Filed under: Radio | Tags: Belfast, Bombs, Cliftonville Road, Falls Road, Ireland, Jordanstown, London, Marks and Spencer, Nervys Young, North Belfast, Northern Ireland, Northern Irish Accent, PSNI, Queen's University Belfast, RUC, Sectarianism, Shankill Road, University of Ulster
Belfast past midnight
Thriteen years ago, Nervys Young came from a village outside of London to Northern Ireland. She intended to stay for a three year degree program and has not left since. Ned talks about how totally naive she was when she first moved here, whether she’s ever considered herself a local, how people react to her accent, and why she hasn’t run for the hills yet.
Filed under: Radio | Tags: Alternative Medicine, Aromatherapy, Balance, Beauty, Belfast, Body-Mind Connection, Breathing, Careers, Caroline Dunne, Chakras, Chicago, Choice, Consciousness, Cross Community Work, Crystals, Energy Centres, Energy Field, Energy System, Energy Work, Hair stylist, Hairdressing, Healing, Healing Breath, Healings, Holistic Practitioner, Hopi Ear Candling, Hypnosis, Identity, Intention, Japan, Journeys, Massage Therapy, meditation, Metaphysical Work, Natural High, NHS, North Belfast, Old Park Road, Paris, Personal Development, Psychoanalysis, Reflexology, Reiki, Relaxation, Religion, Silence, Skepticism, Sleep, Soul, Spine, Spirit, Spirituality, The Troubles, Therapeutic Body massage, Therapy, US, Zoning Out
Caroline's Crystals
Caroline Dunne talks from her home in North Belfast about the practice of Reiki. She has been practicing it for many years, having been trained in the US and then moved to Belfast to live & work here for the past 6 and a half years. Caroline had been a hair stylist before, but then switched into holistic therapies, with reiki being one of her favorite to practice. Reiki is unlike a traditional body massage — with less touching, more silence, and a focus on chakras and crystals. In today’s episode, she explains what reiki is exactly & who is attracted to it. Caroline also discusses what the reaction has been in North Belfast and the city at large to reiki, as well as what it can offer to people (including skeptics of it), and why she enjoys it so much.
Filed under: Radio-Video | Tags: Belfast, Bicycle Repairman, Bicycles, I Fix Bikes, I Think Bikes, North Belfast, Northern Ireland, Sam Ruscica, Smithfield Market, Stranmillis
for more from Sam: http://anotherworldradio.com/2008/08/01/ep-25-bicycle-belfast/
Filed under: Radio | Tags: Amsterdam, Austin Brown, Belfast, Belfast Bicycle Workshop, Bicycle Repair Man, Bicylces, Bike Pirates, Bike Tours, Blind Bicycling, Botanic Avenue, Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, City Planning, Community Bicycle Workshop, Critical Mass, Cuba, Derry, Drunk Cycling, Environment, Flann O'Brien, Foreigners, Funny Hats, Glenchain Pass, Holland, Holylands, Hooliganism, I Fix Bikes, I Think Bikes, Lifecycles, Monty Python, Mother Teresa, North Belfast, Northern Ireland, Paddy Bloomer, Pedestrians, Queen's University Belfast, Recycling, Sam Ruscica, Sammy the Seal, Smithfield Markets, South Belfast, Stag Parties, Students, Sustrans, Tandem Bikes, The Third Policeman, The Workshops, Toronto, Tourism, Unprovoked Abuse, Vandalism, Vegetarian Chili, Yellow Bike Project
Sam, at I Fix Bikes
This week, bicycling in Belfast.
Sam Ruscica, the ‘Mother Teresa of Broken Bikes’ in Belfast, talks about his shop “I Fix Bikes” in the Smithfield Market, as well as his plans for the future. He’d like to move from rescuing all the abandoned and abused bikes in town to managing a community bike shop, teaching people how to build and fix bikes for themselves. Sam also talks about Bike Pirates of Toronto, the abuse and flying objects he encounters while riding through the city, and the DIY Wednesdays he hosts at his shop.
Austin, at Belfast Bicycle Workshop
Then Austin Brown of Belfast Bicycle Workshop talks about his work repairing and selling bicycles, as well as leading bike tours of the city. He is located in ‘The Workshops’ on Lawrence Street in the Holylands, after having run Lifecycles down in the Smithfield Markets for many years. Austin explains why there’s not a critical mass in Belfast & how he’s trying to generate a bike culture here. He can be reached at 028 9043 9959, or at info@lifecycles.co.uk.
The ‘Bicycle Repair Man’ skit from Monty Python, from which Sam derives his job title.
Filed under: Radio | Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Belfast, Bipolar Disorder, Black Taxi, Britney Spears, Falls Road, Health, Hospital, Hostage, Johns Hopkins, Loyalists, Manic Depression, Mental Illness, North Belfast, Obesity, Politics, Race, Schizophrenia, The Troubles, Tourism, USA, Vivien Leigh
Peace Walls of Belfast
This week, the program goes to the Falls Road for an interview with a black taxi driver about his experiences giving tours and being taken hostage.
In the second half, Claire Hagan discusses her work with people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder at Johns Hopkins medical center in Baltimore.
