Patience doesn’t just come to us — we need to train to cultivate it. by Katy Brennan As passive as it seems, the practice of patience may be the most actively transformative effort we can make in our lives. In a sense, it’s the perfect response to whatever comes up. This somewhat radical idea [...]
By simply sitting and engaging in a single-pointed line of thought, we offer ourselves a refreshing break from our daily mental spin. by Katy Brennan Meditation teacher Katy Brennan offers three ways to focus our minds toward enlightenment. When we meditate, what are we doing? By simply sitting and engaging in a single-pointed [...]
~ Sandra Bowden: Resurrection Book Cascading Light by Sandra Bowden But once inside, they couldn’t find the body of the Master Jesus. They were puzzled, wondering what to make of this. Then, out of nowhere it seemed, two men, light cascading over them, stood there. The women were awestruck and bowed down in [...]
By Rick Hanson PhD Everyone messes up. Me, you, the neighbors, Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, King David, the Buddha, everybody. It’s important to acknowledge mistakes, feel appropriate remorse, and learn from them so they don’t happen again. But most people keep beating themselves up way past the point of usefulness: they’re unfairly self-critical. Inside the [...]
What if we stopped saying “no” to our lives and started actually living them? by Katy Brennan “What if we were able to fully engage in our lives as they are, in all of their messy, insufficient, and far-behind-schedule glory, even with all of their losses and disappointments?” asks Katy Brennan. “Be here [...]
It’s no wonder that when we begin to learn to meditate, most of us have trouble with back pain. We have developed poor sitting habits from years of sitting in improperly designed chairs. A quick look at the chairs that are offered to us in schools, cars, and airplanes reveals little understanding on the [...]
By Channa Serenity The Chakras act as a ladder to spirituality and healing, from the root chakra up to the crown chakra. The root chakra anchors us to life and the crown chakra connects us to the divine, it’s important to find balance in between. We are here to be happy and to fulfill [...]
What are your plans for 12-12-12? I’m definitely having a Cleansing/Healing bath tonight, see recipe below! I send you Love, Light & Peace, Joy~* ♥♥♥ The Pleiadians are saying there will be a series of Illumination Waves coming onto the planet on 12/12/12. They are asking you to open up to new alliances with pre-agreements that [...]
Prayers And Meditation for the December 12,2012, portal opening of energies pouring on to Earth. Cleansing and Healing our oceans, rivers, lake,healing to planets and animals and human. Visualize the light, transforming thought forms that cause disempowerment. Creating thoughts of love blossom in the new world.
What is a mantra, you ask? A mantra is a word or phrase repeated over and over again during meditation. But using mantras for meditation involves a lot more than just sounding like a broken record. They’re generally sacred in nature – a name or sound that both uplifts you and helps you keep your [...]
When you think of meditation, you may think of something very serious and focused, something performed on the floor without support, or something that’s physically challenging to do. But in fact, the practice of meditation includes a wide range of techniques you can practice anytime, in any way, including many that are appropriate for a [...]
~ Connection You know more than you think, much more than you have ever read in books or experienced in practice. You possess a cosmic knowledge, which you can refer to if you make a connection with your Higher Self. This is your inner source where all the inspirations, dreams and spontaneous promptings come from. [...]
“Every particle of your physical world has a Leading Edge Vibrational version that is calling it forward, and this Vibrational version of what you could call your physical future holds a steady rhythm of Well-Being for you in your Vortex. In the same way that the large and diverse variety of Vibrational components that make [...]
Posted By How to Raise Your Vibration BE IN THE FLOW! It feels good! Once you begin to tap into it, you want more! The flow of Spirit is palpable, addictive and healing….it is the love, bliss, peace, comfort and spiritual connection we have all been looking for. A little effort on our [...]
by Madisyn Taylor When we laugh, we give ourselves over to the immediacy of the present moment and transcend stress. Many people might be surprised to think of laughter as a form of meditation. Yet not only is laughing meditation one of the simplest forms of meditation, but also it is a very powerful one. [...]
by Madisyn Taylor A meditation with your angels can provide a new gentleness into your normal meditation routine. Though your host of spirit guides encompasses many diverse beings, all of which willingly watch over you, meditating with angels can be a uniquely insightful experience. The angels stationed at your side are both powerful and knowledgeable—they [...]
Novice meditators often think the goal of their practice should be freeing their minds of all thoughts. Rather than eliminate thinking, you could say that one of the basic skills to develop in meditation is to be able to hold and sustain contradictory thoughts—calming the impulse to eliminate the opposition. One obvious example has [...]
Aging, sickness, and moments of pain are intrinsic to the life of all of our bodies. Bodily pain comes in many guises—some of it is chronic, some temporary, some unavoidable. Our first response is to resist it. We have numerous strategies to ward pain off, to avoid it, or to camouflage it with distraction. Aversion, [...]
Path to Happiness Chances are, you ponder who you are and where you are in life, accept the current realities as best you can, and yet still plan a path toward your ideal. Your yoga practice undoubtedly helps you on this journey. And the yoga tradition suggests more than just postures to aid your transformation. [...]
