What has The Silent Revolution got to do with speaking up? One might think at first glance that the two are opposites. When we Meditate, yes we are silent in the sense that we are not talking externally, but anyone that Meditates knows that often, when we first close our eyes, it is not actually… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Speaking Up
As you are reading this I'm travelling back from France and unfortunately will not be in a reliable location to facilitate Meditation Cafe. However, the wonderful Debbie Botterill (also known as Debbie OM), has very kindly offered to step in and share some her Wisdom and teachings on the Silence. Debbie is the owner of… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Silence Speaks From Its Own Intelligence
I was listening to a well known astrologer the other day whom was talking about an asteroid called Chariklo. In mythology Chariklo is Chiron's wife. Chiron is a centaur known as the wounded healer and in astrology, depending on which sign and house he lands in at the time of your birth, relates to the… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Silence Is Underrated
I don't know whether you've noticed but the mind has a habit of making things complicated, especially when it comes to your Meditation practice. It has very high expectations of you and will berate you, judge you and put you down if you haven't reached Zen Master status, ie no awareness of thought, 100% Silent… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Keep It Simple
Silence is here. What does this even mean? The answer cannot be found in the minds questioning, in fact the more we try to think about the Silence, the further away the Silence appears.. And yet, beyond all our thinking, philosophising and analysing, the Silence is still here. The only way to understand this statement… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Silence Is Here
It's in times of transition that your practice is likely to suffer, or any time where there is a change in your routine. How you navigate these times, literally determines whether or not you inadvertently cause yourself suffering. It is true that Meditating every day at consistent times, is the ideal way to Meditate for… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Navigating Transitions With Eyes Open Practice
I'm busy preparing for at Back To The Roots Festival this weekend with another Silent Sanctuary. You can read my blog The Need For Spaces To be Silent to find out why I do this. Tara is coming with me as we need some cat van life practice and I really don't want to leave… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Silent Sanctuary
Our Meditation practice can create a fertile soil in which life takes root. What has been planted? What is growing? Beautiful fragrant flowers, playful ferns, strong Oak Trees? Or is your psychological landscape overrun with weeds? There's no need to demonise the weeds though. Talk to any herbalist and they'll tell you of the healing… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Back To The Roots
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
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