L E T T E R from Jac – The Well Of Water Within June 20, 2019June 19, 2019 Buddhist nun Pema Chodron speaks beautiful about the fact that we all have a well of fresh spring water within each of us, and we just need to tap into it, to allow love and compassion to flow through us. In the beginning, only little drips come out, but eventually a stream. That this inner… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Always Going For Truth And Honesty June 19, 2019June 18, 2019 I really enjoyed Jill Soloway’s book She Wants It, and so highly recommend it. In particular, her honesty was so refreshing. Where she had fallen down, where she had been misaligned, where her ego had hindered her. Also her joys and delights in the creative process, family life, being a working woman. She artfully and… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Tao Tuesday June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 This translation is by Stephen Mitchell of Chapter 44 of the Tao Te Ching, that we can really saturate in. It’s timeless, even though being penned so long ago, around 2500 years back. To dive into it I recommend actually journaling each question and deciphering the truth to each for yourself. “Fame or integrity, which… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Meditation; The Mystery and the Sometimes The Misery Part 1 June 17, 2019June 14, 2019 Yes, I agree with this quote and inspiring words like bliss and divinity and beauty are often used in conjunction with meditation. The problem with it is that then we can feel like meditation and life should be this never-ending explosion of bliss and happiness, and at the least, our meditation practice should reflect this.… Read More +
L E T T E R – GENEROSITY Intention Setting For The Week Ahead June 16, 2019June 18, 2019 What a lovely intention to set for the week ahead! Generosity. I would like us all to look at in two directions. Generosity to ourselves and generosity to others. Things to look into this week: Where am I being frugal and stingy towards myself? This doesn’t mean financial, but perhaps with self-care, my rituals, my… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Nothing Is Lacking June 13, 2019June 11, 2019 One of the big issues I have with spirituality and self-development is the constant seeking to better oneself when it comes from a place of lack. Self-knowledge and development should come from a place of fullness, love, and compassion. It’s simply dialing up all the goodness that we have already at play. It’s allowing our… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Internal and External Rhythms June 12, 2019June 10, 2019 Something I discussed at the London Integrated Meditation Meeting last week, which seemed to really strike a chord, was internal and external rhythms. When taken into deeper consideration, it’s very powerful. Each of us has a natural internal rhythm that we work best to when we align to it. And our internal rhythm is frequently… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Taoist Tuesday June 11, 2019June 10, 2019 There are so many ways to unpack this. The essence of it is to align with nature. When we align with the natural rhythms of every situation, and the larger situation at hand it gives us the grace to allow things to run their natural course. We release control. We recognise that although we might… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Energy Is The Key To Creativity June 10, 2019June 11, 2019 When we are exhausted, we are cranky and we are definitely uncreative. A good flow of physical energy keeps us attuned to the creative flow. I know it for myself, that my best ideas and cognitions, writing and strategies always come to me when I am meditating steadily, or on vacation, when I am already… Read More +
L E T T E R – SLOWING DOWN Intention Setting For The Week Ahead June 9, 2019June 7, 2019 Intention Setting for the week is about slowing down. Exploring what this might mean to you. Things to look into this week: How can I create more space in my days and weeks? Where am I deliberately pushing myself and what can I do to reduce this? What would my life look like at a more… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Thriving Through Modern Living Part 4 – Evenings June 6, 2019June 5, 2019 To read the previous letters, see PART 1, PART 2, and PART 3. Okay, this is the finale in this chunky little series on staying grounded and present in a modern, chaotic environment! Evening rituals are so wonderful to close off the day with. And if you are having any kind insomnia/sleep issues this is… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Thriving Through Modern Living Part 3 – Creating Space June 5, 2019June 4, 2019 Click HERE for Part 1 and HERE for Part 2. Rushing for me is a guarantee for being in a rancid mood. You will know if I feel rushed, as you can see it written all over me. I am usually early for things, I rarely oversleep an alarm, I like promptness and clarity and… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Thriving