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
Mindfulness, Contemplation, Self Enquiry, Visualisation (including guided), Mantra repetition, have all become synonymous with the word Meditation. I personally use all of these techniques at different times for different purposes. I'm not knocking them. They help you to focus inwardly, they can have many healing benefits to the mental, emotional and physical bodies. They can… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: What Meditation Is Not
This blog is gonna be short and sweet. Sometimes there's nothing to say. I could sit and "try" to write something inspired but the Truth is I'm too tired. Which takes us back to last weeks blog, "Are You Trying Too Hard". If you you didn't get a chance to read it last week, here's… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Nothing To Say
The majority of problems we have in our Meditation practice arise from "trying" too hard because we have a misconception about what Meditation is and what we are "trying" to do. Most people when they start to Meditate proclaim, "I'm trying to Meditate but I can't do it" or "I'm trying to stop my thoughts… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Are You Trying Too Hard?
I close my eyes for Meditation to practice resting in the Silence. It does not have to be silent outside for me to rest in the Silence within me. In my eyes closed Meditation practice I am silent, meaning I'm not talking outwardly with my voice. Inwardly, if there's a lot of stress in my… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Resting In Silence Doesn’t Mean Not Speaking Up
I'd like for you to contemplate for a minute how you show up in the world. Are you a living, breathing question, looking to the outside world for validation or are you a statement of Presence, carrying a deep knowing of who you truly are at your core? Are you putting out, by your actions… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Am I Loveable?
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
10th February 2o24 - Saturday Night @ The OM, Northampton 9th to 11th August - Back To The Roots Festival 2024 - Early Bird Tickets Every Monday night 7.30pm - The Silent Revolution - Meditation Cafe In November 2023 we had our first "Saturday Night @ The OM" live poetry, storytelling and music night in… Continue reading Whats On: Saturday Night @ The OM & More…
"Integrity is one of the most important and oft-cited of virtue terms. It is also perhaps the most puzzling. For example, while it is sometimes used virtually synonymously with ‘moral,’ we also at times distinguish acting morally from acting with integrity. Persons of integrity may in fact act immorally—though they would usually not know they… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Contemplating Integrity
Have you had good intentions to practice Yoga or Meditation regularly, only to realise you haven't been doing it for a week, or you got ill and it interrupted the flow, or life threw you a curve ball and you got out of the habit? Did you then beat yourself up mentally, drag yourself down… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Now Is The Best Time To Begin Again
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