iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Michael Ashcroft

Francis Irving @flourish.org · 03/11/2025

Really happy to interview @michaelashcroft.com on my podcast "Imagine an apple" about the inner experience of Alexander Technique. What is it like to experience “open awareness”? What’s the difference between doing and non-doing? Really enjoyed this one! zencastr.com/z/ST9vDWiJ

zencastr.com

Alexander technique with Michael Ashcroft by @Francis Irving

What is it like to experience “open awareness”? What’s the difference between doing and non-doing? What is “thinking”? Welcome to another episode of “Imagine an apple”. In this episode, Vynn and Fra...

041

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 03/10/2025

good afternoon everyone, I am recovering from knee surgery and enjoying the anaesthetic wearing off how are you all doing? context on the knee thing: michaelashcroft.com/notes/2025-0...

michaelashcroft.com

I'm having knee surgery on Friday

010

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 10/04/2025

early morning contact naps with a three week old might be one of the best things most mornings from around 5am I lie with him on the sofa while reading and it feels very precious and it feels great that I can give his mother another round of much deeper sleep for 2-3 hours

150

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 31/03/2025

update from life with a two week old I am tired, I have much less time for myself, but I am happy

0160

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 03/03/2025

2025 is the year of telling your followers on bluesky that you're basically off twitter but posting more on substack

2190

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 23/01/2025

the world I grew up in, the one that felt like home to me, is gone if I am to gift my son a world that feels like home to him, I must first grieve the loss of mine

1200

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 12/01/2025

I had a single espresso at 3pm thinking it wouldn’t affect my sleep and I am disheartened to report that this is not the case

4170

Reposted by Michael Ashcroft

Paul Millerd @pmillerd.com · 29/11/2024

Put together a fun little black friday deal with some friends Help keep us unemployed: pathless.thrivecart.com/black-frida… @jmiller.bsky.social @michaelashcroft.com @visakanv.com

Put together a fun little black friday deal with some friends

Help keep us unemployed: https://pathless.thrivecart.com/black-friday-creator-offer/

@jmiller.bsky.social @michaelashcroft.com @visakanv.com

1112

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 25/11/2024

I'm not particularly worried about people being one-shotted by the 6D mesoamerican demon when taking ayahuasca I'm much more worried about people already having been one-shotted by the 2D infinite scroll demon in their hands that lets them avoid feeling uncomfortable on demand

34910

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 24/11/2024

okay, I'm going to spend the next five days subsisting largely on extremely bitter ghee wish me luck

7270

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 24/11/2024

This hospital has a roof “garden!” say hello to Delhi on a day of comparatively much less pollution

2150

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 23/11/2024

so the oscillation of the stream of fluid my forehead is extremely interesting it seems to trigger some perceptual shift that I haven’t figured out yet but I had moments of tension releasing in my body along with sudden awareness of certain childhood memories not strong, but definitely there

350

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 22/11/2024

I forgot that jet lag insomnia kicks in on the SECOND night going east I got cocky

030

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 22/11/2024

today I had hot medicated buttermilk poured on my forehead and scalp (Takradhara) and then I had hot medicated tea poured all over my body (Parishek) now I have medicated pastes and leaves sitting in the backs of my knees (Upnaha) how is your day going?

2130

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 22/11/2024

so this Pancharkarma (three ish weeks of Ayurvedic treatment in a hospital in a Delhi suburb) might end up being one of the weirdest things I’ve ever done at least it will occupy a place in a certain dimension of weird that is rarely accessed, if not being the actual One Weirdest Thing

4190

Reposted by Michael Ashcroft

Paul Millerd @pmillerd.com · 20/11/2024

Made a starter pack of some of my favorite follows go.bsky.app/Fd4R2Gm

5223

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 20/11/2024

I am about to spend nearly a month in a hospital in Delhi doing an Ayurvedic treatment programme so I am going to be posting a lot I think also AMA if you want

5210

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 15/11/2024

hello! if you are feeling overstimulated—anxious, tense, distracted—it's easy to get stuck in a loop where you just get more overstimulated. If that's you right now, I'd invite you to stop scrolling, turn off the podcast, put your phone down and remove inputs for 30 mins see how you feel!

