L E T T E R from Jo – The Distraction of Other People’s Lives
With our fellow humans, there’s a line that can easily blur, crossing from inspiration, support, and connection to distraction, over-involvement, […]
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L E T T E R from Jac – The Workings of Consciousness
Moving into higher states of consciousness means that we can have deeper relationships, are calmer and centered, are less involved […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Training in The Art of Peace
My homeland of Australia is in a turbulent time. It’s not unique to Australia, many, many countries are in a turbulent time. It brings […]
L E T T E R – DEPTH Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week’s intention is DEPTH. I know this sounds strange at first reading, but I feel for it so strongly. […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Our Passport To Freedom and Love
I’m not sure exactly what happened a long time back, it was likely having a small child, being a single […]
L E T T E R from Jo – You Are Always Worth It
Ultimately we all want to feel connected and loved and sometimes in our pursuit of these very things, we get […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Repeating Things
Pema Chodron speaks of this with such clarity, ‘Life’s work is to wake you up, to let the things that […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Zen Wednesday; How Can I Help?
‘The perfume of sandalwood,Rosebay or jasmineCannot travel against the wind. But the fragrance of virtueTravels even against the wind,As far as […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Do Not Fear This Time
Let’s read this second quote, “Once more we are in a period of uncertainty, of danger, in which not only […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Where Attention Goes, Energy Flows
Years back, I had to really ask myself why the less important things and people in my life are getting […]
L E T T E R – The Tiny Teachers In Their Hundreds
Each of us has a unique set of codes within us, that are our little teachings, a personal gift from […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Are you Ready to Shift your Energy Throughout January?
In 10 days time with hundreds of people from all over the world, we launch into the January 2020 High […]
L E T T E R from Jac – A Happy Day To You From Us
Christmas is a funny time, isn’t it? Sometimes it’s joy-filled and fun. Other years it’s a time to get together […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Redefining Luxury
I read a brilliant article in the FT Weekend by Lucia Van Der Post. She says that luxury is shifted […]
L E T T E R from Jac – ACCEPTANCE Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Someone sent me a link to a very high profile guy on Instagram, who was literally SCREAMING at millions of […]
L E T T E R from Jac – How To Communicate Boundaries With Family At Christmas
I felt this was timely, as it’s something that students ask me about SO OFTEN, how do we set boundaries […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Nature Is Whispering Your Name
In most spiritual lineages, nature is considered an extension of people, and something to be nurtured and cared for, loved […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Lonely Mountain Path
But not many people can be bothered with walking up the mountain to see that path. Down in the valley […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Just Being Trees
This quote in full by Ram Dass is, “When you go out into the woods and you look at trees, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Limited Bandwidth
Your brain and your attention have limited bandwidth. A certain download of data each day. Only so much you can upload […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Zen Wednesday; Your Truth is Within
There’s so much preaching in spirituality and self-development, and far too much ego. We can use people as little points […]
L E T T E R from Jac – When To Speak
I am someone who could talk under wet cement. We joke that I literally popped out of the womb chatting […]
L E T T E R from Jac – But, From Where I Stand…
Some people got into a heated argument about different religions and philosophies and which was, in fact, true and right. […]
L E T T E R from Jac – What Our Pain Teaches Us
I used to sprint from anything too painful. Mostly disempowering myself, I would always assume blame, and carry the burden […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Defining What’s Important
I have found time and time again, with our students that have had life pulled out from under them that […]
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 – The Efficiency Of Social Relationships
Efficiency is where anything immediately irrelevant is trimmed out. Keywords around efficiency are force, computation, intelligence, knowledge. The problem with […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Dissolving Ego Structures
Ram Dass here points out something students talk about so often with me, “We have built a whole ego structure about […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The 4% Rule
I have had the pleasure of meeting many talented people in my life, as well as many deeply conscious spiritual […]
L E T T E R from Jac – How Much Do You Really Want It?
A hermit was meditating by a river when a young man interrupted him.“Master, I wish to become your disciple,” said […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Shifting Your Mindset and Don’t Fall Prey to Spiritual Bypassing!
Today I want to focus on MINDSET, as at times, I swear it is everything. Our brains are affirmation tools, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Memory, The Veil To Truth
Our memories fail us all the time. Layer in that we miss things all the time also. We have deep attention […]
L E T T E R – LOVE Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
This week let’s place our intention on Love. Some points to Journal on: When I consider love, is there an […]
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 – 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 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 Emily – Don’t Play Small
I recently heard someone say that the people in the world who are willing to feel uncomfortable are the ones […]
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 – 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 – 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 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 from Jo – Watering My Grass
How many times have I looked “over there” at the green grass wishing it was under my feet? Too many […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Bringing A Little Love To It
An important question I ask myself when I am feeling very contracted is how can I bring more love to this. […]
L E T T E R from Jac – A Yes And A No
For every yes there simply has to be a no. Compromise means everyone gets half or less. If you’re a […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Anxiety Remedies
Ram Dass really brought home the message ‘Be Here Now’. In fact, it was the title of his pivotal book, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Truly Transform 2019
Life is this strange sequencing of events, isn’t it? And when we look at a year, it is like 12 […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Our Practices
Too often we think, myself included, ‘I don’t have time for this’, surrounding anything that is nourishing, rewarding, spiritual and […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Competing and Comparing
Due to our recent (Saturday) graduation of beautiful and integrity-filled Vedic Meditation teachers, I have been thinking a lot about […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Alchemy
I am so grateful for my lowest of lows. They formed and shaped me in ways I couldn’t ever possibly […]
L E T T E R – Our Repeated Actions
In Zen, the tensho is the monastery cook. Every moment, every meal is seen as an opportunity to experience truth, […]
L E T T E R – The Most Expensive Price Tag In The World
I had soooo many people respond to the letter (What Would You Create) about what would you do if you couldn’t […]
L E T T E R – Happy New Year!!!
My absolute goodness what a year. For Arran and I, it was beyond what we imagined. I travelled to London, […]
L E T T E R – Humility and Service
I spent most of Friday emailing back students who had applied for the scholarship of Be Your Best Self. We […]
L E T T E R – Say No, Immediately
There is a downside to living a full and abundant life. I mean at first you’re like, seriously, could there be […]
L E T T E R – The Bigger Questions
Around this time of year, Arran and I start formulating our ideas for the following year. 2018 was massive for […]