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!
A thought on meditation... I have seen countless lives change with this one choice - "the decision that meditation will be my new normal." Like getting up in the morning and automatically brushing your teeth, making meditation a part of your day every day, will change how you live your life. "Your Daily Dose" is … Continue reading If every 8 year old in the world is taught meditation…
The Dalai Lama's message for today's meditation is that the biggest cause of our unhappiness is our own mind, "the mind is the only trouble maker", he says: "Everyone wants a happy life without difficulties or suffering. But we create many of the problems we face. No one intentionally creates problems, but we tend to … Continue reading You can’t only start to grow roots once you see storm clouds gather on the horizon…
Sometimes it can feel a bit like like the world is teetering on the brink. A world plagued by conflict, inequality, and environmental degradation. It’s a world that often seems overwhelming, a labyrinth of problems that appear insurmountable. It's easy to feel helpless, a mere speck in the vast universe. The weight of this global … Continue reading You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
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.
All great teachers across the ages have taught about the futility of worrying, and my favourite wisdom on the topic has been attributed to a few different people so I'll just say I don't know who it's from: "Worrying is about as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum." "Your … Continue reading Don’t worry, be happy 😉
We often navigate our lives through a lens of judgement, quick to categorize people into boxes of "good" or "bad", “heroes vs villains.” But this binary thinking blinds us to a profound truth that could transform every interaction we have: the beautiful, messy complexity of being human. "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute … Continue reading Even our boundaries inflict damage when they are created in ignorance and not in understanding.
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 what we use as … Continue reading Creating in fear means we are in constant resistance to life. Turn it around!
While we have a guided meditation every day of the week, on Sundays the meditation is just quiet. Just you sitting with your own silence, and knowing that all of us are sitting in our own silence along with you. "It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet … Continue reading You ARE the voice of wisdom.
In our fast-paced, noise-filled world, it's easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of thoughts, worries, and distractions. We often find ourselves rushing from one task to the next, our minds racing ahead, and our bodies feeling stressed and fatigued. Yet, within these fleeting moments there is a path to true peace, clarity, and … Continue reading Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all.
I want you to really hear this... I want you to remember this... You are worthy! You are deserving! You are whole! And... You are not separate from any of this. Just like a wave is something that the entire ocean is doing, you are an expression of the entire Universe. The Universe IS you. … Continue reading Practice sharing the fullness of your being.
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.
Letting go... or hearing the words, "just let it go" is one of those disservices we do to ourselves and others while we're trying to be really well meaning. It feels like the right thing to say, but we all have our own moments of struggling with our own personal example of not being able … Continue reading Just let it go…
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.
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. How do we meet both with grace and wisdom? Looking at the … Continue reading Meet every moment with full awareness.
A silent meditation for today......... In meditation and other mindfulness practices we often hear the term, “quiet the mind”. This may create the impression that we should somehow be able to just shut down our thoughts which of course sets us up for failure before we’ve even started, because shutting down the thinking in that … Continue reading You ARE the universe experiencing itself.
Do you ever find yourself drowning in a sea of thoughts? Your mind races a mile a minute creating a mental traffic jam where every solution seems obscured. You're not alone of course, this is one of the classic signs of anxiety and overwhelm. When the mind races, it feels like the harder we try … Continue reading My mind is racing!
We don't talk about rising into love, but falling... We "fall" into love because it requires a surrender. Love asks of us to let go of the need to control, the need to force an outcome. Love is not something we need to search for to find, it is the truth of who we are, … Continue reading To experience love, you’ll have to fall…
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
We live in a culture obsessed with action. Productivity hacks, hustle culture, and endless to-do lists promise us that we’ll find happiness if we just work harder and move faster. And yes, action matters of course - you don't arrive at any destination without taking steps forward. But here's the problem: it's remarkably easy to … Continue reading When you swim, you don’t grab a hold of the water…
A bit of brain science for you today. Does your mind sometimes go "off task?” And when it does, do you struggle to get your mind back on track and stay focused? Today’s first thought by Alan Watts mentions that the whole secret to life is the ability to remain on task, and also to … Continue reading Does your mind sometimes go “off task?”
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!
Welcome to the practice of silence... Take a moment out of your day and come and sit with us in a circle of silence. You don't have to complete the whole meditation, just come and sit with us for as long as it feels useful to you... "Solitude is for me a fount of healing … Continue reading The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.
I want to start today’s message with this thought - “Whatever you water will grow…” … take a moment to let the thought marinade in your mind for a bit, and then we’ll get back to this thought in a moment. In the meantime, let’s get into Carl Jung’s message for us today. "We don't … Continue reading I will CHOOSE where to pour my water.
In a world increasingly polarized by division and conflict, where the lines between "us" and "them" seem to deepen daily, the act of loving unconditionally becomes an act of radical defiance. Carl Jung's exploration of love reveals its elusive and mysterious nature. He acknowledges the futility of attempting to define love with words, suggesting that … Continue reading Double down on love in a world that insists on dividing people into “us vs them”.
For a moment let’s talk about “self-sabotage”. The nature of my work requires regular conversations about this topic which I think is an unfortunate label. The term self-sabotage means that a person is deliberately getting in their own way. That there is a part of their personality that doesn’t want them to be successful, and … Continue reading On self-sabotage.
To be human is to find ourselves entangled in the intricate web of human interaction, navigating a landscape of emotions and reactions. In some of these interactions, we may feel triggered, frustrated, or even angry. However, these very moments can be transformed into opportunities for profound self-discovery. Every human around us, is a catalyst for … Continue reading Let EVERYONE be your teacher.
There is wisdom within you. We are never truly disconnected from the eternal presence of our soul, yet it can sometimes feel that way, and the reason is simple: our fears are screaming while our soul is whispering. When anxiety rises and uncertainty grips us, that inner voice of wisdom becomes nearly impossible to hear … Continue reading The wisdom of your soul, is the essence of who you truly are.
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?
Are you stuck in what you know? It may sound like a weird question at first, but it cuts to the heart of why so many of us find ourselves recreating the same patterns, relationships, and outcomes year after year. Iyanla Vanzant shines some light on the importance of this question - "Your Daily Dose" … Continue reading Are you stuck in what you know?
