Michelle Teasdale

Embodiment and slow, seasonal living

Nature as Rebellion: Slowing Down in a Culture of Extraction

Feb 16, 2026

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4 min read

Nature as Rebellion: Slowing Down in a Culture of Extraction

Connecting with Nature as an Anti-Capitalist Practice

Michelle Teasdale

Feb 14, 2026

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2 min read

Weekend Mood Board

Herons, samurai and the commons

Michelle Teasdale

Feb 10, 2026

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2 min read

Why I Left Substack

A new missive from our new home

Michelle Teasdale

Slow Reading Group: The Restorative Rebel

Feb 5, 2026

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4 min read

Slow Reading Group: The Restorative Rebel

Chapter 2 - Making Sense of Social Impact

Michelle Teasdale

mood board

Jan 31, 2026

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2 min read

Weekend Mood Board

Ancestry, Jamaican curries and lighter evenings...

Michelle Teasdale

yin yoga

I'm craving community and slowing down, are you?

Jan 27, 2026

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7 min read

I'm craving community and slowing down, are you?

I'm excited to share this, you're the first people I've told...

Michelle Teasdale

Jan 24, 2026

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2 min read

Weekend Mood Board

Bowie, falafel and Hamnet

Michelle Teasdale

mood board

Jan 17, 2026

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2 min read

Weekend Mood Board

Somatics, blue cheese and so much rain...

Michelle Teasdale

yoga

Jan 12, 2026

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5 min read

30 Things I’ve Learned From 30 Years of Practicing Yoga

Reflections on and off the mat

Michelle Teasdale

mood board

Jan 10, 2026

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2 min read

Weekend Mood Board

Hi friends, I’m Michelle from Opting Out, based in Brighton, UK.

Michelle Teasdale

mood board

Jan 3, 2026

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2 min read

Weekend Mood Board

The legacy of industry, yet more Knausgaard and threshold choirs

Michelle Teasdale

mood board

Dec 27, 2025

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2 min read

Weekend Mood Board

Special Betwixtmas Edition

Michelle Teasdale

individualism

Dec 24, 2025

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7 min read

Slow Reading Group: The Restorative Rebel

Introduction + Chapter 1: Dispelling American-Made Myths

Michelle Teasdale

mood board

Dec 21, 2025

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2 min read

Weekend Mood Board

Ulysses, River walks and winter rain

Michelle Teasdale

mood board

Dec 13, 2025

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2 min read

Weekend Mood Board Sat 13th

Queer folk, a Modernist love affair and 2010s nostalgia

Michelle Teasdale

algorithm

Dec 11, 2025

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5 min read

On Breaking Up with Corporations

Reclaiming attention, connection, and care from corporate systems

Michelle Teasdale

mood board

Dec 6, 2025

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3 min read

Weekend Mood Board

Dropping your bundle, winter branches and a love of all things Norweigan...

Michelle Teasdale

snail

Dec 5, 2025

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2 min read

Slow Reading Group: The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

Index Guide

Michelle Teasdale

mood board

Nov 29, 2025

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2 min read

Weekend Mood Board

New parks, new hair and pops of colour

Michelle Teasdale

mood board

Nov 22, 2025

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2 min read

Weekend Mood Board

Dramatic skies, poetry and the long dark ...

Michelle Teasdale

mood board

Nov 15, 2025

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2 min read

Weekend Mood Board

Early morning Devotions, rain and cacao...

Michelle Teasdale

mandala

Nov 13, 2025

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3 min read

An Invitation Into the Mandala Method

A gentle container for healing, reflection, and returning to wholeness.

Michelle Teasdale

mood board

Nov 8, 2025

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2 min read

Weekend Mood Board

Sunsets, cosy blankets and the lion-headed dakini

Michelle Teasdale

co-resting

Nov 2, 2025

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3 min read

November Co-Resting Sessions

Wednesday and Friday upcoming dates

Michelle Teasdale

mood board

Nov 1, 2025

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3 min read

Weekend Mood Board

Vulvas, astrology and dzogchen

Michelle Teasdale