Through Modern Living Part 2 – Mornings June 4, 2019June 5, 2019 Click HERE to read Part 1. Richard Whately said, ‘Lose an hour in the morning and you will spend all day looking for it‘. I couldn’t agree more. Mornings for me are sacred. And to thrive in days that generally are filled with a heck of a lot more than was ever deemed possible a… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Thriving Through Modern Living 1 – Meditation June 3, 2019May 31, 2019 I have always struggled with the energy of a city like New York. On one hand, I absolutely love it, and on the other, it eats me alive by the end of my stay there. So moving from calm, placid, nature abundant, spacious Palm Beach, to London, was initially a concern. Even though I find… Read More +
L E T T E R – INTEGRITY Intention Setting For The Week Ahead June 2, 2019May 31, 2019 Integrity was once beautifully described to me as doing the right thing even if no one was looking. I feel very strongly that in the digital age this concept is even more important for us, as so many hide behind the curtain of anonymity. Bullying, shaming, and hate can be used, without accountability. Getting even… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Doing Good May 30, 2019May 29, 2019 Is it really as easy as doing good to be happy? I believe it is. I feel that too often we make life all too complicated. With so many ambitions, so much guilt, we are riddled with overthinking and paranoia that as we are, we are simply not enough. We are also stuck smack bang… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – The Impossible May 29, 2019May 28, 2019 Putting ourselves in the shoes of others is essentially impossible. Most of our programmed in ideas and beliefs were ground into us before we turned 7 years old. Every day trauma and joy are experienced. Sometimes in tiny doses, sometimes huge. How our parents raised or didn’t raise us, our teachers, our friends, our colleagues… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Taoist Tuesday May 28, 2019May 27, 2019 Taoism is a beautiful philosophy I have been studying now for decades, and it still eludes me, catches my curiosity and pulls at my heart. The essence of it for me is that there is only one thing. This one permeating thing is an essential life energy that we are made of, and can be… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Independent Practice May 27, 2019May 24, 2019 Imagine any teachings that teach you independence. That don’t ask anything of you after learning. That allows you to be empowered and personal in your approach. That advocates your individual practice and supports you on your path, whatever that looks like for you. This quote underpins what we teach at The Broad Place called Integrated… Read More +
L E T T E R – FORGIVENESS Intention Setting For The Week Ahead May 26, 2019May 23, 2019 This week let’s collectively set our sights on forgiveness. I recommend always journaling your way through these Intentions to allow your subconscious and conscious to meet on a plane where action can then be taken. Be free in your writing, no one will see it but you… Things to look into this week; To begin… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Our Own Heart Is Our Temple May 23, 2019May 22, 2019 I am confident I have used this quote before, as I love it. I find it every now and again in a book, or scribbled in my notepad and am lit up every time. The simplicity of a temple being our own hearts, that we carry with us always, and very rarely REALLY tune into.… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Put Down Your Books May 22, 2019May 21, 2019 At The Broad Place, we advocate study and reading all the time. However, if the study is not taken into action it’s useless. I absolutely adore reading, absorbing, studying. I dedicate a moment of every day to this. It’s a process that’s very live though, and I discard as much of what I read through… Read More +
L E T T E R – from Jac; The Unfolding May 21, 2019May 20, 2019 There is a story about a young man in Japan who wanted to be the greatest martial artist of the land. He thought that to reach this goal, he must study with the best instructor, who lived many miles away. One day he left home to go study with this great Zen teacher. After traveling… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Meditate First May 20, 2019May 16, 2019 It’s so tempting to prioritise other things over our meditation practices. Let’s face it, our ego’s do NOT want us meditating. Connecting with our souls, calming our minds and rinsing our bodies of stress, tension and fatigue is not really in the ego’s interest. Checking emails over and over, gluing our selves to our phones,… Read More +
