Sometimes you have to accept that some aspects of your life aren't working out, whether it's work, relationships or goals. Sometimes you need to sit in the reality of that realisation, to feel the uncomfortableness of your honest feelings. Whether they are genuinely intuitive or fear based it matters not, as you will need to… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Radical Self Honesty
Short answer.. No it's bloody not! And don't let anyone tell you any differently. Everyone benefits when you prioritise your Peace. You benefit from: A calmer mind Increased Clarity A deeper awareness of how you actually feel A more relaxed body Increased productivity A more regulated nervous system Increased ability to be Compassionate Your family… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Is It Selfish To Prioritise Your Peace?
There's a lot of conflict going on in the world right now. A lot of sadness, a lot of grief, a lot of dis-belief that some Human Beings are still intent on perpetuating division between peoples, places and races. We are all breathing the same air, we are all connected through Consciousness. Even if you… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Overwhelm & The Universal Nervous System
Meditation, entering through the Heart, is less about doing and more about Being. It takes you into a receptive state, not to receive more data, more information, more ideas, more judgements, more ideals, but to a place where you can see beyond the spaghetti junction of the constant bombardment of external stimulus, to a place… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Learning To Be Receptive
I'm still reading Prayers of the Cosmos by Neil Douglas Klotz, a Sufi Mystic whose lineage goes back to Hazrat Inayat Kahn. I will talk more about my own mystical connection with Hazrat in another blog, suffice to say that many roads I take somehow lead to him! For those that didn't see the previous… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Synchronicity & Contemplating Humility
My Heart Word today is LOVE. I've been working today on my other website Blue Star Therapies (to be relaunched this week!). I took it offline whilst getting clear on what it is I'm actually offering. The image below, a synonym I've used for SOUL since I first started Blue Star Therapies, is on it's… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Where To Find Unending Love
Expectation can veil our Presence if we are not aware of its function. In the not Self mode of experiencing we can, often unconsciously, expect that the future will be the same as the past, for better or for worse. We may also have expectations of a potential to be fulfilled without seeing the actual… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Exploring Expectation, Attachment & Potential
No, you don’t need to be in a quiet environment to Meditate. It can be helpful for sure but it is absolutely not necessary and should never be an excuse not to practice. Why is this? Because in Meditation we are learning to focus on the Silence within us that is not affected by external… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Does It Need To Be Quiet To Meditate?
This is going to be a quickie! I'm leaving tomorrow on an adventure, a little working holiday with my cat Tara. My cat sitter became ill so I googled van life with cat. It's apparently a thing. I have a cat rucksack so she can come hiking with and me and everything.. if only I… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: The Power Of Group Meditation
Prana means vital energy or life force, ayama is defined as extension or expansion. Thus, the word pranayama means expansion of life force and may be viewed as the art of breathing. In Yoga practice we always make sure that we start with correct breathing. This means breathing deeply, as designed to do, fully utilising… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: What Is Pranayama
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