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.
Will you have the courage to bring forth these treasures that are hidden within you?
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?
Before I get carried away with my goals for this year, I have a reminder for myself…
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…
Whatever is soft and yielding will overcome what is rigid and hard.
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.
Use whatever has come, to awaken.
A message from today's meditation: What is coming your way this week? It’s a question that invites reflection, curiosity, and courage. Life, as unpredictable as it is, continuously presents us with moments of joy, struggle, and everything in between. While it is empowering to have a clear intention for your day or week, it’s equally … Continue reading Use whatever has come, to awaken.
You can’t control the wind, but YOU choose how to set your sails.
I LOVE Mondays! The truth is, how we approach Monday significantly influences the emotional tone of the entire week. It's a powerful starting point, a blank canvas upon which we paint the strokes of our intentions. Just as a sailor must carefully set their sails to navigate the winds, we must consciously set our intentions … Continue reading You can’t control the wind, but YOU choose how to set your sails.
Are you always doing your best?
A message from today's meditation: We’ve all felt the weight of unrealistic expectations, the pressure to constantly strive for more, to be more. This relentless pursuit of perfection can often lead to burnout, frustration, and a deep sense of inadequacy. But what if we could shift our perspective, release the pressure, and simply do our … Continue reading Are you always doing your best?
Are you LIVING your worth, or are you trying to prove your worth?
It's Monday and I want to remind you that you ARE a born creator! You were created to create. Creating is your birth-right. "Creativity is one of your greatest gifts. It resides deep inside you impacting every thought. It is attached to a never ending source and is one of the main aspects of who … Continue reading Are you LIVING your worth, or are you trying to prove your worth?
Create the grand vision but most of all… just do your best!
We are at the start of a new week, and for this week we’ll take inspiration for our meditations from Oprah. The theme of her message for us today is - Dare to dream! Have the courage to create a vision for the beautiful life that you deserve. Believe in your greatness because after all, … Continue reading Create the grand vision but most of all… just do your best!
Creating in fear means we are in constant resistance to life. Turn it around!
As we step into a new week, we’re taking a moment to look into the week ahead and be intentional about how we want to show up, how we want to create this week. Our teacher for the week is The Dalai Lama, and he reminds us that we can choose where we get our … Continue reading Creating in fear means we are in constant resistance to life. Turn it around!
Meet every moment with full awareness.
With the week ahead of you, how do you want to show up to the challenges that this week brings? While some of the challenges we face come towards us from the outside, we all experience internal obstacles from time to time too. Looking at the week ahead, you might have an idea of the … Continue reading Meet every moment with full awareness.
You must not be afraid of playing wrong notes. Even if you play it wrong… just play!
It's Monday! We're at the start of a new week, let's see what this week has in store for us... Our teacher for this week is Alan Watts. He was an English writer, speaker, and self-styled "philosophical entertainer", known for interpreting and popularising Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu philosophy for a Western audience. He wrote more … Continue reading You must not be afraid of playing wrong notes. Even if you play it wrong… just play!
What moves you?
It's Monday! Welcome to the new week! Our teacher this week is Carl Jung who made a lasting impact on the science of the mind as the father of “analytical psychology” during the first half of the 20th century. He understood though that in the pursuit of creating a clear science of human consciousness, it … Continue reading What moves you?
Every day is your day if you claim it.
Welcome to a brand new week in which to create at your very highest potential! Every day is a blank canvas, a new opportunity to paint your life with the colours of your dreams. As we embark on this new week, let's take to heart the inspiring words of our teacher for the week, Iyanla … Continue reading Every day is your day if you claim it.
Decide what it is you want, and each day do something that moves you toward those goals.
Hey! It's Monday! Let's jump in together! If I had to ask you right now to reach for your "clear vision" would you be able to reach for it, pick it up and show me exactly what it is that you want from life? Let me be clearer. Is this something that you have written … Continue reading Decide what it is you want, and each day do something that moves you toward those goals.
I believe you are great, that there’s something magnificent about you!
Our teacher for this week is Michael Beckwith, a minister, author, and founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center, a transdenominational community that runs local outreach programs that help feed people experiencing homelessness, serve incarcerated individuals, partner with community service organizations active in children's schools and youth homes, support the arts, and advocate for the … Continue reading I believe you are great, that there’s something magnificent about you!
Within me, as my breath, well-being and perfection always exist.
Hello Fearless Creator! Welcome to a new week of exploring your creative potential. Our teacher for this week is Matt Kahn who is the author of a few books that you’ll probably enjoy exploring: “All for love”, “The Universe always has a plan”, “Everything is here to help you”, and “Whatever arises, love that.” The … Continue reading Within me, as my breath, well-being and perfection always exist.
Create and also let go.
