India Retreat with Jacqui Lewis – September 2024
We have curated this luxurious Retreat for those who wish to come to India, and have a truly nurturing time, […]
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L E T T E R from Jac – Zen Wednesday; Enthralling Solitude
Zen meditation teacher Susan Murphy writes in her brilliant book Upside Down Zen, “Meditation is lonely as any practice is lonely […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Where does the happiness come from?
‘Happiness is your natural state. You don’t have to do anything to acquire it, because you have it already’ says […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Nature Is My Temple
I went camping the other day with two girlfriends. It can seem like a lot of work for one night […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Daily Commitments
We can all talk a LOT about what we want to be doing, big plans, little follow through. Paring it […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Working with Uncertainty
Sticking with yesterday’s theme, I wanted to touch more on panic. I tend to panic as my standard go to. […]
L E T T E R from Jac – July Byron Bay Retreat Announcement!!
I am honestly so in awe of how the universe works. Two months back we were to be in Australia […]
L E T T E R from Jac – A Planet Sabbatical
Yesterday Arran and I bumped into a friend Dan, who owns a cafe here in Byron with his wife, and […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Sweet Joys
The feeling of getting out of government quarantine was truly something else. I have truly realised how relative time is […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Suffering Is Optional
I do love this quote by Murakami. A man who also wakes at 4.30am every day and writes furiously until […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Changing Teams
I was to travel to Japan as my little treat post my Australian tour. I was going to Kyoto myself […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Boosting For Needed Times and Travel
I try to eat well, exercise, and meditate and do all the high-grade living things I can to keep myself […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Cultivating Qualities Through The Trivial
‘I was having team with Master Han in his office when the mailman arrived with a letter from the master’s […]
L E T T E R – Are You Joining Jacqui on our February/March Australian Tour?
In 6-7 weeks I board the vverrry long flight from London to Australia and I am so excited to connect […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Little Skylights
In our little cabin in Big Sur, the interior walls and ceilings are all lined with wood. Beams are made […]
L E T T E R from Jac – More Than One Way To Toast
In our cabin in Big Sur, there was a fireplace, and no toaster, so we began to hack hunks of […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Life Is Speaking To Us, Are We Listening?
I wrote this whilst sitting in a tiny cabin, on a river in Big Sur California. There is no one […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Other Side Of Fear
With our upcoming move to London, Arran and I have been working with a lot of fear. That’s the thing […]
Los Angeles March 2019
We are coming to Los Angles to teach a special course in Integrated Meditation! If you are interested in sitting […]
W E E K E N D E D I T I O N 21
Photo from our India Retreat in Rishikesh Oh my lord is it excellent to be home! So emotional! So wonderful! […]
L E T T E R – Working with True Knowing and Dealing With Disappointment. Part 1
Our recent trip to India took a year to plan. The major component was our Broad Place Retreat which had […]
L E T T E R – There’s Always Something Better Happening
For our recent India Retreat, I had it all mapped out. Tightly organised, planned to within an inch of its […]
L E T T E R – What Spirituality Means Part 1
There is so much confusion when we decide to live ‘spiritually’. It’s really a nonsense idea because everyone is trying […]
L E T T E R – What Might You Be If You Just Let Go
Before I left for India, I sat with my friend and student, Uyen, in Whale Beach drinking tea and we […]
L E T T E R – What The Heck Is The Lesson In That??
Have you ever had an experience where you just cannot fathom in the moment what the lesson is? Or why […]
L E T T E R – Every Small Act
I’m heading this morning from Sydney to a karate tournament in Okinawa. It has been a dream of mine since […]
L E T T E R – Collaborate For Clarity
Sometimes one of the challenges of being self-employed is that you are always working to a degree. Even if you’re […]
L E T T E R – A Different Daily Grind
Clarity is an interesting concept when it comes to learning, as the more we learn, the more we realise there […]
L E T T E R – When Two Waves Collide
When you stand on a sandbank in the ocean, on certain tides, the waves wash in from the breakers and […]
L E T T E R – Squeamish
When I am traveling, I really dislike airports. I wish I was more cool and Zen and what not, and […]
Free From The Known – The Truth Of Things
“If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation” […]
The Futility Of Plans – What Choice Will You Make?
We have been soaking in life in India with its every detail since we arrived. Literally soaking, as it hasn […]
Our Daily Work
‘Living a Non Monastic Life (with emails and other dreaded tasks)’ Memories back to my recent time in the redwood […]
So Many Things
Hello my friend, I have only just 36 hours ago returned from the most incredible 6 weeks away. I can […]
It’s All Spiritual Work
Travel is my spiritual work. I detest car travel and air travel. I find it pushes all my buttons. The […]
No Complaining, No Explaining
In the West, and particularly in well-off societies, we complain a lot. Whine, whinge, and in general lament the demise […]
Melbourne Tour July 2015
We are proud to be traveling to Melbourne to teach from the Art Series Hotel Group Larwill Studio Hotel. Vedic Meditation […]
Asia Tour – Hong Kong May 2015
We are proud to have The Broad Place traveling to Hong Kong Thursday May 28th – Sunday May 31st, then […]
Asia Tour – Hong Kong May | Singapore June 2015
We are proud to be traveling to Hong Kong Thursday May 28th – Sunday May 31st, then onto Singapore Monday […]
The Art of Travel
We travel a lot, and we love it. For me traveling is an extension of the exploration of the self, […]
Exploration Manual – Ubud, Indonesia
The Broad Place is a brand centred around tools for high grade living. At The Broad Place we have an […]
The Broad Place Travels India – Part Two
To celebrate our upcoming announcement of our The Broad Place Retreat in India, here are some more images I took […]
Hong Kong Course in Vedic Meditation
We are thrilled to be running a course in Vedic Meditation this March in Hong Kong, one of our favourite […]
The Broad Place Retreat – Ubud, Indonesia
‘Yoga stah, kuru karmani’ ‘Established in Being, perform action’ (Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, verse 48) This is a powerful line […]
The Broad Place Travels India Part One
This is a photo documentary of my recent travels through India, Part One. Part Two and Part Three to come […]
The Broad Place Weekend Immersive Retreats
Thurs 12th – Sun 15th November 2015 (Gerroa, beachfront, 2 hours drive from Sydney) We’re all leading incredibly busy lives […]
The Power Of Taking Time Off
We love this Ted Talk by Stefan Sagmeister, for many reasons. The guy is a design genius so Arran and […]
Want No Jetlag??
Want to rid yourself of jet lag? Who doesn’t! As a Vedic Meditator you have the world’s best tool for […]
May Stress Release Retreat – Killcare
We’re all leading incredibly busy lives these days. We have families, friends, careers and more demands are being placed upon […]
The Broad Place Travels – Lombok
After travelling for almost three weeks through Lombok, one of Indonesia’s islands, I strongly doubt we will ever again visit […]
The Broad Place Travels – Jeeva Klui, Lombok
We can’t speak more highly of Jeeva Klui. It’s the sister hotel to Jeeva Beloam. Travelling as much as we […]
The Broad Place Travels – Jeeva Beloam, Lombok
We had seen in a few travel and architecture magazines this beautiful boutique resort, Jeeva Beloam. Jeeva Beloam is the […]
The Broad Place Travels – Sempiak Villas, Lombok
Sempiak Villa’s are beautiful and isolated. Situated in Selong Belanak, they hug a small hill, overlooking a vast amount of […]