Poppy Roy

Launched in 2021, Living Nature: Art, Science & Indigenous Knowledge, was a three-day summit exploring the future of human relationships with nature through the lens of art, science and indigenous wisdom.

For this week's Wellbeing 101, Otherness take a closer look at Hakomi. This compassionate practice unifies the mind and body by integrating eastern principles of mindfulness and nonviolence, with neuroscience and western body centred methods of therapy.

Back in August, Poppy was invited to Margent Farm by the SSAW Collective for a day filled with the wonders of the radical hemp plant and to learn more about Steve Barron's mission.

Trauma Release Exercises, widely referred to as TRE®, is a self-regulation tool consisting of simple exercises that release tension, stress and trauma stored within the physicality of our bodies. Here Poppy dives deeper into the origin and practice.

Global platform, think tank and Otherness guide the Advaya Initiative, was founded to create solutions to the systemic and interconnected crisis of our climate emergency and mental health crisis. Poppy sat down with the founders to find out more.