Author Archives: Helen Cranston

About Helen Cranston

Helen works as a Nutritonal Therapist at Cotswold Health Centre and occasionally at Penny Brohn Cancer Care. She also works as Coordinator of Green and Away and as Educational Development Manager for the Makhad Trust.

The moral dilemmas of travel

Posted on January 29, 2013

Many people would agree that there is an innate desire for human beings to put themselves in new, exciting, sometimes dangerous situations and places.  The urge to travel, to see and experience new people and landscapes is perhaps fuelled by … Continue reading →

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Christmas Present Madness

Posted on December 12, 2012

A friend recently posted on Facebook: “I really, really want to support local traders and craftsmen this Christmas. It would be so much easier to do so if they didn’t sell such tacky, useless and – most disappointingly – artless … Continue reading →

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Autumn – a time of reflection and preparation

Posted on October 30, 2012

Life sometimes feels as if a meandering stream has become a full flood river.  The Hopi Indians made a poem about this time and in it they say… There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great … Continue reading →

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The summer season

Posted on June 6, 2012

The Green and Away Summer Season is imminent In less than two weeks time I will be waking up in a yurt in a green meadow somewhere in Worcestershire, ready to get Green and Away revved up for the summer … Continue reading →

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There’s another dam in the Sinai Mountains

Posted on May 9, 2012

After a combined effort from 8 bedouin, 5 people from SKGR, 3 people from Green and Away and a Dutch lady called Mirjam, we finished Gwoona dam last week.  This dam will help bring water to many gardens down Wadi … Continue reading →

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The power of not-doing

Posted on April 16, 2012

This time next week I will be in Sinai leading a group to build Gwoona Dam and to go on a desert retreat. Sometimes we need to get right away from all things familiar in order to find ourselves – … Continue reading →

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Inner Silence

Posted on March 7, 2012

Here are two poems that hint at inner silence and connection.  Enjoy… Being-ness in Action Realisation of past behavioural patterns, Exposure of my weaknesses and blockages to life Culminate in a spark of understanding.   Then comes the command to … Continue reading →

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Sinai journeys

Posted on March 2, 2012

On April 24 there is a collaborative journey to build a dam between Green and Away volunteers and SKGR (Self Knowledge Global Responsibility).  This is the next Makhad Trust journey to Sinai and we will be building the 12th dam … Continue reading →

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Musings on Leadership

Posted on February 22, 2012

Ever since I took on the role of co-ordinator of Green and Away, I have worried and agonised over my leadership style.  There are so many ways to lead, some good and some uphelpful and not every style is applicable … Continue reading →

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Winter Stillness

Posted on February 13, 2012

Two days ago I went for a walk in Randwick Woods near my home.  There had been snow two days before but now there was bright blue sky and cold still air.  The snow had melted a little and then … Continue reading →

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