L E T T E R from Jac – Our Primal Rhythms
In nearly all ancient lineages of wisdom, being aligned with natural rhythms is the key. Harmony is created from being […]
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L E T T E R – SURRENDER Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week let’s place our intention on Surrender. Some points to Journal on: When I see the words ‘divine’ and […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Mostest Goodest
Marley when she was little used to say some days after kindergarten that she was really proud as she was […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Remembering What We Forget
I mean we all know this right? I love beautiful things, there’s no doubt. I also recognise that experiences shape […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Tao Tuesday
This is Chapter 23 from the Tao Te Ching as translated by Stephen Mitchell. I would like to bring our […]
L E T T E R from Jac – All Hail The Fail
I’m not quite sure what happens in life that mistakes become a bad thing. When we are little, mistakes are […]
L E T T E R – PEACE Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week let’s place our intention on peace. Some points to Journal on: Where in my life am I naturally […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Reclaiming Our Wildness
You can take this however you like. I just want you to reclaim your wildness. I’ve experimented with lots of […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Collaboration
If you were Inspiration, imagine how boring it would be if everyone sat around waiting for you, groaning and inactive. […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Tao Tuesday
Art by Jia Youfa; China, 1942 In Taoism, aligning oneself with ones true nature, which is all of nature, is […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Act According To Your Uniqueness
You. There’s only one. In all of the time, forever in the whole universe, only one you. The Population Reference […]
L E T T E R – TRUTH Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Something I am addressing at the moment is Truth. Join me!! Things to look into this week: Where are we […]
L E T T E R from Jac – No More Life Procrastination
I’ll do it once the kids are older. I’ll do it once I have kids.I’ll do it when I have more […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Fighting The Alligators
I recently had a friend say to me really casually, no harm intended, ‘you know some people like your honest […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Tao Tuesday
Some of my favourite lines from 27 of the Tao Te Ching, and some things to ponder. ‘A good traveller […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Toofman
Toofy our 14-year-old rescue dog was terribly neglected, so skinny and anxious when we got him. He obviously was rarely […]
L E T T E R – TRUTH Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This is going to be a gritty one! Once we realise how many lies we tell ourselves, let alone others, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Losing Our Rhythms
Moving houses, let alone cities, or countries does certainly provide its challenges. The same goes for relationships, jobs, friends. Changing […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Letting Go Of The Rope
Since coming to London, there has been so much joy and discovery and excitement. And fear and terror and doubt. […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Tao Tuesday
I recently read this passage from the Tao Te Ching, in respond to a wonderful student’s question, at a recent […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Meditation; The Mystery and Sometimes The Misery Part 3
When it comes to a meditation practice, I liken it often to anything else in your life, if you want […]
L E T T E R – CURIOSITY Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week let’s all invite in curiosity. Letting conclusions linger. Allowing space for things to breath and take form. Intentionally […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Simplicity
We only recently received our shipment of things that we packed in early February to London. Since then we lived […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Let’s Get Serious
Apologies in advance as this is a pretty long Letter as I have sooo much to comment on this, and […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Tao Tuesday
I adore this passage, as in today’s world where action, go-getting and forcing are highly applauded, we can forget the […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Meditation; The Mystery and the Sometimes The Misery Part 2
I wrote last Monday about some ways in which to reframe and approach your meditation practice, whatever the lineage and […]
L E T T E R – KINDNESS Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Are you enjoying the Weekly Intention Setting? Is it helpful or inspiring new ways of thinking and being? I recommend […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Well Of Water Within
Buddhist nun Pema Chodron speaks beautiful about the fact that we all have a well of fresh spring water within […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Always Going For Truth And Honesty
