“Remember you were not made for the all the worries that burden you; they were made by you” – Swami Kriyananda ‘Yogas chitta, vritta, nirodha’, Sutra 1:2, (Yoga is the neutralisation of the vortices of feeling) This brief concise statement is where i have set my compass. As my 44th Summer reigns, this sutra, a […]
Don’t believe everything you think; how meditation can help unfold truth from story
I will soon be helping people in my community – to learn how to meditate – as well as offering an ongoing weekly group satsang, to support those that have learnt the technique which I teach. The meditation, I teach is alive, it has centuries of practice behind it, the vibration of many a Man […]
Reclaim Silence – Reclaim Yourself
Those whom seek silence know to tame the senses. Those whose senses are tamed do not pollute the world. There are many untamed in the world, thus the world has much pollution, but non so much as – noise! We meet the demands of our external world bombarded by noise. Ignorant to the silence […]
What attending a Zen Tea Ceremony taught a Yoga student
Wu De and his disciple Sam, from Tea Sage Hut are unassuming Zen Monks. Mandala beads, beards & Wu’s traditional Chinese clothing, are hints that they are somehow of the world, but not in it. Upon meeting them, there is a clarity and warmth which conveys a rich and deep connection to truth, embodied through […]
Dream Medicine: Awakening the Snake
There are dreams; then there are medicine dreams. The kind of dream that reveals deeper insights, and are often the dreams that linger in the mind for hours, days or weeks. As my skills of deep listening and observation develop so too, have the ability to discern dreams and pay particular attention to dreams that […]
I am a Spiritual Mother. Living my own Spiritual Story.
Spiritual Life: stretches me. Raising a family: stretches me. Often I feel, I am not qualified for the great energy that both these paths require, yet here I am; Mother and Spiritual Student, all in the same breath. The deep internal call to spiritually evolve is, not confined, to the ways of the traditional Sadhak […]