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Rita does the laundry and suffers from depression which she induces in herself by storing negative emotions in the small of her back. I make her laugh and she claims to be much better! She cannot imagine life outside the centre so remains stuck in it.

Toby is making the straw house which will become the conference centre. He is assisted by his partner Bobby, a friendly teacher of Yoga down in Chiavari. Toby is also training the pigs to enter the ramp up to the trailer that will take them on their final journey.

Giovanni is reponsible for the agricultural side and has severely sprained his leg in a fall. He has returned to the centre whilst recovering and limps around on a crutch trying not to show the pain it causes him though the strain evident on his face. His injury wakes him often during the night, adding to his discomfort. I showed him how to lie on his back with his thighs perpendicular to the floor and his calves parallel to the floor supported by a chair: it allows his entire body to relax and he is grateful for the tip.

And of course Luigi whom we have met before.Read more