The journey of personal growth is a delicate dance between creation and surrender. We often find ourselves caught in a cycle of striving for perfection, clinging to outcomes, and becoming entangled in the web of our own expectations. Our teacher for this week is Gary Zukav, an American spiritual teacher and author of several books, … Continue reading Create and also let go.
Creating in freedom is the true expression of your soul.
In the art gallery that life is, we are all artists, adding our own unique techniques to a collective canvas. The brushstrokes we apply, and the colours we choose are all determined by the underlying emotions that fuel our creations. Neale Donald Walsch is our teacher this week and these quotes are all taken from … Continue reading Creating in freedom is the true expression of your soul.
Be serious about what you’re creating – but don’t take YOURSELF so seriously.
Hey! Happy Monday! We are stepping into a new week. We are stepping onto a brand new canvas with a brush in our hand and every action we take this week will be recorded as a brush stroke of our creative expression. What will your creation look like by the end of this week? Our … Continue reading Be serious about what you’re creating – but don’t take YOURSELF so seriously.
When you realize your own magnificence, you will only attract magnificence into your life.
Welcome to a new week! Our teacher for this week is Anita Moorjani whose really powerful story goes like this: “In 2006, after a four-year battle with cancer, I fell into a coma and was given just hours to live. As my doctors gathered to revive me, I journeyed into a near-death experience (NDE) where … Continue reading When you realize your own magnificence, you will only attract magnificence into your life.
It is how you choose to respond to the things that you cannot control, that ends up as the paint on your canvas.
We stand at the beginning of a new week, a blank canvas waiting to be filled with the strokes of our choices and actions. Like a painter selecting their palette, we have the opportunity to choose the colors that will shape our experience. You get to take a moment to be deliberate about what you … Continue reading It is how you choose to respond to the things that you cannot control, that ends up as the paint on your canvas.
Celebrate everything that you want to see more of!
Our teacher for this week is the Persian poet Hafez (another common spelling of his name is Hafiz) who’s pen name means “the memorizer, the safe keeper”. He was born in 1325 in what is now known as Iran. To this day his works are often found in the homes of Persian speakers, who learn … Continue reading Celebrate everything that you want to see more of!
I CHOOSE what to take seriously, and I will laugh at the rest!
Our teacher for this week is Hermann Hesse, a Swiss/German author who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1947. I really love his work and looking into whatever the week ahead might bring, here are some thoughts that help me set up my week. Life is a tapestry into which threads will be woven … Continue reading I CHOOSE what to take seriously, and I will laugh at the rest!
Life is like a dropped pie sometimes.
Elizabeth Gilbert is our teacher for this week, and today’s message really is a two for one! Her wisdom is a refreshing antidote to our culture’s obsession with perfection. She reminds us that creativity, far from being the exclusive domain of artistic geniuses, is an inherent human capacity, and we can infuse everything we do … Continue reading Life is like a dropped pie sometimes.
I choose EXPANSION!
Welcome to Monday! Monday mornings can often feel like a heavy weight, dragging us back into the routine. Yet, embedded within this new dawn is an extraordinary opportunity for growth. Today, we're invited to shift our perspective, to see challenges not as obstacles, but as springboards for expansion. Our teacher for this week is Byron … Continue reading I choose EXPANSION!
Take a look at your week ahead and exclaim loudly: “I choose to expand!”
Let's jumpstart the week! The alarm clock blares, pulling you from the dream world. A new week unfolds, a canvas waiting for your brushstrokes of intention and action. But before you dive headfirst into the daily grind, take a deep breath, look at the week ahead and remind yourself, “I choose expansion…” This week, we … Continue reading Take a look at your week ahead and exclaim loudly: “I choose to expand!”
Conquer yourself and the whole universe is yours.
Our teacher for this week is Swami Vivekananda, an Indian monk, philosopher and author who was instrumental in bringing Yoga to the western world. At the end of the 1800’s he extensively toured the U.S.A., England and Europe hosting hundreds of lectures and is credited with raising interfaith awareness. At the start of this new … Continue reading Conquer yourself and the whole universe is yours.
You have the heart of a warrior!
Doesn't that title just make you want to roar? It should! Because within you lies a powerful warrior, waiting to be unleashed. Today’s Monday motivation is a call to awaken the warrior within, the one with the unwavering spirit and unyielding determination to fulfill your purpose. It's a reminder that whispers, "It's never too late." … Continue reading You have the heart of a warrior!
No energy wasted this week!
We're stepping into this week with Jeff Foster as our teacher and really, you would be doing yourself a favour if you did a Google search of "Jeff Foster quotes", his work is amazing. If you've meditated much with us before, you'll know that I like to start the week by setting intention, by becoming … Continue reading No energy wasted this week!