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Meditation Cafe: The Spirit Of Play

I'm having one of those days where Brian (aka my brain) has literally presented me with a thousand things that could be written in this blog, so I've given him the day off and let my Heart Word for the day, which is "Play", lead the way. To be honest, I haven't been feeling very… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: The Spirit Of Play

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Meditation Cafe: Living With Trauma & SPD

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

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Meditation Cafe: The Art Of Non-Attachment

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

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Meditation Cafe: What Is Pranayama

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