L E T T E R – AUTHENTICITY Intention Setting For The Week Ahead May 19, 2019May 16, 2019 This week, we will place our awareness and our attention on Authenticity. Ooooh this is such a juicy one. I really recommend spending some time journaling around this piece and keep it front of mind all week. Things to look into this week; How do define authenticity and me at my most authentic?Where do I… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – The Daily Miracle May 16, 2019May 15, 2019 It’s a choice, to live as if each day is the miracle it is. The stress of moving across the world has the benefits of finally arriving. Then there is new stress to encounter. Being in a new city, as a little family, without our normal family and social framework, homeschooling for 4 months (don’t… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Trusting The Universe May 15, 2019May 14, 2019 I have something I remind myself of constantly; there are no accidents and there are no coincidences. Everything is happening just as it should be, as an opportunity. And to be honest, I am saying this a lot to myself currently whilst our shipping container continues to be delayed even further and we are camping… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – True Bravery May 14, 2019May 13, 2019 I was chatting with a special friend of ours who is in his late teens, as he is trying to decide what to do with ‘his life’. This is the big time when it’s deemed apparently that kids should be deciding what to do with their lives, as if one decision now should serve them forever.… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – The Passing of Practice May 13, 2019May 10, 2019 A student went to his meditation teacher and said, “My meditation is horrible! I feel so distracted, or my legs ache, or I’m constantly falling asleep. It’s just horrible!” “It will pass,” the teacher said matter-of-factly. A week later, the student came back to his teacher. “My meditation is wonderful! I feel so aware, so… Read More +
L E T T E R – KINDNESS Intention Setting For The Week Ahead May 12, 2019May 10, 2019 This week, let’s together place our awareness and our attention on Kindness. We can amplify kindness in the world if we do this together. Things to look into this week;Where am I quick to judge instead of showing generosity and kindness?Can I hold in my heart the truth that I have no idea what’s really… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – What Is Being Delivered? May 9, 2019May 9, 2019 When things are challenging, it can be troublesome to acknowledge the good in the situation. Sometimes, I work through this set of questions when life seems like a circus, and I find journaling and writing out the answers is incredibly helpful, thought you might like it for when you need it to… Who can I BE… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Holding On Longer Than Required May 8, 2019May 6, 2019 There are so many versions of this fable, all delivering the same message; that we must not hold onto what isn’t ours, not what has passed. A head monk and student were once traveling together down a muddy road. Heavy rain was still falling. Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a… Read More +
L E T T E R – Tuesday Tip; A Potent Experiment May 7, 2019May 6, 2019 Maharishi used to teach that there were three very important things to living a high-grade life that I’ll abridge here: 1. Always meditate2. Don’t speak negatively3. Always speak sweet truth Sometimes we get confused with ‘not speaking negatively’ and interpret this as not speaking the truth about someone. That’s not what this means. We must… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – How To Walk The Path May 6, 2019May 5, 2019 Coming across a monk praying while circumambulating a holy building, Geshe Tenpa said, “How pleasant to walk around sacred places, but you know, it’s far better to practice the wonderful Dharma.” The monk took his words to heart and began earnestly studying the scriptures. One day Geshe Tenpa came across him and commented, “How commendable… Read More +
L E T T E R – GRATITUDE Intention Setting For The Week Ahead May 5, 2019May 6, 2019 This week, we will place our awareness and our attention on Gratitude. Gratitude is frequently written off as too ‘woo-woo‘ but is incredibly powerful, and is much more than a hashtag! Things to look into this week;Where am I taking my life for granted and where could I open myself to the gifts in my… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Something Truly Precious May 2, 2019April 30, 2019 There is an old story that goes like this… A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – The Danger of The Majority May 1, 2019April 30, 2019 When it comes to spiritual growth, self-development and our active evolving, it can get tricky at times. Sometimes what we want to believe is so strong, that we can start to ignore reality. We can get caught up in strange little situations, ignore certain parts because other parts feel so right. We can actually fall completely… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – This Too Shall Pass April 30, 2019April 26, 2019 I have found personally, and for many of our students, that we are all too happy to let go of the uglier of our experiences, but are impossibly eager to attempt to possess the happier of our experiences. ‘This too shall pass’. We find comfort to repeat this to ourselves when it comes to anger… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – The Unfolding Mystery April 29, 2019April 26, 2019 We kind of feel like we have control of our life most of the time, like we are the ones in charge. Then we take a few knocks and hits and begin to overtime surrender to the fact that the whole thing is a mystery. Good people get terminally ill. People doing very bad things… Read More +
