Category: Health

My wife and I have long enjoyed watching gardening programmes on TV. We have however noticed over the past couple of years that some garden designers/presenters increasingly describe quiet spots in the garden as being ‘zen’. They’re not entirely wrong, though Zen amounts to more than just peace and quiet. The word itself comes from the Chinese chan, meaning quietude. Before that it derives from a Sanskrit term meaning meditation, Sanskrit being the classical language of India. Although Zen has a long connection with Buddhism, it can also be seen as a philosophy and method for “rediscovering the experience of being alive” these are the words of Mark Watts, son of Alan Watts, who was one of the great popularisers of Zen in the west during the mid to late 20^th Century.

From 1 March the Billesdon Dispensary’s new opening hours became:

As I write this, the sun is streaming through the window.  Do we dare hope that spring has sprung? The daffodils are out in the garden at our café and, hopefully, it’ll be warm enough soon for customers to make use of our outdoor area when they visit us.

It was celebration time for the Fleckney & Kibworth Running Club last month. We held a long overdue awards evening for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. All nominations and votes come from fellow Club Members across a variety of categories.

The word ‘understand’ comes from the Latin meaning ‘to grasp’ and is related to the idea of ‘standing between things’ in order to separate them out. I was intrigued some years ago to come across the ideas of the philosopher Kieran Egan. In his book ‘The Educated Mind’ he argues that we pass through various kinds of understanding as we grow.

Kibworth Medical Centre

Fleckney and Kibworth Running Club is offering a nine week ‘Couch to 5k’ course.

Cross Counties Healthcare PCN have been working closely with The Well for the last two years. Our relationship started at the beginning of the first lockdown when many of the vulnerable patients registered at the local GP practices were struggling with issues such as loneliness, isolation, needing help with accessing food, fetching shopping, prescriptions etc. 

All of us surely face problems that vex us from time to time. The standard advice for trying to solve a problem is –

Good News and S.M.A.R.T. Goals