Author Archives: Kris Deva North

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About Kris Deva North

Author, Meditation Coach, Teacher of the Taoist Arts.

Reflections on a Hell-bent Youth: 2 – The next Step

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Kris Deva North

Rumor had her a virgin. He stepped over that threshold himself, a few months before on a warm night up-country in the tractor-driver’s hut. Mwala in an idle moment lasting half the day asked, ‘Done it yet?’ knowing full well … Continue reading →

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Reflections on a Hell-Spent Youth: 1 – First Kiss

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Kris Deva North

Lean and intellectual, broad-minded and narrow-lipped, Meg Ryan haircut, but secretly I preferred Hedda’s little sister Betski, rounder-hipped, more succulent if you like, and I did, but at fourteen the art of deception yet unmastered with bated breath I screwed up courage and did … Continue reading →

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My Tai Chi Journey

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Kris Deva North

Shadowy movements at dawn in the park, neither dancing nor fighting though to me it looked like both. My mother danced with Fonteyn and enrolled me in my aunt’s ballet school but I retired at five, so no competition for … Continue reading →

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The Look

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Kris Deva North

Sitting quietly in the Tao Garden some years ago in the days when I wore the ‘guru look’ I noticed a young man giving me the keen interested glances of someone seeing someone he thought might be a kind of … Continue reading →

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The Criminal Element

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Kris Deva North

How would you solve a crime using five-element diagnosis was the question posed by my colleague Sharon Eckman, she of (Bel)Shazzer’s Feast, leading me to thoughts of the criminal tendency of the Five Elements of Oriental Diagnosis. We have one … Continue reading →

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Talking Tantra, Talking Tabloid, Talking Dirty

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Kris Deva North

Some nine years ago media people interviewed me, not to report what I had to say about my tantric notoriety but what they perceived their clientele wanted to hear, read or see. My strongest taste of that was the Extreme … Continue reading →

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A Victim of Avoidance

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Kris Deva North

Travelling light a victim of avoidance saw the sun rise silvering coastal palms. Closing her eyes she drew in the light, illuminating the dark corners of her heart where lurked the bitterness of disappointment at being so let down. He … Continue reading →

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SMILE POWER

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Kris Deva North

Power of Smile The meditation of the Power of Smile is a great way to start the day, a meditation session, or any action which needs energy generation. The secret of the Power of Smile is it practices love, love … Continue reading →

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‘Meditation always had bad branding for this culture — it seemed very hand wavy,’ says Evan Williams, co-founder of Twitter, ‘But to me, it’s a way to think more clearly and to not feel so swept up.’ Deep Meditation can … Continue reading →

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Kris Deva North | Leave a comment

Reframe Mindset for Positivity, Success, Creativity, Motivation, Organisation, Health, Happiness…

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Kris Deva North

 NLP Certified Practitioner Training.   NLP began as a healing therapy some forty years ago, to reframe the mindset, for positivity, or success, creativity, motivation, organisation, health, happiness… even if we have become used to strong negative beliefs since childhood.   Reframing … Continue reading →

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