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. […]
This week’s intention is DEPTH. I know this sounds strange at first reading, but I feel for it so strongly. […]
There is a Pali chant, a Buddhist chant that is often used with meals; ‘Sabe lokami Ye satah, Jivanta hara […]
Presence is an obvious one given the Retreat I just wrapped! It was literally all about training the mind to […]
Why do we find it so hard to stay in the present? More and more so we are hearing all […]
We can ask, how can I bring myself, to the fullest, to this moment? It will require presence. Fullness is […]
In Zen, the tensho is the monastery cook. Every moment, every meal is seen as an opportunity to experience truth, […]
This is the time of year we all sit back and start to either feel incredible gratitude for the year […]
There are days when I sit to write these Letters to you and I feel physically ill. I am overcome […]
Well, this week’s letter’s have certainly taken on a slightly serious tone! I didn’t mean them to, but they do […]
I got a text from a friend the other day, reporting something insignificant on another friend that I had a […]
There is feedback, and there is criticism. There is moaning, and then there are witch hunts. I posted last week […]
READ I adore this book by our friend Josh, his approach to creativity and consciousness continually inspires me. I interviewed Josh […]
We have a huge tree in our garden, and when we moved in became very fond of it as throughout […]
I have so many interests and creative outlets I sometimes can’t breath for the joy of it all, and I […]
Some people come to learn meditation because they are keen to be their best selves, they feel unreal and want […]
When did we lost the art of saying, ‘you know what, I don’t know’ or ‘wouldn’t have a clue’. When […]
Our daughter is doing a speech for school and had to incorporate a bunch of keywords including resilience and respect. […]
My dear friend Jen was recently telling me a story about a conversation she had with her teenage son. He […]
Sometimes people think spirituality is all mung beans and hand holding and unicorns. Sometimes people think spirituality is a word […]
As a recovering perfectionist, I have had intense experiences around making mistakes. It makes no sense as part of the […]
I was once taught an analogy that I have carried around with me since from Taoism. It is that when […]
The Buddhists say the root cause of suffering is our attachment to desires. It’s not our actual desires. But our […]
Life is so fragile. We never know when it will come to a close. As humans, we can be bitter […]
I don’t mean physical space here. But emotional space. Conscious space. Creative space. Working stuff out space. A sacred space […]
I was ordering my coffee the other day, and our lovely friend who makes coffee Andre asked how I was […]
Sometimes one of the challenges of being self-employed is that you are always working to a degree. Even if you’re […]
Pinterest and Instagram and all the other platforms I don’t even know about are such an incredible source of inspiration. […]
I have sat on this quote for some time. There seemed to be so many moving parts to it, each […]
I really love Jane Goodall and I really love this quote. I also believe in a spiritual power higher than ourselves […]
Sadhana is the sanskrit term for daily practice or ritual. Defined by one of my favourite authors Maya Triwari as […]
There are so many layers to this, and I’ll map out today a few key things to consider when wondering […]
I think this quote is such a great follow on from yesterday and I believe it so much. I had […]
Firstly I would like to thank all of you that send me the most heartfelt and beautiful notes of gratitude […]
Kin Hin is a very beautiful practice of walking with presence, sometimes called Zen Walking. I remember still when first […]