L E T T E R – CHARM Intention Setting For The Week Ahead April 28, 2019May 1, 2019 This week, we will place our awareness and our attention on Charm. Charm is the little things your heart sings for, little calls from the universe that catch your attention, which is dusted gently with gold. What would it look to let my intellect sit aside for a moment and follow my heart each day?How… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Creativity Is A Process April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 You may not be able today, to form wet clay as it dries between your hands. Or apply oily, lazy paint to a canvas. Or frame up a photo with natural light seeping in from the side of a frame. Today, you may not be able to hold a stick of crumbling charcoal in your… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Modern Day Rushing April 24, 2019May 1, 2019 I was recently reading Alan Watts stating how in times of overwhelm, he would find solace in the ocean and would sit for 4-5 hours at a time, absorbing the energy of the ocean. The thing that struck me within this, was the 4-5 hours component. The healing powers of the ocean, of course. The… Read More +
L E T T E R – Tuesday Tip; Build Your Morning Routine April 23, 2019April 22, 2019 A Morning Routine is a vital step in setting yourself up for success for the day. I have found it to be one of the key tools in eliminating stress in my life. Rising early to achieve a short routine to optimise your health and well-being will be one of the best things you can… Read More +
L E T T E R – How To Be The Best Meditator Ever April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 This title is a joke! You cannot ever be ‘the best meditator ever’ as it simply doesn’t exist. You can’t even master meditation as it’s a process of opening and unfolding consciousness for yourself with no actual end goal in sight. I get messages all the time from students saying ‘ugh I am the worst… Read More +
L E T T E R – SERVICE Intention Setting For The Week Ahead April 21, 2019April 18, 2019 This week, we will place our awareness and our attention on Service. How do you define being of service?What tasks do you do to be of service?Do you contribute to charity?Do you make your time available to those in need?If this is something you are unfamiliar with, where could you start?If you are perhaps giving… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Everything Changes April 18, 2019April 16, 2019 There is a story told about Suzuki Roshi, a great Buddhist teacher. “Suzuki Roshi, I’ve been listening to your lectures for years,” a student said during the question and answer time following a lecture, “but I just don’t understand. Could you just please put it in a nutshell? Can you reduce Buddhism to one phrase?“… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Never Too Small April 17, 2019April 16, 2019 I have so many moments where I think in despair, I am just one person what can I do. And then I remember this quote. It inspires me to be persistent, as I have never, met anything more persistent than a mosquito. Think you can’t be heard? Just keep going. Eventually, you will be heard.Think… Read More +
L E T T E R – Tuesday Tips; Taking Time To Retreat April 16, 2019April 15, 2019 Easter is this weekend, and I’m personally taking time out to heal and nourish myself. My dear friend and fellow teacher Claire is kindly letting me stay at her place Thursday through Tuesday, and I am going to take time for an At Home Weekend Retreat, for deepening my meditation practice, spending lots of time in… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Why You Don’t Master Meditation, You Master Life April 15, 2019April 13, 2019 After studying meditation in various lineages for a decade, something dawned on me. I was looking for this experience of utter bliss, where I would feel the best ever I could feel. And if the best I was to feel was sitting still with my eyes closed, perhaps I didn’t want that. Perhaps I actually… Read More +
