Mud, Mud Everywhere ¦ Oxford Moments

Once a London city-slicker, writer Yang-May Ooi revels in the glories offered by mud, mud and more mud in the local environs of Oxford. Mud, Mud Everywhere ¦ Oxford Moments One of the attractions for me of moving…

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Merton College from Christchurch Meadow - to illustrate "The Enchantment of Christchurch Meadow" by writer Yang-May Ooi on her blog "Oxford Moments"

The Enchantment of Christchurch Meadow ¦ Oxford Moments

With change comes uncertainty. Uncertainty churns up fear and distress. Walking through Rose Lane into Christchurch Meadow, writer Yang-May Ooi discovers how the enchantment of nature  can give us a moment of calm and personal power in times…

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Ann Lewis on Creative Conversations podcast, hosted by Yang-May Ooi

Ann Lewis on How Nature Photography Can Change Your Life CCV0305 ¦ Creative Conversations [podcast]

Ann Lewis, an amateur photographer based on the Isle of Wight, talks to Creative Conversations host Yang-May Ooi, about how her passion for nature photography showed her a new way of looking at the world and also made…

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Tony Dillon with Yang-May Ooi - ReWilding My Life podcast

Tony Dillon on Re-connecting with Nature CCV0302 ¦ Creative Conversations [podcast]

Many of us live in big cities like London. We are surrounded by noise, crowds – and a lot of pollution. Is that lifestyle seriously damaging us? And can re-connecting with nature save our health? Ex-lawyer and creative…

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Ladywell Fields by reid smith on flickr.com (CCL) to illustrate a blogpost by Yang-May Ooi about cycling

Cycling the Road Less Travelled ¦ ReWilding My Life

You don’t have to fight your way out of London every time you want to enjoy the countryside. You can find hidden pockets of nature within the big city if you hop on a bicycle and give yourself…

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Brompton on the open road - to illustrate a post about ReWilding My Life by Yang-May Ooi

I’ve joined a cult – The Cult of The Brompton ¦ ReWilding My Life

Multi-media storyteller Yang-May Ooi recounts how she gave up being sensible and fell into the Cult of the Brompton as part of her project to re-connect with nature. I resisted for a long time. I would look longingly…

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Green leaves to illustrate The Scent of Green - a video poem by Yang-May Ooi

Scent of Green – a video poem ¦ ReWilding My Life

This video poem, Scent of Green, is part of a multi-media project by creative actionista, Yang-May Ooi, about her personal journey to re-connect with nature. Scent of Green – a video poem ¦ ReWilding My Life As part…

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Wisteria to illustrate a post on ReWilding My Life by creative actionista Yang-May Ooi

Author Yang-May Ooi launches new online creative project Rewilding My Life

Stressed? Fed up? Unhappy? That’s how writer and creative actionista Yang-May Ooi had been feeling in her desk-based city life in London. Now, she’s on a personal journey to change all that by re-connecting with nature. She invites…

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