WELCOME TO BOHEMIAN CAFE!

Where do you go when you are depressed, anxious, nervous, lost or just need a bit of shot-in-the-arm inspiration? Who do you turn to for spiritual fuel when the world seems barren place? Who do you chat with when the day is so long and the muse refuses to visit?

We are here 24 hours a day, seven days a week for articles, ideas, book, video and audio suggestions or just for a good old fashioned chat with like-minded folk from around the globe. But what does it mean?

WHAT IS BOHEMIAN CAFE?

Let me tell you where the idea came from and why we stared the site. We started Bohemian Café because we – me and the folk that run it – were tired of looking for someone to inspire with and not being able to find (hardly) a soul that talked the same parlance. We loved the idea of having a place that same-ilk people could congregate and talk shop; anything from our latest entrepreneurial venture to matters of a spiritual nature or the (often) difficult-to-broach subject of depression, anxiety and burn-out.

But (I hear you cry) what does the name Bohemian café means? Bohemian Café is inspired by the Bohemian Café culture of the 19th and early 20th century.

Bohemia was a place that existed in the 19th and early 20th Century, where you could live and work cheaply, and behave unconventionally, a community of free souls far beyond the pale of respectable society. It flourished in many cities during this period - in Schwabing in Munich; Montmartre, Montparnasse and later the Latin Quarter in Paris; Greenwich Village in New York; Chelsea, Fitzrovia and Soho in London.
It now no longer exists anywhere.

Until today! Here, on this site. At the beginning of the 20th century Paris was the European Centre for the artistic avant-garde. Artists and men of letters met in café’s and in ateliers (artists studio’s). This interaction of poets, performers, painters, writers and intellectuals created the exciting and famous bohemian cafe society of the left bank.

In the 1920s Paris was famous for its thriving Bohemian cafe culture. Painters such as Picasso, Miro, and Matisse were there, as was an indomitable American woman named Gertrude Stein, who had established a famous salon where painters and writers such as James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ernest Hemingway met and exchanged ideas. They inspired each other, lifted one another’s moral when spirits were low and depression and inertia threatened to replace productivity.
This inspired us at Bohemian Café to provide a place - like the café’s of the 20th Century - where successful artists see fit to spend their time. Like them we understand the need to chose our surroundings carefully. Our thoughts are not always our own, they are often intrinsically linked to those around us. We are surrounded by people who see the world as an unfair and unjust place, people who fall into the blame trap and give over their power to some exterior force. Bearing this in mind, and if your intent is to become a self-leader, you have to start by choosing your influences wisely.

OUR AIM IS TO MAKE THIS SITE THE BOHEMIAN CAFE OF THE 21ST CENTURY.

It is a place where like-minded people can come to exchange ideas and receive support and inspiration. Bohemian Café aims to demonstrate that nobody has to settle for second best, that dreams can become reality.
The site will research and suggest practical ways in which we can gain the most from our bodies and minds. This will include articles in areas such exercise and fitness, meditation, spirituality, stress and depression.
As with any café, we have an area where people can come to talk (The Forum). Members of our café forum can post messages 24 hours a day and talk for as long as they like.
We take it upon ourselves to source books that we find useful in this journey to self-leadership and happiness. We will also make selected books/tapes/audios available to buy from this site (or from other sites where appropriate) and delivered with love to your front door.
As well as books we will also (in time) offer a range of Bohemian Café gifts along the inspirational theme available to buy online.

We hope that your visit here will set you on the right path to where you want to be. Please feel free to browse the Bohemian Café and remember, “Everything you can imagine is real.” Pablo Picasso.

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