"Use what seems like poison as medicine." Today’s meditation journey is called Tonglen, a practice that has its origin in Tibet roughly a thousand years ago. Tonglen meditation profoundly influences our relationships with the humans around us. Here's a short description of Tonglen. Tonglen meditation, also known as “taking and sending,” reverses our usual logic … Continue reading Use what seems like poison as medicine.
In today’s journey, Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh speaks to us about dealing with overwhelming emotions. We all have those moments where emotions feel like a tidal wave, threatening to engulf us. Thich Nhat Hanh suggests a simple, yet powerful way to weather the storm. "Every time you have an energy that needs to be … Continue reading Whenever you stop and breathe, you have the energy of a mother.
Monday mornings. The groan-inducing alarm, the looming to-do list, the feeling of starting all over again. But what if we reframed it? What if Mondays weren't the enemy, but 52 chances a year for a fresh start, fueled by the magic of mindful breaths? 52 new waves of potential to ride. Your Monday morning thoughts … Continue reading 52 Mondays, 52 Miracles – breathe your way to a brighter week.
Today’s journey starts with a thought from Jiddu Kirshnamurti, "The ability to observe without evaluating, is the highest form of intelligence." - Jiddu Krishnamurti Have you ever paused to reflect on how quickly we tend to judge - not just others, but ourselves, events, and even fleeting thoughts? This innate compulsion to label things as … Continue reading This is the highest form of human intelligence!
Hello Fearless Souls, every so often I get asked this question... How to let go? This is a great question, because letting go sounds a lot like ignoring... pretending it doesn't exist, or that it didn't happen. Is this what we need to do in order to let go? Pretend that it doesn’t exist? Or … Continue reading If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.
I LOVE this meditation and I believe that our intention of opening our hearts to one another and sharing that love across space and time has a real world physical effect. During meditation I can FEEL the energy of your love and I feel certain that you can feel mine too. So today's message is … Continue reading You feel good not because the world is right, but your world is right because you feel good.
The ways in which you can create and express yourself are limitless, and whether or not you manifest your limitless nature, largely comes down to the view you have of yourself. The exercise in today's meditation compares how you see yourself to how you look at a flower. Are you able to look at yourself … Continue reading Do you have a growth mindset, or a fixed mindset?
Past and Future... Two places that exist only in our minds, yet so much of our energy is spent there. If you had to put a percentage on it, how much of your attention dwells in the past, and how much attention is hijacked by an uncertain future? Where you place your attention, is where … Continue reading Two thieves stealing your best life: Past regrets & Future fears
In today’s message Jiddu Krishnamurti reminds us that meditation is not about trying to prevent this brain from thinking thoughts, but about watching the thoughts dance. To get involved in a battle with your mind will only turn into a futile fight with your own brain. Instead, shift your focus. Become the observer, watching the … Continue reading It always starts with breath…
What are you creating this week? Elizabeth Gilbert kickstarts today’s journey with a reminder that we are all Fearless Creators, sculpting our world with every breath - “Do whatever brings you to life, then. Follow your own fascinations, obsessions, and compulsions. Trust them. Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.” - Elizabeth Gilbert “The … Continue reading Will you have the courage to bring forth these treasures that are hidden within you?
A message from today's meditation: When we subject ourselves to silence again and again, to the point of complete surrender, there is a softening that happens. Inside of this space of silence we have no need for any of our old patterns, our old habits, the old armour or masks and by repeatedly experiencing the … Continue reading Allow the rawness of your true strength to be revealed to you.
“Coming to our senses” assists in grounding ourselves in the full physical experience of this moment. It draws our thinking away from chasing phantom ideas, into the fully immersed experience of what this moment is making available. I'd like to share with you the beautifully articulated words of Laura Meyer, describing what bringing our attention … Continue reading Take a bite out of life.
I LOVE this meditation so much! It always leaves me with my heart feeling like it's too big for my chest. The connection is very real, even if we're sitting in our own homes scattered around the world, I swear that I can feel you! Thank you for sharing this space with us. "Love really … Continue reading When you approach the edge of your own vulnerability, do you shrink?
I love to really dig into the science of how we are put together. I feel like I've been given the "operators manual" for this vehicle that I'm driving around here on planet Earth, and slowly I'm understanding more of what all the buttons and switches do. Today's meditation is the journey of the chemistry … Continue reading I feel like I’ve been given the “operators manual” to this vehicle.
We are human, and therefore we all succumb to the most basic human trait - the need to survive. Add to this the fact that we are social animals who for most of our history lived in tribes because we wouldn't survive solo, then it's real easy to see that our first survival mechanism is … Continue reading We are social animals – our first survival instinct is to be accepted by the tribe.
