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.
Have you ever felt a flicker of something extraordinary within you, a tiny spark waiting to ignite? Perhaps it's a dream you haven't dared to chase, a talent yearning to be explored, or a deep well of potential untapped. The 13th-century poet Rumi captures this beautifully: "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read … Continue reading You were born with wings… why crawl?
In today’s message, Rumi paints a vivid picture of our human experience: a soul inhabiting a physical form, much like how a person wears a garment over their “self”. We spend a significant portion of our lives fixated on what we can see from the outside, rarely are we reminded of the eternal being within. … Continue reading Seek the wearer, not the cloak.
Our minds are powerful tools, but sometimes they become our own worst enemy. A constant stream of thoughts, worries, and anxieties can trap us in a state of mental unrest. One of the simplest ways to practice mindfulness and calm your mind, is to connect with the physical senses of your body. "Your Daily Dose" … Continue reading Escaping the prison that is the ego.
The topic of today’s meditation is focus. Focus is the ability to control where our attention goes, and if we have to summarize our own lives in one short sentence then it might be most accurate to say that, “the life that I live is nothing more than that which consistently captures my attention.” "Your … Continue reading Whatever holds my attention IS my life.
You hold the keys to your own well-being, not through arduous external efforts but by simply redirecting the intricate machinery of your mind. This isn't some far-off dream; it's the very core of meditation, a practice with a growing body of scientific evidence supporting its transformative potential. It's about understanding that you are not a … Continue reading The science of meditation – change your brain by thought.
"The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness." - Lao Tzu Lao Tzu's work is always delivered in simplicity, but contains deeply layered wisdom. What could Lau Tzu possibly have meant by a "higher dimension of consciousness"? Is he asking us to ascend to higher dimensional states of … Continue reading Seeing from a higher dimension.
There is a beautiful paradox to being human. We are a glorious tapestry woven with vibrant threads of strength, resilience, and love, and also… among these vibrant threads there are undeniably threads of imperfection, insecurities, and occasional stumbles, inseparable from the woven whole. "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with bite-sized … Continue reading Messy and also beautiful.
Do you ever dismiss miracles as fantastical occurrences reserved for saints or superheroes? You're not alone, there are many and varied opinions on the theme of miracles. Miracles are most often understood as violations of the natural world, but our teacher for this week - Charles Eisenstein - brings a twist to this understanding that … Continue reading What miracles are you losing out on?
Have you ever felt the warmth of the sun on your skin after a long, cold night? That's the kind of energy Jaiya John urges us to bring to the world. In today's message, he urges us to remember who we are: luminous beings radiating our own unique light. "Your Daily Dose" is a quick … Continue reading Don’t observe the revolution, BE the revolution!
Being human, we have an ever changing flow in our emotional landscape. The thoughts we think and the emotions we feel flow in and out very much like clouds in the sky. Yet, often we view our emotions with apprehension, fearing the discomfort they might bring. "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read … Continue reading All the world’s wonder is a song. The notes and the singer are YOU!
Our teacher this week is Jaiya John, and it always amazes me how I can fall deeply in love with his work again and again after I've been away from it for a while. "Your life is three truths: How you treat others. How you treat yourself. And how you allow yourself to be treated." … Continue reading All are welcome here, none will be left behind.
This week our teacher is Jaiya John, and in the landscape of modern healing, few voices resonate with such a gentle yet piercing clarity. A poet, psychologist, and humanitarian, John does not merely write, he exhales a form of "soul medicine" that strips away the noise of the world to reveal the quiet truth of … Continue reading Ask yourself this week, “What am I watering?”
Do you need to change your personality? This might feel like a harsh question, almost an accusation of something being wrong with who you are. But don't dismiss it too quickly. Join me on this thought journey to see if it resonates with you: "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with … Continue reading Do you need to change your personality?
Take a moment to create in your mind the image of a majestic mountain towering over the landscape around it. See it standing resolute against the ever-changing elements. This mountain, battered yet unyielding, represents an essential truth about ourselves: "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with bite-sized wisdom from all the … Continue reading I am the eternal constant that can hold it all, without being victim to any of it.
Imagine a chest overflowing with the priceless gems of knowledge, and wisdom. It sits within you, ready to be opened, yet it remains locked and inaccessible. The key to this treasure lies not in any external force providing you the solution. The key to this chest is practice… the gentle, consistent practice of self-discovery. This … Continue reading Practice is the key that unlocks the chest.
I really love Lao Tzu's analogies involving water as a very descriptive illustration of how in the battle between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength but by perseverance. How do we tap into this source of strength? "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with … Continue reading How do we embody this gentleness that is so saturated with relentless power?
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?
Today's journey starts with a quote from the Bhagavad Gita: "Through meditation, the higher self is experienced." That higher-self, is the part of us that is deeply connected to spirit, soul, source... or whatever other label you might put on it. "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with bite-sized wisdom from … Continue reading Trust the wholeness that is already there.
Surrender. The word itself often conjures images of defeat, of waving a white flag in the face of life's battles. But what if the real truth about surrender is that it’s the key to unlocking your greatest potential? What if true surrender isn't about giving up, but about opening up… opening up to a wisdom … Continue reading Surrender… not only what you need to let go of, also surrender to what needs to get done.
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 the vision of your most beautiful life. Believe in your greatness because after all, you were … Continue reading Create the grand vision but most of all… just do your best!
What's been known forever is that we need adversity in order to grow. When you go to gym and expose your muscles to doing what they haven't done before, then they're forced into making adaptations and becoming stronger. All of our growth is like this. "Through difficult experiences, life sometimes becomes more meaningful." - Dalai … Continue reading We DO need adversity in order to grow.
Today's journey is SUPER practical, and also really simple. How good is your brain at concentrating? At staying focused without being distracted? And is this an ability that you can develop? Can you teach your brain to become better at concentrating? "The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment … Continue reading It’s the process of paying attention, that changes the brain significantly.
Some of Jon Kabat-Zinn's most well known work is on the theme of being present, as illustrated by the very fitting title of one of his books, "Wherever you go, there you are." How often do we find ourselves caught in the gap between the expectations we had, and what reality turned out to be? … Continue reading Become available to what this moment makes available to you.
Right here, right where you are right now, is where you come into your personal power. Not tomorrow, not next week, not when you finally achieve that goal you've been chasing. The power to transform your life exists only in this present moment. "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with bite-sized … Continue reading The Eternal Now: Your Ultimate Destination
