Susan Ni Rahilly has reached an interesting point in her life now that she’s in her mid-sixties: as an author/publisher and Zen, Yoga and Meditation teacher she considers herself “trans-genre”—a multi-dimensional teacher inspired by Ancient roots of both Zen and Yoga. These roots reach back to Divine Feminine practices and inspire her ongoing research into our innate abilities for deep listening and intuitive practice: awakening and accelerating our Spiritual Vision as change-agents for Humanity’s future.
She is also the Spoken Word Artist SuZen.
BySusan Ni Rahilly
“Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities.” D.T. Suzuki (author of “An Introduction to Zen Buddhism”) Though it may seem counterintuitive, emptiness, as in the sound of silence, can be exactly the element that fills our hearts and minds. Whether through meditation, yoga,…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
A six year old boy learns Sun Salutations practice in 5 minutes after we turned the class running order upside down! OM This is what I mean by the “Upside-down class structure”: I’m continually looking for new information to inspire my teaching of Children with Yoga and had been reading a lot the last few…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
Namaste and welcome to this 10 minute oil self-massage for the feet in the Ayurvedic tradition! I’m going to guide you thro this simple and effective self-care routine which can be an easy first step in a regular wellness routine. The feet, as with other parts of our body/mind systems, can be a powerful access…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
The Yamas and Niyamas of Yoga are the first 2 steps on Patanjali’s eightfold path of Yoga – the path that is designed to take us all the way to a realisation of the wisdom of Divine Intelligence’s plan for us all being here in this life, on this planet: to the sweet, deep contentment…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
There are a few “two moons” stories in Zen – this is one of them, a very short one! (These stories are meant to illustrate the co-existence/no separation of Zen, or just taking care of life day by day, moment to moment …. ) Zen Master Ungan was hard at work, sweeping the temple yard. …
BySusan Ni Rahilly
Balance in your life, as far as I know it as a teacher, comes with the steps to life-freedom, which is the philosophy of Yoga, together with practice, and values for your life . . . but, there have been so many wise teachers, with much wisdom to share with us, and many of us…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
Yoga, the ancient bodymind and spirit practice, has been known mainly for the benefits of this system’s exercises. But for thousands of years, since the Ancients themselves explored and developed Yoga, it has been used as a deeply healing process. A systematic process which not only helps us to stay strong and vital, keeps stress…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
Happiness seems such a small thing when you have it, but when it’s gone you realise how big it really is. Gorky The Yoga approach to happiness is holistic and involves the emotional art of healing the mind in order to bring change to the bodymind and emotions. Happiness with Yoga is a healing process….
BySusan Ni Rahilly
25 years ago I bought an expensive leg cream – one of the really good quality, big name French manufacturers. I read the leaflet about using the cream, massaging it in, how often to do it etc. I was totally surprised to read that the instructions told me that if I was on a reducing…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
“I have only 3 things to teach: simplicity, patience and compassion – and with these 3 you can go a long way.” Lao Tzu, 7th Century Chinese philosopher and the father of Tao The words of Lao Tzu have been lovingly treasured for centuries, coming down to us today to guide us. As a teacher,…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
Our Zen monk Shinrin was with us this Sunday for our sit. He’d given an interview a while ago on meditation, practice and the benefits in a stress-filled world, and brought the newspaper article with him as I’d said I would do a precis for the blog. I didn’t have to read very far into…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
I’m not a great fan of gurus – everyone should be their own guru as far as I’m concerned – but there is definitely a guru mentality and they often draw heavily on certain archetypes to get reactions and give us zen thwacks upside our heads. I mean of course, for example, the typical trickster…