L E T T E R – QUALITY Intention Setting For The Week Ahead April 14, 2019April 12, 2019 This week, we will place our awareness and our attention to Quality. The highest grade in every area. What will I invite in this week that is the highest quality?How can I raise the quality of my communications?How can I increase the quality of my relationships?How can I allow my creativity to create quality in… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Running Them Storylines April 11, 2019April 10, 2019 The brain is a remarkable affirmation tool. Allow our minds to tell us something, believe it, and watch the brain prove it true. Storylines develop dramatically from here. Find a little fault in someone and watch the brain find ALL sorts of things to affirm negativity about them. Decide to go on a vacation somewhere,… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Mastery Of Life April 10, 2019April 9, 2019 We can ask, how can I bring myself, to the fullest, to this moment? It will require presence. Fullness is expansive. We can ask, how can I apply my creativity to this situation? It will require lateral thinking, curiosity. Creativity is expansive. We can ask, how can I bring love to this moment? It will… Read More +
L E T T E R – Tuesday Tips; Let’s Dedicate 1% Of Our Day To Learning April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 Part of our Integrated Meditation program is encouraging 1% of the day dedicated to learning. It’s just 15 minutes. Reading something of a high grade, about creativity, consciousness and clarity creates inspiration, new ways of thinking and more importantly begins to pave new ways of being in the world. Knowledge is power. When the mind… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Before The Drought April 8, 2019April 5, 2019 Isn’t this a brilliant sentence, ‘When the well is dry, we know the worth of water’?. I teach so many people meditation that says one of two things: 1. Why in earth’s name did I not do this earlier?2. I wish I wasn’t learning because of my diagnosis/grief/shock and had done this when I was… Read More +
L E T T E R – CREATOR Intention Setting For The Week Ahead April 7, 2019April 5, 2019 This week, lets set our acknowledging and exploring that we, solely, create our experience of the world. The world is an inside out phenomenon. Everything that we experience is through the lens of our consciousness. If we feel expanded, as does our world. If we feel contracted, as does our world. Consider how you are… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jo – You Love You April 5, 2019April 5, 2019 Imagine you are holding a container – it can be as big as you like, any shape you like and decorated just the way you like. Now, “fill it up” with all the love you have for yourself (positive thoughts, adoration, things you are good at). Observe how full your container gets … you can… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Wanting Change April 4, 2019April 3, 2019 We all want change, every single person wants something different to what is actually happening. It might be little, it might be big. It might be, I wish I had ordered that dish instead of this. It might be, I wish I hadn’t married this person. It might be, I wish I had lived more… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Daily Devotion April 3, 2019April 2, 2019 We are building on a theme here, which you might have picked up on because it’s my obsessive personality to get caught on ideas. I hope you do the same. The soaking in a concept until it’s a reality. Until you don’t think, you just feel. The theme I am working on constantly is daily devotion to the… Read More +
L E T T E R – Tuesday Tips; Something Sweet For The Afternoon April 2, 2019April 2, 2019 In Ayurveda, there are three dosha’s and the Vata dosha, when out of balance, can cause anxiety, sleeplessness and restlessness. Which is pretty much everyone in modern society, hehe. Balancing the Vat dosha involves many things, I’ve written a piece on it here. One of my favourite little Data balancing takeaways, my Ayurvedic doctors over the years… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – The Real You Is In There April 1, 2019March 30, 2019 In an age whereby ‘you can be anyone’, being just you, can seem boring and unappealing I have found. When I tell people that meditation makes you a deeper version of you, often people’s shoulders slump a little, and they say they were kinda hoping to become a ‘new them’. There is no such thing, if… Read More +
L E T T E R – CREATIVITY Intention Setting For The Week Ahead March 31, 2019March 30, 2019 This is a little something new I wanted to try with you, where we collectively set an intention and discovered what it means to us. Meditation is a path to self-discovery, and with Integrated Meditation, we aim to combine a daily meditation practice with education and inspiration to be our highest grade selves. I hope… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Little Skylights March 28, 2019March 26, 2019 In our little cabin in Big Sur, the interior walls and ceilings are all lined with wood. Beams are made from trees still rough, and all the paneling is clad with sanded and stained timber. The river rages outside as it’s been raining on and off for days, and we tend to migrate our reading… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – More Than One Way To Toast March 27, 2019March 26, 2019 In our cabin in Big Sur, there was a fireplace, and no toaster, so we began to hack hunks of sourdough and toast them in the fireplace, to then lather hot with butter. Mine and Arran’s techniques I found hilarious, as they said so much about us as people. Arran would take a piece of… Read More +
