L E T T E R from Jac – Zen Wednesday
‘You have to go further. You have to demonstrate the answer. You have to embody the answer. You have to […]
‘You have to go further. You have to demonstrate the answer. You have to embody the answer. You have to […]
We all wish there was a silver bullet, that will miraculously transform us. Preferably one without much time invested from […]
Over the High Vibe Challenge, in order to raise your vibration, we are going to focus on getting your endorphins rocking! […]
Since coming to London, there has been so much joy and discovery and excitement. And fear and terror and doubt. […]
I wrote last Monday about some ways in which to reframe and approach your meditation practice, whatever the lineage and […]
I’m a recipe follower – I need that recipe to tell me exactly what I’m meant to be doing, at […]
Not all meditation techniques are the same, so I want to preface this with saying if you practice a technique […]
When you have a technique that allows the mind to gently settle and guide you to deep restful transcendence, your […]
Meditation these days is a name for a lot of different things, a lot of which is not meditation. Something […]
There are days when I sit to write these Letters to you and I feel physically ill. I am overcome […]
There is so much programming involved, in how we think we should be living. Paradigms created by so many people […]
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 […]
Some people come to learn meditation because they are keen to be their best selves, they feel unreal and want […]
Time is something that expands and contracts, as it’s all a perception. Stay with me, I know it sounds a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Long lasting change doesn’t come in a silver bullet, a bandaid or a quick fix. I was interviewed by our […]
Over the weekend we put out a survey, which was answered by SO many which make me SO very pleased […]
Picture a large majestical tree. We could just acknowledge a single leaf, and fixate on it, cooing over the leaf, […]
Something happens to us that causes upset. We stew and sulk and can’t help but tell people about it. With […]
At the karate tournament last week, I saw a man with one leg compete. He stood on the side of […]
This is a little game I play with myself, ‘what’s my greatest fear in this’. I’ve found in every situation […]
I was ordering my coffee the other day, and our lovely friend who makes coffee Andre asked how I was […]
There is a big difference between being productive and getting lots done, and simply overworking. There is being social, and […]
Have you ever had an experience where you just cannot fathom in the moment what the lesson is? Or why […]
When we are building something, a business, a relationship, our spiritual development, our education, our parenting, it’s so easy to […]
As someone that used to work in advertising, marketing and PR, our whole purpose was to make people believe that […]
We have wired into our brains and bodies most of our reactions, thoughts, prejudices, and biases. We did so a […]
Inspiration comes to us through a channel of creativity. It’s not out there ‘waiting for us’ it’s flowing from within […]
Sometimes one of the challenges of being self-employed is that you are always working to a degree. Even if you’re […]
‘Something, somewhere incredible is waiting to be known’; where is that somewhere? Inside of you. Every external experience we define […]
Pinterest and Instagram and all the other platforms I don’t even know about are such an incredible source of inspiration. […]
I’ve been meditating for a very long time, and this inner force is the most powerful tool I know for […]
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 […]
When I was young, I had the utmost confidence in my creativity. Arran and I were laughing on the way […]
There’s something so wonderful about discovering things about yourself, having realisations and seeing tangible results from doing self-development or spiritual […]
I still remember many years back, over a decade ago, standing in a bookstore in New York, and picking up […]
There is a beautiful concept with our meditation technique, about the purpose of twice-daily practice. In a nutshell, it’s that […]
I love this quote. Because the ego will tell us otherwise all the time, and ensure we are terrified of […]
Today I wanted us to all gain clarity around this essential truth. Have you ever felt rested, calm and full […]
Fear drains vitality. There’s always some lurking fear around everything – that is getting the wrong diagnosis. I have had […]
Authentic and inspired educational teachers, spiritual teachers, coaches, and mentors have so much to offer us. Yet they are not […]
There is an old Zen story that I really like, with many versions of it, rendered slightly differently, but I […]
I hope this is how life feels for you, I really do. Arran and I have spent some time recently […]
What if we viewed every challenge right now as something to be learned? The universe hand delivering us our own […]
I heard Ram Dass once tell a wonderful story. I’m hazy on the details of country and religion, but it […]
Instinctive living can be challenging when we are bombarded with opposing opinions backed by scientific studies that say exactly the […]
The idea that we are going to always be in the flow, thriving and creative is ludicrous, yet we catch […]
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 […]
With our meditation practice, with our spiritual quests, our creative endeavors, there is nowhere to get, nothing to gain. Frustrating […]
I spent the weekend with Jeff Kober teaching about understanding our humanity, our spirituality, our dharma and how to enliven […]
I think this quote is such a great follow on from yesterday and I believe it so much. I had […]
I’m clearly having an emotional week as represented in all the Letters! I feel so positive and taken with the […]
Firstly I would like to thank all of you that send me the most heartfelt and beautiful notes of gratitude […]
The writing of the Letters has taught me I think far more than I can ever share and teach through […]
Has there been a truer sentence written? Do we already know it? Why are we not embracing this every single […]
Letting Go is a concept most of my students are familiar with. And confused or frustrated about. I used to […]
When you stand on a sandbank in the ocean, on certain tides, the waves wash in from the breakers and […]
Kin Hin is a very beautiful practice of walking with presence, sometimes called Zen Walking. I remember still when first […]
When I was teaching meditation in Silverlake, we spoke collectively about the current frenzy and uptake of spiritual practices and […]
Sometimes the most frequently referenced quotes and lines that are by now cheesy, are the most true, such as the […]
When I am traveling, I really dislike airports. I wish I was more cool and Zen and what not, and […]
I hear too often nonsense about ‘taming the mind’ and references to a monkey and wild horses. The mind isn’t […]
Continuing on from yesterday’s letter, I wanted to talk further about commitment. I study karate and it’s mind-blowingly frustrating because […]
I first learnt to officially meditate when I was in my late teens. It was a funny little course held […]
I had an experience years and years ago, where I went to see a friend of mine who is a […]
I love this commitment. That we can be changed by what occurs to us, and we can determine not to […]
Last year, I repeated something that someone else said, and I knew I shouldn’t have.I immediately corrected myself and ask […]
Underneath all the noise; our intellect, thinking mind, egos, the exterior machinations of society, other peoples opinions, there is a […]
I have had the pleasure of meeting many talented people in my life, as well as many deeply conscious spiritual […]
Lately I’ve found there is so much confusion around what meditation is, what makes it different to some other relaxation […]
Rumi passed away 700 years ago and is still the best selling poet in America. His ecstasy filled complications of […]
Gratitude is a buzz word right now and almost everyone in one way or another has had some involvement with […]
I love Tina Fey, and I love this quote. Overthinking jams up the whole system. We just have to get […]
Remember that episode of The Simpsons were Marge blew a mind gasket and froze up on the bridge, windows up, refusing to […]
Oh man doesn’t the ego like to stink up a tantrum when we are wondering, or worse KNOW someone else […]
Hi everyone, This is Emily, I am a meditation teacher here at The Broad Place. I have been working with Jac […]
Makes sense doesn’t it? Why do we encourage our ego to engage with that which in our heart of hearts […]