I really enjoyed Jill Soloway’s book She Wants It, and so highly recommend it. In particular, her honesty was so […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Tao Tuesday
This translation is by Stephen Mitchell of Chapter 44 of the Tao Te Ching, that we can really saturate in. […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Meditation; The Mystery and the Sometimes The Misery Part 1
Yes, I agree with this quote and inspiring words like bliss and divinity and beauty are often used in conjunction […]
L E T T E R – GENEROSITY Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
What a lovely intention to set for the week ahead! Generosity. I would like us all to look at in […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Nothing Is Lacking
One of the big issues I have with spirituality and self-development is the constant seeking to better oneself when it […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Internal and External Rhythms
Something I discussed at the London Integrated Meditation Meeting last week, which seemed to really strike a chord, was internal […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Taoist Tuesday
There are so many ways to unpack this. The essence of it is to align with nature. When we align […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Energy Is The Key To Creativity
When we are exhausted, we are cranky and we are definitely uncreative. A good flow of physical energy keeps us […]
L E T T E R – SLOWING DOWN Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Intention Setting for the week is about slowing down. Exploring what this might mean to you. Things to look into […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Thriving Through Modern Living Part 4 – Evenings
To read the previous letters, see PART 1, PART 2, and PART 3. Okay, this is the finale in this […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Thriving Through Modern Living Part 3 – Creating Space
Click HERE for Part 1 and HERE for Part 2. Rushing for me is a guarantee for being in a […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Thriving Through Modern Living Part 2 – Mornings
Click HERE to read Part 1. Richard Whately said, ‘Lose an hour in the morning and you will spend all […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Thriving Through Modern Living 1 – Meditation
I have always struggled with the energy of a city like New York. On one hand, I absolutely love it, […]
L E T T E R – INTEGRITY Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Integrity was once beautifully described to me as doing the right thing even if no one was looking. I feel […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Doing Good
Is it really as easy as doing good to be happy? I believe it is. I feel that too often […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Impossible
Putting ourselves in the shoes of others is essentially impossible. Most of our programmed in ideas and beliefs were ground […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Taoist Tuesday
Taoism is a beautiful philosophy I have been studying now for decades, and it still eludes me, catches my curiosity […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Independent Practice
Imagine any teachings that teach you independence. That don’t ask anything of you after learning. That allows you to be […]
L E T T E R – FORGIVENESS Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week let’s collectively set our sights on forgiveness. I recommend always journaling your way through these Intentions to allow […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Our Own Heart Is Our Temple
I am confident I have used this quote before, as I love it. I find it every now and again […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Put Down Your Books
At The Broad Place, we advocate study and reading all the time. However, if the study is not taken into […]
L E T T E R – from Jac; The Unfolding
There is a story about a young man in Japan who wanted to be the greatest martial artist of the […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Meditate First
It’s so tempting to prioritise other things over our meditation practices. Let’s face it, our ego’s do NOT want us […]
L E T T E R – AUTHENTICITY Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week, we will place our awareness and our attention on Authenticity. Ooooh this is such a juicy one. I […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Daily Miracle
It’s a choice, to live as if each day is the miracle it is. The stress of moving across the […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Trusting The Universe
I have something I remind myself of constantly; there are no accidents and there are no coincidences. Everything is happening […]
L E T T E R from Jac – True Bravery
I was chatting with a special friend of ours who is in his late teens, as he is trying to […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Passing of Practice
A student went to his meditation teacher and said, “My meditation is horrible! I feel so distracted, or my legs […]
L E T T E R – KINDNESS Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week, let’s together place our awareness and our attention on Kindness. We can amplify kindness in the world if […]
L E T T E R from Jac – What Is Being Delivered?