Surrender always leads to clarity... I know that it may feel completely counter-intuitive, but through surrender we overcome the compulsion to be reactive, and that provides us with space. Within that space we discover clarity, and in that clarity the next steps to take become clear. Outside of surrender all of our actions stem from … Continue reading Discover your next move in the flow of Surrender.
Happy Monday, and a merry new week! The new year has started and whether you’re the “new year's resolutions” kind of person or not, we all come up with some kind of idea of what we’d want the year ahead to be like. So before I get carried away with what my goals are this … Continue reading Before I get carried away with my goals for this year, I have a reminder for myself…
Imagine… stepping beyond the buzzing hive of thoughts, anxieties, and to-do lists. Beyond the judgments, doubts, and endless noise of the "doing" mind. There, in the hushed space between breaths, lies a field. Not a field of grass or wildflowers, but a field of pure potentiality, of unbridled connection, of a love whispered in the … Continue reading Beyond Words: This field can only be found with the heart.
A message from today's meditation: Remember that scene in The Matrix where Neo realizes he's stuck in a simulation, but he can bend it to his will? Turns out, we all have that power. The secret? It's not some fancy coding, it's the most revolutionary self-upgrade possible: learning to love yourself. Rumi, the poet who … Continue reading Unplug from the Matrix: How Loving Yourself Hacks Your Reality
A message from today's meditation: I want to remind you of the powerful force of change in the world, that is love... You're not a bucket waiting to be filled, you're a radiant fountain, overflowing with love. Not just for others, but for every glorious, messy, magnificent piece of you. That's the transformative magic of … Continue reading Proof that love is the closest thing we have to magic!
Pema Chödrön's words lead us into today's meditation, igniting a spark of liberation within us. Growth, she whispers, isn't a grand escape, but a homecoming - a rediscovery of the infinite wellspring within. "Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about befriending who we are already." - Pema … Continue reading Unveil your inner sky and befriend yourself.
In the daily cacophony of life, amidst to-do lists and Instagram grids, do you ever truly step inside the orchestra of your soul? It's there, playing a melody unique to you, a masterpiece yearning to be heard. But the noise of fear, doubt, and "shoulds" often drowns it out. "Listening is required to hear your … Continue reading Unmute your inner symphony.
Imagine holding a delicate flower in your hand, its petals unfurling like whispered secrets to the morning light. You trace the veins on its petals, marvel at its intricate dance of colors, and find yourself lost in its flawless beauty. In that moment, you see perfection, unblemished and complete. But why, when it comes to … Continue reading Step into your limitless self!
A message from today's meditation: We're not just entering a new week, we are on the cusp of a fresh new year - a blank canvas, a cosmic reset button. But before we charge headfirst into resolutions and to-do lists, let's take a deep breath. Because a mind riddled with anxiety is like trying to … Continue reading Whatever is soft and yielding will overcome what is rigid and hard.
In today’s today’s meditation we journey together into the transformative process of self-discovery, guided by the wisdom of five powerful quotes that illuminate a path to understanding, and inner peace. What story do these quotes tell? Together, they form a roadmap to silence, urging us to turn inward and find within ourselves the answers we … Continue reading This fire will not burn you, but it will burn everything that you are not.
Deep within us lies a wisdom, a soul that inherently knows how to restore balance and wholeness. Yet, despite this inner knowing, we often find ourselves stuck, unable to access this healing power. Why? Because our minds, endlessly busy and preoccupied, act as the gatekeeper. The real challenge isn’t discovering how to heal but learning … Continue reading The challenge is to silence the mind.
At the apex of love, is SELF love... Love and self-love are not exactly different kinds of love, they are intertwined, have the same source and one is an extension of the other. I can only love others to the extent that I have learned to love myself. “It’s all about falling in love with … Continue reading The secret of attraction is to love yourself.
The illusion of being separate and isolated, this is the “prison” we are addressing today. Albert Einstein, physicist, had a logical way of looking at what the world is and what humans are, that was at times so clearly simple that it made him sound like a spiritual teacher. To him our oneness with the … Continue reading Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison.
Which parts of your true self do you hide from the world? As we navigate the complexities of life, it's easy to get caught up in the act of wearing masks to conceal our true selves. We may don these masks to fit in, to gain acceptance, or to protect ourselves from the harsh realities … Continue reading Hold yourself in kindness while you do the work of letting old masks go.
A message from today's meditation: We often navigate life with a constant internal commentary, a relentless inner critic that judges our every move. "I should have done this better," "I'm not good enough," "I'm failing." These thoughts, rooted in our ego, create a limited and often painful experience. These inner narratives are a very real … Continue reading Reach for your connection to your soul…