L E T T E R – Tuesday Tips; Healing The Lymphatic System with Jeannie of Venustus March 26, 2019March 25, 2019 I’m going to start experimenting with Tuesday’s being dedicated to a particular study, involving physical health, or a recipe, or on energy etc with tips on how to work with this area/thing. Essentially, things I am studying, learning, experiencing that I want to share with you. This quote I love, because I hope we all… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – You Can Practice Integrated Meditation Anywhere March 25, 2019March 21, 2019 Not all meditation techniques are the same, so I want to preface this with saying if you practice a technique where you need absolute quiet, this is not for you! I put down the success of our daily mantra-based practice of Integrated Meditation with our students, to the fact that you can do it anywhere,… Read More +
L E T T E R – GRACE Intention Setting For The Week Ahead March 24, 2019April 11, 2019 This is a little something new I wanted to try with you, where we collectively set an intention and discovered what it means to us. Meditation is a path to self-discovery, and with Integrated Meditation, we aim to combine a daily meditation practice with education and inspiration to be our highest grade selves. I hope… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Remember To Tell People You Love Them March 21, 2019March 20, 2019 I have gotten into the habit of sometimes inappropriately telling the people in my life I love them. I say it’s inappropriate only, because in a society of people whereby we seem to reserve I love you’s for the people only very intimate to us, and sometimes it’s received awkwardly. I think we should tell more people,… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Everything Is The Path March 20, 2019March 19, 2019 There’s something very plain, very simple that I adore about Zen, being that nothing is special AND everything is special. That nothing in our lives should be deemed ‘spiritual’ when everything is. So it’s not just when we go to yoga, or church, or our temple. Or light our incense and read inspiring books. It’s… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Life Is Speaking To Us, Are We Listening? March 19, 2019March 18, 2019 I wrote this whilst sitting in a tiny cabin, on a river in Big Sur California. There is no one here, we are alone, nestled under giant redwood trees. I woke early in the dark to make hot strong milky tea, light the fire and read while it rained loudly on the roof and Arran slept… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – The Fake News In Our Heads March 18, 2019March 17, 2019 Our beliefs define us. Like scratches and smudges on a pair of sunglasses that we have become so used to them, we don’t even see them. We don’t see they obstruct the truth of what’s before us. They colour our view of the world at all times. We don’t know to even wipe them clean… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Bound by Threads March 14, 2019March 13, 2019 Every single moment that happens now, has with it an accumulation of past decisions. Thin gossamer threads that string through everything. Every wise decision has a fingerprint on now. Every dumb decision too. Everything is a choice. Destiny is a thing, but it is shaped by our decisions. Tiny teeny ones are the most important… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Never Burn March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 In today’s society, which is riddled with muddled messaging, knowing how to hold oneself is becoming increasingly challenging. Sayings such as ‘tall poppy syndrome’ or ‘crabs in a bucket’ describe when others pull someone else down based on their success, our of fear, or jealousy, or feeling inadequate. It happens so often I feel we… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Bringing A Little Love To It March 12, 2019March 11, 2019 An important question I ask myself when I am feeling very contracted is how can I bring more love to this. It might be that I am frustrated at the airport and a security person is going through my every single item and it’s taking a long time and I know I am going to miss… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – The Daily Grinding or Daily Grounding March 11, 2019March 10, 2019 I personally dislike the constant messaging in the self-development and entrepreneurial spaces of rise and grind. Of own the day. Of you can be anything. It’s too big. It doesn’t take into account the sequencing of every element of our lives that brought us to today. Or every little thing that occurred within and outside… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – The Other Side Of Fear March 7, 2019March 11, 2019 With our upcoming move to London, Arran and I have been working with