Tag Archives: meditation

Money meditation by Amara Strand

Amara has done it again (I’ve re-blogged her Release into the Void meditation before). Her listeners report that after listening to this latest spell? meditation? abundance has manifested in their lives. I consider my life abundant as it is, so … Continue reading

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Tonglen meditation

Tonglen meditation is an amazing tool. It is pure alchemy – you breathe in suffering, transform it and release it as light. I was introduced to it by Pema Chödrön. I use it when interacting with people who are suffering … Continue reading

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Why do we meditate?

When I just started to meditate, I was so tired of my mind chatter and my reactive patterns, that it literally was the last resort. Gladly, I had a friend who was a long term meditator so I knew more … Continue reading

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Release into the void by Amara Strand 🖤

I can’t put in words the energetic power of the above meditation (to be listened in headphones only, not on speaker) or this accompanying post by Amara. For those who feel stuck in emptiness, who shed a lot of stuff … Continue reading

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Inner Child Healing. Wonder child meditation.

The wonder child urges us to continually expand. It calls us to more and more life. It says that life is growth, that to be human is to be overcoming. To be committed to life as growth and overcoming is … Continue reading

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Imagine meditation by Ram Dass x Boreta

A 30 minute meditation which will powerfully shift your perspective, emotional and energy state.

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Loving awareness – what does it feel like?

What does loving awareness feel like? I had no idea before. It was just a concept. Like one of my spiritual friends says, all you need to do is meditate and answers will come (or rather questions will dissolve but … Continue reading

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Soft belly meditation (by Stephen Levine)

Taking a few deep breaths, feel the body you breathe in. Feel the body expanding and contracting with each breath. Focus on the rising and falling of the abdomen. Let awareness receive the beginning, middle, and end of each inbreath, … Continue reading

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New mantra. No thoughts.

I have recently tried this new technique. It helps to manage anxiety, over thinking (rumination), excessive worrying and instantly returns you to the present. All you do is stop thinking.

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The Emptiness Mantra

I read about this mantra in one of the books about Buddhism. I instantly had to look it up. Now it is my daily companion reminding me “to keep cool”, to remember, to see beyond phenomena and people behaviours. Om … Continue reading

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Five Hindrances – going beyond emptiness

I have recently watched this talk on five hindrances to self-mastery by Master Shi Heng Yi. I read about Five Hindrances, a concept new to me – desire, anger, restlessness and worry, sloth, torpor and boredom and doubt (I memorised … Continue reading

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Silent illumination – the meditation month challenge with Tricycle.

At the moment I am working through the Tricycle Meditation Month as a 30-day meditation challenge. I am working through 4 stages of the silent illumination practice as taught by Chan Buddhist teacher Guo Gu. The links for each week … Continue reading

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Ways to celebrate Winter Solstice and Great Conjunction online – today and tomorrow

Below are 3 events that I am aware of and am taking part in to mark these two great events. I will be watching solstice at Stonehenge live (today 16:01 GMT and tomorrow 08:09 GMT). I am not an astrologist … Continue reading

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“I know that I am pure Spirit. That I always have been. And that I always will be.”

Ideally before bedtime, close your eyes and listen to this short meditation by Wayne Dyer from the book “Three magic words”. Try listening to it daily for a week as a practice. I know that I am pure Spirit. That … Continue reading

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The White Wolf Meditation

I learned about this meditation on the Loner Wolf website. They call it the “Dark Night of the Soul meditation”. It is a healing practice for anyone going through the emptiness practice or the Dark Night of the Soul, and … Continue reading

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