive poems, visit thepunchmagazine.com
Diagnosed with a rare blood cancer in 2009, Ray chose to share her experiences in a blog called ‘The Yellow Diaries’ which led to her first book, a memoir, commissioned by HarperCollins, which will be published this year. Her poetry explores themes derived from an identity-bending, nomadic experiences, the culmination of a life of no fixed address. .
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#lisaray #exclusive #poemsbylisaray #actress #socialactivist #poetess #theyellowdiaries #memoir #bookgeek #bibliophile #booklover #bookworm #bookrecommendation #bookstagram #bookstagramindia #writersofinstagram #igreaders #igworldclub #tbt #poetrylovers #poetryperformance #poetryslam #poetryreading #readersofinstagram #bookphotography #photooftheday #thepunchmagazine
My version of paradise is drowning in more books than I can devour. Found a piece of it @openhouse.ce @centralembassy in #Bangkok
Indulge me as I share some poetry published in @thepunchmagazine this month.
Re-reading one’s words is at times a knotty proposition; so I’m passing them on to you 🙏🏼
Magnificent detail from the mural surrounding #grandpalacebangkok🇹🇭👑 depicting the story of #Ramakien, the Thai story of the #Ramayana 🙏🏼 Grand Palace
When you align to the vibration of joy, happiness, and excitement, and you work at making it manifest in your life, then your whole body will start vibrating according to this input of vibratory information. Life will start accommodating to this flow of energy. If you do this, is no different than dropping an Alka-Seltzer in a glass of water, the water has no other choice but to respond to the Alka-Seltzer, and it will start bubbling. The water is life the Alka-Seltzer is your focus intention, your thought process that is so fully charged with joy and excitement, with your happiness, that you are bringing all ingredients to alignment to make them manifest in your physical reality. -Ernesto Ortiz
@hiltonshillimretreatandspa #natureheals #Embracethedharanawayoflife Hilton Shillim Estate Retreat and Spa
“No, I want to hear
the last time your heart was massaged by fingers of delight”
If you fancy words arranged in a particular order according to personal impulse, do take a look. First time my poetry is published www.thepunchmagazine.com
Link @thepunchmagazine in bio 🙏
The Gift @thepunchmagazine
Playful perspectives with @sujstyle @sudarshanstudio strong and enthralling exhibit @leilahellergallery in #Dubai
Head to the @alserkalavenue arts district and soak in the unmistakable meditative qualities of the work.
#SudarshanShetty Alserkal Avenue
