L E T T E R – The Creation of Time
Time is something that expands and contracts, as it’s all a perception. Stay with me, I know it sounds a […]
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L E T T E R – A Path To Authenticity
Our daughter is doing a speech for school and had to incorporate a bunch of keywords including resilience and respect. […]
L E T T E R – A Sequence Of Small Choices
My dear friend Jen was recently telling me a story about a conversation she had with her teenage son. He […]
L E T T E R – Knowing Our True Nature
Sometimes people think spirituality is all mung beans and hand holding and unicorns. Sometimes people think spirituality is a word […]
L E T T E R – The Freedom To Make Mistakes
As a recovering perfectionist, I have had intense experiences around making mistakes. It makes no sense as part of the […]
L E T T E R – Fluidity
I was once taught an analogy that I have carried around with me since from Taoism. It is that when […]
L E T T E R – Getting Off Our Arses
The Buddhists say the root cause of suffering is our attachment to desires. It’s not our actual desires. But our […]
L E T T E R – Dissolving That Which Divides Us
Long lasting change doesn’t come in a silver bullet, a bandaid or a quick fix. I was interviewed by our […]
L E T T E R – You Choose; One Leaf Or The Whole Tree?
Picture a large majestical tree. We could just acknowledge a single leaf, and fixate on it, cooing over the leaf, […]
L E T T E R – Savouring The Little Success and a Key To Presence
As soon as I return from a holiday as I have this week, I can feel myself slightly panicking about […]
L E T T E R – Why Indeed, Yes You Can
At the karate tournament last week, I saw a man with one leg compete. He stood on the side of […]
L E T T E R – Fear and Freedom
This is a little game I play with myself, ‘what’s my greatest fear in this’. I’ve found in every situation […]
L E T T E R – Gratitude
I was ordering my coffee the other day, and our lovely friend who makes coffee Andre asked how I was […]
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 – Tips For Fitting In Your Daily Meditation Practice
There is no cookie cutter approach for your Vedic Meditation practice. A twice-daily practice is ideal, and there are some […]
L E T T E R – Judgement
When we are building something, a business, a relationship, our spiritual development, our education, our parenting, it’s so easy to […]
L E T T E R – Peacefulness
As someone that used to work in advertising, marketing and PR, our whole purpose was to make people believe that […]
L E T T E R – Progressive Change
We have wired into our brains and bodies most of our reactions, thoughts, prejudices, and biases. We did so a […]
L E T T E R – An Abundance
This stands true not just for creativity, but for love, gratitude, compassion, kindness. Additionally for anger, resentment, shame, guilt. So […]
L E T T E R – For The Pros
Inspiration comes to us through a channel of creativity. It’s not out there ‘waiting for us’ it’s flowing from within […]
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 – Where is That Somewhere?
‘Something, somewhere incredible is waiting to be known’; where is that somewhere? Inside of you. Every external experience we define […]
L E T T E R – The Crazy Ones
I’ve done some seriously crazy things and some seriously dumb things in my time. I created a huge design and […]
L E T T E R – Inner Force
I’ve been meditating for a very long time, and this inner force is the most powerful tool I know for […]
L E T T E R – Nature Within
I really love Jane Goodall and I really love this quote. I also believe in a spiritual power higher than ourselves […]
L E T T E R – Stay In Your Corner
There’s something so wonderful about discovering things about yourself, having realisations and seeing tangible results from doing self-development or spiritual […]
L E T T E R – The Two Wings
There is a beautiful concept with our meditation technique, about the purpose of twice-daily practice. In a nutshell, it’s that […]
L E T T E R – Is The Future Bright?
I hope this is how life feels for you, I really do. Arran and I have spent some time recently […]
L E T T E R – That Flat Spot
The idea that we are going to always be in the flow, thriving and creative is ludicrous, yet we catch […]
L E T T E R – Do It
There are so many layers to this, and I’ll map out today a few key things to consider when wondering […]
L E T T E R – Nowhere To Get
With our meditation practice, with our spiritual quests, our creative endeavors, there is nowhere to get, nothing to gain. Frustrating […]
L E T T E R – Meaningfulness
I spent the weekend with Jeff Kober teaching about understanding our humanity, our spirituality, our dharma and how to enliven […]
L E T T E R - Move Your Arse
I think this quote is such a great follow on from yesterday and I believe it so much. I had […]
L E T T E R – To Be Breath Taken
I’m clearly having an emotional week as represented in all the Letters! I feel so positive and taken with the […]
L E T T E R – The Way
Firstly I would like to thank all of you that send me the most heartfelt and beautiful notes of gratitude […]
L E T T E R – Letting Go and Expanding Consciousness
Letting Go is a concept most of my students are familiar with. And confused or frustrated about. I used to […]
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 – What Will You Choose?
