Health

Morning Star is a unit of the Health and Healing Trust, made up of midwives and doulas who support pregnancy, childbirth breastfeeding and provide women’s wellness gynecological care in Auroville.

World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) began in 1992, set from the 1st-7th August, in order to promote public awareness to encourage and support breastfeeding.

As I’m swept gently through the warm water in Dariya’s arms, I perceive intense colours behind my closed eyes. My daily concerns fall away from me, and I start to feel weightless in this seeming alternative reality where one is not required to do anything, other than simply relax and surrender to the process.

A couple of months ago, a poster went up on Auroville notice boards advertising scuba diving lessons offered by ex-Special Forces soldiers of the Indian Army.

An important meeting in terms of planning for the larger bioregion took place on 11th September in Pondicherry. Hosted by Citizen’s Action Network, PondyCAN and the Puducherry Planning Authority, with participation of civil society from all the sub-regions, the consultation meeting was also addressed by Lt.