I had the opportunity to listen to one of my Meditation teachers, Narain, share his Wisdom at the weekend. He said that over all his years of teaching Meditation, he observed in himself and others, the thing that caused the most suffering was us not accepting reality as it is. I concur. Whether it be… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Denial Creates Suffering
A friendly reminder: The only time to begin again is Now Whether it's your Meditation practice, Yoga practice, going to the gym regularly, walking daily, eating healthily, abstaining from alcohol, remembering to tell your family you love them, setting boundaries, journaling, painting, jogging, dancing, reducing your time doom scrolling on social media, baking, or all… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: The Only Time To Begin Again Is Now
Last Wednesday my van steering decided to pack up when I was visiting my daughter in Bedford. Power steering fluid dripping all over the place, steaming on the hot engine, and as you can imagine the van is rather heavy and unsafe to steer with no power steering. Not wanting to risk driving back to… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Living With Trauma & SPD
A friend has been taking me through an art Mandala making process. We started with layer 1 that represented the Earth. Layer 2 represented Flow. Layer 3 represented what we want (or at least think we want, lol) to bring into existence. It has been a few months since we did layer 3 and the… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: The Art Of Non-Attachment
Our primary relationship is with ourself and determines how we show up in all our other relationships. Meditation can help us strengthen that connection with our own authenticity that cultivates a willingness to meet all parts of ourself with Loving Presence. It helps us create strong boundaries, to not settle for anything less than Love.… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Nurturing Relationships
I find myself in a position where I have made a (big) decision and yet in order to get the wheels of change in motion I am waiting for the forces of Nature to align with my vision. Literally I am waiting for the river levels to go down so that I can move Lily… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Acceptance Is A Portal To Peace
It has been said that change is the only constant in life. Mind is changeable, this we know. Even when it appears stuck in rigid thinking, it is always potentially just one thought away from a new perspective. The energies of creation, maintenance and dis-creation are all occurring at the same time in different aspects of… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Navigating Change
This is another one of those re-posts I warned you about to get the website up to speed, but it seems very apt this week, not just for me personally (as I have been having Somatic therapy to try and rebuild some resilience back into my nervous system!) but those sharing with me. Interestingly it's… Continue reading Reclaiming The Power of Gentleness
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