a lot of fear. That’s the thing with fear that I’ve found, the more heightened your experience, the more you experience ALL your emotions. So joy, excitement, and positive anticipation will also attract fears, nerves and worries. There’s no experience I’ve ever undertaken,… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Loving The Thought Clouds March 6, 2019March 5, 2019 As a chronic over-thinker, the two most valuable way of addressing thoughts were by a Buddhist teacher a long time ago whose name I have forgotten, and whose words I have not… ‘View thoughts like clouds, fleeting, moving, changing shape, and never permanent‘. And from Ram Dass, when he explained to me, ‘Jacqui, love all… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Support and Synchronicity March 5, 2019March 5, 2019 In life, there is sometimes universal support, and sometimes too many roadblocks. Discerning which is which simply takes years of attuning to. Our instinct and connection to the universe deepens immensely through Integrated/Vedic Meditation. It’s my absolute baseboard for living a high-grade life in collaboration with the universe. From this, it’s easier to discern what… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Not Of This Earth March 4, 2019March 1, 2019 There are over 100 billion stars and there are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on all the beaches on earth. We have only discovered about 5% of the universe so far. The human brain has 86 billion to 100 billion neurons, the number of which aligns to the stars. When we… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – The Universal Orchestra February 28, 2019February 27, 2019 We are in a constant collaboration with the universe. Are we holding up our end of the collab? Or are we sitting around and complaining that we do all the work? Perhaps we are being a little lazy and letting the universe do all the heavy lifting? If the universe is the conductor, how are… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – A Giant Update February 27, 2019February 26, 2019 Morning everyone! As a new chapter opens for The Broad Place I wanted to take the time to put the important things into one cohesive note for you! Our mission to provide education for people to enhance their lives and be aligned with their highest grade selves is becoming ever more solid. To live with… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – When Is The Right Moment? February 26, 2019February 25, 2019 The question I get asked from students often is ‘How will I know if it’s the right moment to do X?’. My answer is the same every time; you won’t. There is no ‘right time’ to do anything. The thing is NO ONE is going to be able to do this work for us. No… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Evolution and Change February 25, 2019February 24, 2019 After yesterday’s ginormous Letter, we also have something to share with you! The Broad Place has been one huge adventure for us, initially an experiment that has become my entire life, and a lot of Arran’s, now with two incredible meditation teachers (Emily and Jo) teaching around Australia and New Zealand with us, and my… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Redefining Success February 24, 2019February 22, 2019 I would like to spend some time this week (within the gift to me, that is these Letters, as I get to really nut out ideas), in clarifying and sharing what success can look like versus the realities. This is a conversation that is coming up a huge amount for me at the moment with… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – A Yes And A No February 21, 2019February 20, 2019 For every yes there simply has to be a no. Compromise means everyone gets half or less. If you’re a people pleaser, it can be super activating and triggering to say no. But saying yes can come at too big a price sometimes. It took me forever to learn that a lot of what I… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Nature Is My Religion February 20, 2019February 19, 2019 I don’t have an official religion, but my temple is the ocean. My altars are the trees. Animals are my teachers. And the seasons have taught me an immense amount. Aligning with nature’s ways has taught me that Spring is growth and the promise of what might be, a time to plant seeds and to… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – The Power of Intent February 19, 2019February 18, 2019 There is a system within the Vedic lineages called ‘tapasya’ which is essentially the renunciation of something we enjoy, in order to receive something of a higher order. It’s frequently misconstrued as austerity. We are actually quite used to giving up something in order to receive something else. We might wake early to meditate, forgoing… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Anxiety Remedies February 18, 2019February 17, 2019 Ram Dass really brought home the message ‘Be Here Now’. In fact, it was the title of his pivotal book, of the same title, that has inspired decades