ByTony Samara
We live in a fast-paced, intense life, where everyone is seeking more joy, more money, better relationships, better health, a greater sense of purpose, and the list goes on. In our quest for a happier life we ask many questions, we want to know the answers and we find many tools that we apply in…
ByTony Samara
There is no need to fight the traffic as that is how the traffic flows. We can simply accept it as we observe it from a free space. A free space is the space where we are empowered to work with all these aspects in a way that is free of their energy. We do…
ByTony Samara
In countries, where some of the traditions have been preserved, it is possible that the value system is a little more present, but what I see in big cities is that people are so absorbed with the outside that they forget the inner, psychological, emotional world; that space that allows us to return to a…
ByTony Samara
Imagine your favourite place, maybe a wonderful forest full of trees. Imagine the smell. This helps you to bring the senses to this present moment. It helps you to be conscious that the senses play an important part in experience. As you breathe in the freshness and aliveness of the air around you in the…
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…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
“You think you’re a mountain, but you’re a sleepy camel.” Osho My own personal Yoga practice this Sunday morning was on the Camel Posture – I’m re-working a workshop on this posture which is about power and energy, and creating space for personal inner power. I use the Osho quote “You think you’re a mountain…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
“Zenity” is my term for the beneficial effects that a zen practice and a regular routine have on us. So, sanity by zen. Living simply and in the moment becomes the daily ordering principle which brings not only a peaceful tranquil mind, but also the tremendous joy of being able to bring the sacred into…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
There are so many, many definitions of what Meditation is, and of course there are many systems of teaching Meditation technique. The Yoga approach is one of the most well known and structured ways to learn. The Zen way, of sitting zazen, is one of the least structured meditation practices. And this is J. Krishnamurti’s…
ByCatherine Green
How to take care of your inner child, even when you don’t know what they need. Earlier this month I signed up for an online Reiki Summit, where I listened to recordings with guest speakers about a variety of topics centred on the use of reiki healing energy for self-care and good health. Some of…
ByCatherine Green
Are you pregnant and wondering how to get through labour under the tight restrictions we have in the UK right now? Perhaps you would consider pregnancy yoga and hypnobirthing. I used pregnancy yoga techniques and meditation to ease the pain of labour with both of my children. Yes, I felt the usual anxieties and I…
ByCatherine Green
I have come to associate this time of year with death and darkness. That doesn’t mean it has to be unpleasant. It seems that in my family and close circle of friends, our loved ones have passed during the dark months of the year. Following All Hallows Eve, or Samhain (Halloween), I like to focus…