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
When the body is physically depleted it can seem difficult to make the choice to Meditate. Even if you do choose to sit on your Meditation cushion or chair, when exhausted you may find yourself slumped, dozing off, doing the "nodding dog", ending up with a stiff neck and likely a side order of negative,… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: What To Do When You’re Exhausted
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
Don’t believe your thoughts. It’s also sensible to not automatically believe other peoples. A hard lesson for many of us that have not followed through on our own intuition because another professes to know better. Thoughts are not a solid foundation on which to base your reality and I’m gonna go out on limb here… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Beyond Belief
The archetype of the Phoenix is a great analogy for what happens when we Meditate. In life, we may be coasting along, thinking everything is fine and dandy. Maybe we find ourselves in place of dull contentment, or we have not the eyes yet to see the bounty and beauty before us. Or maybe we… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Rising From The Ashes
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 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
This morning, I got called to a particular dance on the Movement Medicine hub of which I am a member. A shout out here for Ya'Acov and Susannah Darling Kahn for creating such a beautiful container and Community. You can check it out here. I am realising how important Conscious movement is for this particular… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: The Light Within
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
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