of people to understand what it is to be in the present moment. When we experience anxiety, we get further and further from the present moment. I… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Truly Transform 2019 February 15, 2019February 14, 2019 Life is this strange sequencing of events, isn’t it? And when we look at a year, it is like 12 slices of life. How are we going to prepare for them? What will they reap? Will it be a harvest year or will it be a flailing year? Who will we be? What will we do? How… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Where Are We Blocking Compassion February 14, 2019February 20, 2019 I raised this in our Tea Ceremony and Meditation Gathering last Saturday because someone asked it of me awhile ago and it really stuck with me. “How many times have you walked past someone homeless and thought, damn I’ve got no coins and kept walking”?. For me, I always buy a meal when I see someone as I can… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – The No That Comes Before A Yes February 13, 2019February 20, 2019 I frequently do this, write a YES list. What do I want in my life. It’s a very full life, so there has to also be a NO list that goes with it. I want to write Daily Letters; yes. Rewatching the entire of Game Of Thrones before the next season comes out; a sad but realistic no. I want to go stand up paddle boarding; yes. I… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Our Practices February 12, 2019February 20, 2019 Too often we think, myself included, ‘I don’t have time for this’, surrounding anything that is nourishing, rewarding, spiritual and allows us to be our higher grade selves. If you have had a deeply personal morning ritual, meditation practice, or anything that allows you to experience the day orientated from your soul, you will know the impact this… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Everything Is The Path February 11, 2019February 14, 2019 Even the crap bits, shit bits all the bits in between. It’s funny how in hindsight we understand that everything is there as our oath to understanding ourselves, a curation for our own evolution. But in the thick of it, we forget, panic and meltdown. We have a lot on our plate at the moment,… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Your Anchors February 9, 2019February 14, 2019 I know I bang on and on about Values, but I truly see them as anchors for our souls. When we are a little or a lot lost, we can come back to our Values and they will inform our decisions and what path we should be taking. I teach about Values and have some… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – You Determine The Course February 8, 2019February 14, 2019 Gah how I love this quote! I wanted to end the week with it. When we don’t know what our unique potential is, that’s okay, we’re not all morning knowing our purpose and why we are even here. We all dream of being able to say, ‘I was born to do this! This is THE… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Accepting Everything February 7, 2019February 7, 2019 There is a Zen saying Susan Murphy taught me, which is no matter WHAT is happening, you send out into the Universe, ‘thank you very much I have no complaints whatsoever’. No resistance, no ‘this shouldn’t be like this’, and definitely no complaining. I love it as it reinforces for me this philosophy that I… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Competing and Comparing February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 Due to our recent (Saturday) graduation of beautiful and integrity-filled Vedic Meditation teachers, I have been thinking a lot about what it means to teach authentically and what success might look like. Layer in some recent negative gossip that has been darkly crawling over to me about the way in which I personally teach meditation,… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Working with Anxiety February 5, 2019February 4, 2019 I have an immense amount to speak to on this topic, but I thought I would start with sharing with you a Letter I wrote to a student of mine today, after a phone call about her anxiety. She’s in high school and under immense pressure, and this was exactly when my anxiety started surfacing… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – Alchemy February 4, 2019January 31, 2019 I am so grateful for my lowest of lows. They formed and shaped me in ways I couldn’t ever possibly have recognised in the darkness that they were at the time. I also love people who have been through some darkness and waded out of it too. There’s something deeper about them you can feel.… Read More +
L E T T E R from Jac – How Much Life Is This Worth February 1, 2019January 31, 2019 It’s a worthwhile question, isn’t it? Sometimes, it’s lots of life. I love material things and I get great joy from them. But how much life are they worth swapping for? How much earning? Do we own our things or do they own us was a huge question that hung with Arran and I for years. We… Read More +