The glass half empty mentality we all know, but do we actually live glass half full. Every moment. Is everything […]
L E T T E R – Zen Walking
Kin Hin is a very beautiful practice of walking with presence, sometimes called Zen Walking. I remember still when first […]
L E T T E R – Anxiety
I have one rule for our meditation students and that is that they never apologise for not meditating. Being […]
L E T T E R – Choices
When we were in Los Angeles we went to a small, lesser-known private art gallery, and the gentleman working there […]
L E T T E R – A Fractured Dance
When I was teaching meditation in Silverlake, we spoke collectively about the current frenzy and uptake of spiritual practices and […]
L E T T E R – The Journey
Sometimes the most frequently referenced quotes and lines that are by now cheesy, are the most true, such as the […]
L E T T E R – Soul Search
Not often are we encouraged in the West to renew our spirit and our spiritual thinking. I’m writing this from […]
L E T T E R – Inside Out
It’s tempting to think that all the answers lie outside of us. It allows us to hold others responsible. To […]
L E T T E R – Oneness
In Vedanta, an ancient body of knowledge from where our meditation practice originates, there is the concept that duality, separateness […]
L E T T E R – There Are No Shortcuts
I first learnt to officially meditate when I was in my late teens. It was a funny little course held […]
L E T T E R – A Learning Nonetheless
On Sunday evening, I very excitedly went to see one of my favourite teachers Sri M who is out from […]
L E T T E R – What Is Compassion Actually
As I referenced the Dalai Lama yesterday, I thought it might be nice to kick off today’s letter with a […]
L E T T E R – Recovery Time
I had an experience years and years ago, where I went to see a friend of mine who is a […]
L E T T E R – Oh Ego
Chogyam Tungpa Rinpoche was asked by a student, “Why do you think that people are so protective of their egos? Why […]
L E T T E R – The Universe Whispers
Underneath all the noise; our intellect, thinking mind, egos, the exterior machinations of society, other peoples opinions, there is a […]
The Human Condition
Most of us spend a large amount of time questioning our own actions, motives, worrying, fretting and stressing, about the […]
The 4% Rule
I have had the pleasure of meeting many talented people in my life, as well as many deeply conscious spiritual […]
All The Damn Thoughts
Have you ever listened to all the thoughts going on in your head? I sat in the most beautiful garden […]
Meditation Or Meditative?
Lately I’ve found there is so much confusion around what meditation is, what makes it different to some other relaxation […]
A Recalibration
Oh, how this quote resonates with me. The accompanying vulnerability, the incapacity to hold it or when an emotion breaches […]
Meeting Yourself
Rumi passed away 700 years ago and is still the best selling poet in America. His ecstasy filled complications of […]
No BS Gratitude
Gratitude is a buzz word right now and almost everyone in one way or another has had some involvement with […]
Jeff Kober and The Broad Place Workshop
Join Jeff Kober and Jacqui Lewis for a Workshop integrating philosophy, ancient wisdom and modern tools and techniques to live […]
The Roar of The Universe
The ego, so loud, so insistent, so annoying, so abrupt. The heart, so gentle, so mild, so curious. If we continue to honour […]
Down That Chute
I love Tina Fey, and I love this quote. Overthinking jams up the whole system. We just have to get […]
The Besieged Everydayness Of Life
Remember that episode of The Simpsons were Marge blew a mind gasket and froze up on the bridge, windows up, refusing to […]
Book Club Launch
As avid readers and meditators here at The Broad Place, we know how transformational both these things are. We call it the […]
Shhh Now, Ego
Oh man doesn’t the ego like to stink up a tantrum when we are wondering, or worse KNOW someone else […]
The First Time Should Be Enough
Recently I watched Oprah Winfrey being interviewed after her Cecil B. DeMille award at the Golden Globes. She said, “The […]
Where Are You Now?
We all seem to know this, that being present reaps the greatest rewards as a human,but very little do we […]
What Will You Think
There is so much talk of the power of positive thinking, so much science to back it up, yet I […]
What Would It Look Like
What would it look like if you had a year to live? What would you read? What would you stop […]
Staying Afloat
Makes sense doesn’t it? Why do we encourage our ego to engage with that which in our heart of hearts […]
It’s So Bothersome Being Bothered
In Buddhism, Dukkha, which is originally a Pali word, is translated most frequently as suffering. Specifically the suffering of the […]
Selective Feedback
This is such a huge topic that I might visit it a few times more!!To begin with, ensuring we only […]
Our Tuning Forks
I am fascinated by the Mind Body Connection. So much so that within our Integrated Meditation Enhanced Education Program we […]
The Connectedness of It All
The other day, I wrote about the concept of letting something go, in order to invite something in. To empty […]
Time To Trim
So for today’s tools on how to experience a higher grade life, the key thing is to EDIT. When something […]
LAUNCHING INTEGRATED MEDITATION by The Broad Place
Hello, It’s me, Jac! Around a year ago I shared a little seed idea with Arran and Emily. We all […]
Are You Brave Enough To Audit
High Grade Living is about living the best life we can, with the tools and knowledge to grant us access […]
Combatting Overwhelm
This time of year is supposed to be all about fresh starts, and new beginnings and a ‘wealth of opportunity’ […]
Why Create A Morning Routine in 2018
Mornings for me are sacred. A time to contemplate, to be a human being. To stretch, meditate, exercise, be near […]
The Medicine For Modern Living
Seth Godin popped into my inbox with “Are there places do you feel like you’re falling behind where there’s actually […]
Talking Broadly with Bodha
At The Broad Place we became rather obsessed with Bodha’s elegant product and connected with the creator Emily to strike […]
Learn To Meditate In Byron Bay
I am teaching an upcoming course in beautiful Byron Bay on Saturday 8th February and Sunday 9th February. Venue TBC. […]
The Broad Place Holiday Hours
We will be closed from Friday Dec 20th until Tuesday Jan 14th. Our first free intro talk for the New […]
Create Your Morning Routine
A morning routine is a beautiful way to set up the day, to encourage calmness and clarity, and allow the […]
Talking Broadly – Melissa Ambrosini
I had the pleasure of initiating Melissa Ambrosini into the art of Vedic Meditation this year. Mel had practiced many […]
Talking Broadly – Jason Grant
Jason Grant is one of those people who is not only charming and handsome, he’s also the magical mix of […]
Why Meditate?
So why meditate? People learn this technique for a large range of personal reasons. Some want to be more creative […]
Meditator Rick Rubin
Rick Rubin is an incredibly interesting guy. He certainly challenges what it means to be an internationally acclaimed music producer […]
Why I Cook – by Jacqui Lewis
Cooking is in my blood. My dad, Greg Doyle, is a well known chef in Australia and had the Three […]