4252

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 14/11/2024

I am FASCINATED to understand how bluesky got memed into these beliefs about ‘tpot’

7321

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 14/11/2024

I’m noticing that people are following me, which is lovely and thank you — but I’m not posting as much as I would think necessary to get followers is there a way to see if I’m on a starter pack, or is it a thing you only know if you’re told?

4130

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 13/11/2024

as I approach 37 I’m realising that one’s 30s are for paying close attention to how one’s body is likely to fall apart if not corrected, and then to be diligent about not letting it fall apart in those specific ways

2100

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 12/11/2024

Hello you 1 point 4 thousand lovely people how are we doing today?

3200

Reposted by Michael Ashcroft

🤍Doro🖤 @doroisdoro.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

aww turns out the light and easy and good feeling is my heart 💓 hello world

071

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 29/10/2024

hello! did you know that what you pay attention to tends to grow? so right now, I invite you to notice something in your body that feels good, easy and light pay attention to how good it feels, and let that good feeling spread to the rest of you

091

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 29/10/2024

I don’t need a Mac mini I don’t need a Mac mini I don’t need a Mac mini I don’t need

170

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 29/10/2024

my partner is one of the most productive people I know and she’s never heard of GTD or anything similar she just… writes things down when she needs to and then does them makes you think

2181

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 16/06/2024

This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.

060

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 16/06/2024

hmmmm I am suffering from a distinct deficit of courage

170

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 15/06/2024

i am bored of random fatigue and brain fog

3140

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 13/06/2024

It’s both infuriating and wonderful that Ayurveda just straight up works something I’ll write about here more soon

4120

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 13/06/2024

yay I have my domain as my handle, that's cool

2190

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 13/06/2024

okay, new profile picture since I cut my long hair off two days ago better photos incoming

050

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 13/06/2024

I'm posting a thing I wrote just to breathe deep the free air of links that won't get suppressed newsletter.michaelashcroft.org/p/why-real-c...

newsletter.michaelashcroft.org

Why real change feels weird, unfamiliar and wrong

If you always do what feels familiar, you will never change

060

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 13/06/2024

people who feel in or adjacent to this term, can we please find a way to let that 'brand' quietly alchemise into something else?

1150

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 13/06/2024

if I post links here, they won’t get suppressed will they?

3170

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 13/06/2024

bluesky seems great now, this is awesome

2380

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 13/06/2024

hmmm I like the threaded replies thing, but this is a bad way to display my own thread

3170

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 13/06/2024

you know, since I started being on social media in earnest in 2019, I feel like I've completely forgotten how to do it I feel substantially worse at it than I was in 2019-2021 I don't think it's just that COVID is done ('done'), though that is part of it I have lost some skills

1180

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 13/06/2024

I refuse to put the heating on in mid June haven't seen blue skies in ages

010

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 13/06/2024

hi everyone what’s been going on here on bluesky? what is the discourse?

8330

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 24/07/2023

part of me kinda wants Twitter to die so I can be freed to focus my attention elsewhere

2170

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 24/07/2023

Hmm has anyone who had been recently suspended on Twitter been a verified account?

2100

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 15/07/2023

Hey @jay.bsky.team I hope you’re having a great day here is a kitten in case you’re not though

0100

Michael Ashcroft @michaelashcroft.com · 15/07/2023

I heard there was some drama over here, what did I miss?

210

Reposted by Michael Ashcroft

Lin @linyun.bsky.social · 07/05/2023

Hi! Day 1 on Bluesky! Kudos to @mashcroft.bsky.social for the invite! Had a lovely vegan dinner party tonight and got inspired from @cecile.bsky.social to start a fun challenge which is to post 100 messages, just sharing personal thoughts and ideas. Can’t wait to hear from this community. #startnow

161