Our teacher for this week is Michael Beckwith, a minister, author, and founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles. As we step into this new week Michael has a reminder of who/what we are - we are all creators, whether we recognize it or not. Every thought we harbor, every word we … Continue reading I believe you are great, that there’s something magnificent about you!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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!
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 here's the question that will determine everything: will you spend this week wasting your energy on trying to control what's uncontrollable, or will you choose something … Continue reading Take a look at your week ahead and exclaim loudly: “I choose to expand!”
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.
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!
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!
Have you ever started a new project with fierce determination, only to see results fall short of your initial expectations? Maybe you hit a wall with a creative endeavor, or progress on a fitness goal feels agonizingly slow. These moments of frustration are all too familiar, and it's easy to get discouraged. But what if … Continue reading Trust in the unfolding.
This week we'll dive into the teachings of Alan Cohen, a widely recognized author, speaker, and spiritual teacher known for his insightful and uplifting perspectives on life, personal growth, and well-being. Cohen began his path of writing and teaching in the early 1980s and has published over 30 inspirational books, including popular titles like A … Continue reading Are you putting too much pressure on yourself to create perfection?
There's a familiar saying: "Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans." It captures the essence of our struggle – the desire for control and the inevitability of the unexpected. This week, let's explore this conundrum with the guidance of Tara Brach, a renowned meditation teacher and psychologist. As we take a look … Continue reading We have to start with clarity, however no matter how much clarity we create there is very little that we actually control.
It's Monday! We have another fresh new week in which to create, let's grab the bull by the horns and jump in! It's the perfect time to ask yourself: will you create at your highest potential this week? “In letting go, we cease trying to make something happen, and then the mind naturally opens. It … Continue reading Will you create at your highest potential this week?
The themes for our meditations this week are inspired by four teachers: The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse. “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” is a 2019 illustrated book by Charlie Mackesy, which follows the developing friendship between these four characters. The Boy is lost in the winter wilderness, … Continue reading Shift your focus from problems to possibilities.
It’s the first day of a new week! As you settle into the rhythm of fresh beginnings, have you ever considered this – your entire life is a path to awakening? Every experience, every challenge, every moment of joy or sorrow, everything you go through holds the possibility of waking you up into the potential … Continue reading Say yes to life’s fierce, ruthless, and loving grace.
It's Monday! A fresh week stretches before you, a canvas waiting for the masterpiece of your creation. We’re ditching the “blue Monday” vibes and embracing the potential that this new chapter holds, so let's start with a little bit of fun first. I LOVE Sweatpants and Coffee's Monday Motivations, and today I’m including one for … Continue reading The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Have you ever read Winnie the Pooh and realized that Pooh Bear is quite Zen compared to most of the characters around him? “While Eeyore frets.....and Piglet hesitates..and Rabbit calculates..and Owl pontificates Pooh just is…” - The Tao of Pooh "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with bite-sized … Continue reading One of the world’s great Taoist masters, is a yellow bear.
It's Monday! The week stretches before us, a fresh canvas ripe with possibility. We often greet this new beginning with a surge of energy, a determined resolve to tackle our goals head-on. But could it be possible that sometimes the very intensity of our striving is what's holding us back? "Your Daily Dose" is a … Continue reading It’s dark because you’re trying too hard.
Standing at the start of a new week, possibility stretches before us like an unfurled canvas. What will we create this week? Our Teacher for the week is the whirling dervish of poetry, Rumi, urging us to embrace the boundless potential that lies within each of us. Daring us to dream big. "Your Daily Dose" … Continue reading I hope you dream big this week!
Do you ever feel the relentless pressure to constantly outperform yourself? The nagging feeling that your best is just never good enough? We've all been there, and for this week I’d love you to really take this message home to your heart… give yourself permission to just do your best, nothing more and nothing less. … Continue reading This is how you consistently do your best!
Our teacher this week is Jack Kornfield who spent the years 1967 to 1972 becoming a monk in Thailand and Burma. Since 1974 he has been teaching meditation worldwide and was instrumental in introducing Buddhist mindfulness practices to the West. "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with bite-sized wisdom from all … Continue reading The heart is like a garden. What seeds will you plant there?
Sadhguru is our teacher this week. And as we look ahead into the next seven days, he reminds us that everything from the past or future, exists only within our minds. The past is a collection of memories, and the future is a series of projections. Neither truly exists in the tangible now. "Your Daily … Continue reading The past is alive only in our memory. The future is alive only in our imagination.
The week stretches before you, a canvas waiting for your brushstrokes. Goals to set, dreams to chase – it's the natural human instinct to plan, to propel ourselves towards a perceived better future. But in this mad dash towards "what could be," we often forget the most fertile ground for growth: the present moment. "Your … Continue reading Forget about enlightenment!
Are you ready to dive into a brand new week? Before the emails flood in and the to-do list stretches a mile long, let's take a deep breath and set the stage for a truly thriving week. Imagine for a moment a play on opening night, but for this play… the actors have never met, … Continue reading Do you have the patience to wait for your pond to settle, and the water to become clear?
