Do you have control issues? Has anyone told you that you are controlling? This meditation will help you learn to let go. Benefits · Makes life more pleasant for you and others · Helps you understand that everything changes · Helps you learn to let go of wanting to control everything If you are a [...]
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You Can Let Go Now
Posted in Alexia Miall, Book review, Meditation, tagged Alexia Miall, Control issues, Madonna Gauding, Meditation Bible, Meditation practice on March 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Walking Meditation
Posted in Alexia Miall, Book review, Meditation, tagged Alexia Miall, Jane Hope, Meditate for Life, The Meditation Year, Walking Meditation on March 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I truly enjoy my Walking Meditation, it fulfills two functions, gets me outside and moving, and reconnects me with my inner self. The following Informal Walking Meditation is very simple and easy to do. On the Meditate for Life program, one of the many meditation techniques we teach is a form of Walking Meditation, again [...]
Glass Half Full
Posted in Alexia Miall, Book review, Meditation, Neuroscience, tagged Alexia Miall, Glass half full, Madonna Gauding, Meditation Bible, Meditation practice on October 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It is easy to take what you have for granted and be chronically dissatisfied. Focusing on what blessings you have can transform your mind and your life. Benefits Provides antidote to chronic dissatisfaction Increases your awareness of your blessings Helps you stay in the present moment It is so easy to be caught up in [...]
My Friend in the Garden
Posted in Book review, Margie Braunstein, Meditation, tagged Margie Braunstein, Meditation, Petrea King, Relaxation, Visualisation, Zen Garden on October 18, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Recently I was in a beautiful garden sitting with a dear friend asking her for her wisdom and guidance about an issue in my life. This friend is a true and trusted loving presence in my life and I often consult with her. I have to say she has never given me bad counsel. As [...]
Pearl of Wisdom
Posted in Book review, Inspiration, Margie Braunstein, tagged Margie Braunstein, Pearl of Wisdom, Sydney Morning Herald, Tom Bass on October 11, 2011 | 11 Comments »
In 1994 I cut an article out of the Sydney Morning Herald. I found it again today and have transcribed for you below. I hope you find it as inspiring as I did all those years ago. “It took sculptor Tom Bass 68 years to make the major breakthrough of his life. Now 78, the [...]
Kindness or Famous
Posted in Bernadette Arena, Book review, Poetry, tagged famous, Kindness, loss, Naomi Shihab Nye, Poem, self remembering on September 29, 2011 | 3 Comments »
A line from a poem came to me this morning: “before you know what kindness is, you must lose things….” Hmmm. I rolled it around in my mind for a while, contemplating it, tasting it. Not really questioning it, seeing if I agreed or if it fitted my world view, but just letting it settle [...]
Neurons That Fire Together Wire Together
Posted in Book review, Meditation, Neuroscience, Wendie Batho, tagged Buddha Brain, Meditation, neuroplasticity, Neuroscience, Rick Hanson, Wendie Batho on August 18, 2011 | 5 Comments »
There is an enormous amount of research happening about the brain, mind, and consciousness. Science knows a hundred times more today than it did in 1990 about what happens to the brain when we engage in contemplative practices like meditation. This is great news for those who say “I can’t meditate”! There is now good [...]
Some Thoughts on Meditation
Posted in Book review, Consciousness, Meditation, Wendie Batho, tagged Eckhart Tolle, Jack Kornfield, Meditation, Sally Kempton, Wendie Batho on August 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I am constantly researching and wanting to simplify my ideas as I have spent years thinking that if I could only find the right practice for me, my life would open up and I would find enlightenment or at least a constant state of peace! Given all the people we talk to on our programs [...]
The Book that Changed my Life.
Posted in Book review, Consciousness, Forgiveness, Inspiration, Margie Braunstein, tagged Book review, Jerry Jampolsky, Margie Braunstein, Teach Only Love on June 30, 2011 | 5 Comments »
The book that changed my life… Is there one important book that changed your life? It is hard to choose one because I could really answer ‘what is the book this week’ that has changed my life? However, if I had to choose just one it would be: Gerald Jampolsky’s ‘Teach only Love’ From the [...]
