Philosophy

Prayer and Ritual

Posted by on Jun 29, 2015 in Culture, Philosophy, Well-being | 0 comments

There are countless number of reasons to why we pray, perform rituals and ceremonies. Many of which have developed over a long human history, and regardless of the reasons to why we do it, if you do, what is common is that relationship we gain though it. There are a wide range of beliefs out there all stemming from the same nature and in which the common denominator of people meaning that our reasons are much the same. Even if you consider yourself an atheist chances are that there will be small rituals in the day to day life which some may call routine, however without major differences in...

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Ital Vegan Rasta Master Chef Ras ‘Bongo’ Simba at the Main Event

Posted by on Jun 21, 2015 in Culture, Food, Philosophy | 0 comments

In his own words: “Ital is a way of the life of the ancient Rastaman. Basically Ital is the use of natural things from the earth. To eat Ital is to prepare just natural food, preferably organic vegetables and spices. That is really Ital cooking.” Cooking with love and with dedication to an Ital diet for over four and half decades, this legendary Ital Master Chef will be cooking at our main event. Don’t miss this chance to come and enjoy rich, fully organic and strictly Vegan Caribbean flavours with us. Renowned in the field, Ras uses only organic unprocessed ingredients, as well as grow his...

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Up Side Down with Tribe of Doris!

Posted by on Jun 2, 2015 in Culture, Philosophy, Well-being, Yoga | 0 comments

Particularly common in some Yoga practices, are inversed positions. Simply meaning that your head is down and your feet is up is not only a change in the way the world looks from our eyes, but also a change in how the body feels. It’s said to have many great benefits both to your mental and bodily well being. There are countless known cases where people who have suffered back pain, either due to trauma or due to tension and tear building up over time, where it’s been greatly relieved or even cured from methods including inversion. There are inversion benches in hospital to help...

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A Crib for Cultural Collaboration

Posted by on Jun 1, 2015 in Art, Culture, Dance, Music, Philosophy, Song, Well-being | 0 comments

As we go towards a more and more globalised times, we are less geographically tied to specific areas, together with the international information highway which is the current connected world there is vast blend of a cultural soup in some places. This of course is something that Tribe of Doris is glad to be in the mix with, and forwarding forward thinking and welcoming the cultural heritage and knowledge each person which are involved with us is something that we do with open arms. For many of the running involvements, Tribe of Doris acts as a crib of cultural collaboration, drawing on the...

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Meditation

Posted by on May 31, 2015 in Art, Culture, Philosophy, Well-being | 0 comments

We’ve all heard the famous words of the Dalai Lama ”If every 8 year old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation.” Of course everyone lives by their own beliefs and their own theories on that, and it may or may not be true. However, there is something about just that inner peace, finding a practice which promotes the good qualities in kindness and compassion is something that in many cases will help people down to the individual level. So, as known by many who has tried meditation of some form, and for all those who might be...

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