When things are challenging, it can be troublesome to acknowledge the good in the situation. Sometimes, I work through this set […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Holding On Longer Than Required
There are so many versions of this fable, all delivering the same message; that we must not hold onto what […]
L E T T E R – Tuesday Tip; A Potent Experiment
Maharishi used to teach that there were three very important things to living a high-grade life that I’ll abridge here: […]
L E T T E R from Jac – How To Walk The Path
Coming across a monk praying while circumambulating a holy building, Geshe Tenpa said, “How pleasant to walk around sacred places, […]
L E T T E R – GRATITUDE Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week, we will place our awareness and our attention on Gratitude. Gratitude is frequently written off as too ‘woo-woo‘ […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Something Truly Precious
There is an old story that goes like this… A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Danger of The Majority
When it comes to spiritual growth, self-development and our active evolving, it can get tricky at times. Sometimes what we want […]
L E T T E R from Jac – This Too Shall Pass
I have found personally, and for many of our students, that we are all too happy to let go of […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Unfolding Mystery
We kind of feel like we have control of our life most of the time, like we are the ones […]
L E T T E R – CHARM Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week, we will place our awareness and our attention on Charm. Charm is the little things your heart sings […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Creativity Is A Process
You may not be able today, to form wet clay as it dries between your hands. Or apply oily, lazy […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Modern Day Rushing
I was recently reading Alan Watts stating how in times of overwhelm, he would find solace in the ocean and […]
L E T T E R – Tuesday Tip; Build Your Morning Routine
A Morning Routine is a vital step in setting yourself up for success for the day. I have found it […]
L E T T E R – How To Be The Best Meditator Ever
This title is a joke! You cannot ever be ‘the best meditator ever’ as it simply doesn’t exist. You can’t […]
L E T T E R – SERVICE Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week, we will place our awareness and our attention on Service. How do you define being of service?What tasks […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Everything Changes
There is a story told about Suzuki Roshi, a great Buddhist teacher. “Suzuki Roshi, I’ve been listening to your lectures […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Never Too Small
I have so many moments where I think in despair, I am just one person what can I do. And […]
L E T T E R – Tuesday Tips; Taking Time To Retreat
Easter is this weekend, and I’m personally taking time out to heal and nourish myself. My dear friend and fellow […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Why You Don’t Master Meditation, You Master Life
After studying meditation in various lineages for a decade, something dawned on me. I was looking for this experience of […]
L E T T E R – QUALITY Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week, we will place our awareness and our attention to Quality. The highest grade in every area. What will […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Running Them Storylines
The brain is a remarkable affirmation tool. Allow our minds to tell us something, believe it, and watch the brain […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Mastery Of Life
We can ask, how can I bring myself, to the fullest, to this moment? It will require presence. Fullness is […]
L E T T E R – Tuesday Tips; Let’s Dedicate 1% Of Our Day To Learning
Part of our Integrated Meditation program is encouraging 1% of the day dedicated to learning. It’s just 15 minutes. Reading […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Before The Drought
Isn’t this a brilliant sentence, ‘When the well is dry, we know the worth of water’?. I teach so many […]
L E T T E R – CREATOR Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week, lets set our acknowledging and exploring that we, solely, create our experience of the world. The world is […]
L E T T E R from Jo – You Love You
Imagine you are holding a container – it can be as big as you like, any shape you like and […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Wanting Change
We all want change, every single person wants something different to what is actually happening. It might be little, it […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Daily Devotion
We are building on a theme here, which you might have picked up on because it’s my obsessive personality to […]
L E T T E R – Tuesday Tips; Something Sweet For The Afternoon
In Ayurveda, there are three dosha’s and the Vata dosha, when out of balance, can cause anxiety, sleeplessness and restlessness. Which is […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Real You Is In There
In an age whereby ‘you can be anyone’, being just you, can seem boring and unappealing I have found. When […]
L E T T E R – CREATIVITY Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This is a little something new I wanted to try with you, where we collectively set an intention and discovered […]
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 – Tuesday Tips; Healing The Lymphatic System with Jeannie of Venustus
I’m going to start experimenting with Tuesday’s being dedicated to a particular study, involving physical health, or a recipe, or […]
L E T T E R from Jac – You Can Practice Integrated Meditation Anywhere
Not all meditation techniques are the same, so I want to preface this with saying if you practice a technique […]
L E T T E R – GRACE Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This is a little something new I wanted to try with you, where we collectively set an intention and discovered […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Remember To Tell People You Love Them
I have gotten into the habit of sometimes inappropriately telling the people in my life I love them. I say […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Everything Is The Path
There’s something very plain, very simple that I adore about Zen, being that nothing is special AND everything is special. […]
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 Fake News In Our Heads
Our beliefs define us. Like scratches and smudges on a pair of sunglasses that we have become so used to […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Bound by Threads
Every single moment that happens now, has with it an accumulation of past decisions. Thin gossamer threads that string through […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Never Burn
In today’s society, which is riddled with muddled messaging, knowing how to hold oneself is becoming increasingly challenging. Sayings such […]