"With her breasts exposed," literally and metaphorically, is how writer Núria Esponellà has experienced the breast cancer she was diagnosed with in October 2023. Literally because it has been demanded of her by mammograms, tactile examinations, radiotherapy sessions, radiotherapy sessions... because, as she explains, with the disease she has learned to value the essential things and, like someone throwing away their bra, to shed the armor and limiting and useless thoughts in order to feel free and love herself and her body, including her breasts marked by aging and the scars from the operation. With bare breasts It is also the title of her latest book, where the writer bears witness to the pain she has suffered, but also to the courage and positivity with which she has faced the illness.

Yoga, in its most traditional and intimate conception, is not strictly opposed to celebration and collective gatherings. The Yoga Gallery Fest, a competition that celebrated its fourth edition a few days ago on the island of Llatzeret (in Menorca), will hold its fourth edition in Lleida next week and is already preparing new conquests in Seville and Madrid. Like an oil slick, this new concept, which fuses contemporary art, music, and yoga, is growing toward success.

Seeing a shooting star, watching a butterfly flutter its wings, blowing bubbles, boarding a boat... When we're young, many things surprise us. Each first experience is unique and unrepeatable, and our capacity for wonder and fascination seems endless. The problem is that, as we grow older, this capacity atrophies, as if we've run out of that "surprise reservoir" with which we once came into the world. And no one teaches us how and where we can refill it.

Childhood is a stage of learning, not only about the world around us, but also about ourselves. Little ones, among other things, must learn to recognize and manage their emotions. As Vilma Montoliu, a naturopath and therapist, explains: coach specialized in conscious breathing and meditation in the book I am like the sea (Column, 2025), can meditation be a tool to help them in this process?

"It depends a bit on the children's age, because sometimes we ask them for behaviors they can't give us because their brains aren't yet ready to do them," Montoliu points out. She emphasizes that, by expressing their emotions, children aren't trying to annoy adults, but rather to communicate. "Some parents think they know their children just because they're their children, but they need to get used to asking them more questions. For example, if they notice they're angry, they can ask them if they have a cloud in their head and then tell them, perhaps with the help of stories and tales, why they feel that way." According to Montoliu, this will help them identify their emotions.

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