William Butler Yeats once said, “We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather about us to see their own images and so live for a moment with a clearer, perhaps even a fiercer life because of our silence.” Just being in present awareness, at ease in our own quiet hearts, can [...]
Merkaba (also spelled Merkabah) is the divine light vehicle used by ascended masters to connect with and reach those in tune with the higher realms — ‘Mer’ means Light, ‘Ka’ means Spirit, ‘Ba’ means Body. Mer-Ka-Ba means the spirit/ body surrounded by counter-rotating fields of light, (wheels within wheels), spirals of energy as in [...]
The Seven Main Chakras and Seven Chakra Colours Meditation There are many ways of meditating and meditation means different things to different people. Meditation is part of normal daily practice for a great number of people within some religions. Whatever the word ‘meditation’ means to you the practice can be enormously helpful as a [...]
Still largely cloaked in mystery, ancient Tibetan yoga practices are slowly being introduced in the West, but teachers remain cautious about revealing their secrets. A growing body of knowledge about Tibetan spiritual arts and beliefs, utterly magical and almost hallucinatory in their drama and complexity, has begun to articulate the meditation and visualization practices that [...]
Turning your light inward and embarking on the path of self-inquiry is a simple but powerful method of meditation. By Stephan Bodian Like most meditators, I began my spiritual journey with a single, time-honored technique: counting my breaths. After six months, bored with counting, I took up following the sensations of the breath and, [...]
Summer Solstice Today is one of the four cardinal points of the year, Summer Solstice, the day of the greatest light. The Medicine Wheel has completed its spring turning and is fully open to the Southern Gate, the gate of Summer. Summer is the season for appreciating the abundance of life, the reality of both [...]
There are times when you know just what to do, and life seems to rise up and support you and your ideas. And then there are times when it is all a little murky, and you might feel a bit lost. Thankfully, you have your yoga practice to come to—a time to tap into a [...]
If you don’t love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others. ~Dali Lama Love offered from a place of true compassion is not personal; it is a transpersonal, non-dual quality that emanates [...]
This meditation enables you to experience your own light around you. On the in-breath Gently open your heart and crown centers. Take in white light to the heart center with your in-breath. Take the light up through your chest and throat to the crown of your head. Pause before the out-breath. The thought in your [...]
Posted By Kishan Jessani This is a meditation exercise which you can practice anytime in the day when you are busy interacting with someone or a group of people. At that time, create the thoughts below, very, very slowly in your mind. Experience the essence of each thought – I am a soul and at [...]
QUESTION: I try to meditate but I cannot seem to stop thoughts popping into my head and it is so frustrating! How can I clear my mind please? Can anyone tell me how to meditate properly please? Xx HTRYV ANSWER: It will take PRACTICE in order to finally get to a place of stillness in [...]
During this time of year, it’s easy to get overloaded and miss out on the most important part of the season—connecting with others. To be loving toward your friends and family, you need to slow down. Try the meditation below, from spiritual teacher Sally Kempton, for a few minutes each day. By imagining a flame [...]
When you think of meditation, you may think of something very serious and focused, something performed on the floor without support, or something that’s physically challenging to do. But in fact, the practice of meditation includes a wide range of techniques you can practice anytime, in any way, including many that are appropriate for a [...]
Posted by Channel Love “If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.” ~ Luke 11:36 ♥”Meditate & let thine eye be single & thy whole body shall be full of light” [...]
send image as card my cart The way you keep your mind determines the way you experience the world. On one level this is very obvious—you almost certainly have experienced getting into a bad mood and attracting annoying people and situations. If you follow this insight to its logical conclusion, you can take advantage of [...]
Salutation Seal Anjali Mudra (ON-jol-ly MOO-drah) anjali = a gesture of reverence, benediction, salutation (from anj, “to honor, celebrate”) mudra = seal (The gesture “seals” energy in the body and “seals” your relationship with the Divine.) This gesture is also known as Hrdayanjali Mudra (pronounced hri-DIE-ahn-jah-lee, hrd = heart), the Reverence to the Heart Seal, [...]
ROSE MEDITATION If you have a rose available, look at before you begin your meditation. Then, close your eyes and become aware of each breath. Follow the breath into your chest and then the heart chakra at the centre. Visualise there a perfect rose. Imagine the delicate perfume. Feel the soft silky petals, as though [...]
Lewis Richmond Buddhist writer and teacher This March I turned 64 — one year away from Medicare, two years away from Social Security. So there it is: I’m a baby boomer, a Buddhist, and one individual face to face with his own aging. But I’m not alone. Each day and every day for the next [...]
Teaching Meditation to Children Introducing children to yoga, meditation, and spirituality is one of the greatest gifts we can give them. It can set their future on a nourishing and creative course. As teachers, we need to know how to present this knowledge so that children of different ages will receive the most benefit [...]
“As long as we believe in sequential time, we see becoming instead of being. Beyond time, we are all one.” (Richard Bach) “FULL MOON MEDITATION Full Moon Meditation is a meditation practice done during a full moon. Being in the light of the full moon is not necessary, but it does add a special energy [...]
Posted by William Herbert -How to Connect with Your Soul By Master Stephen Co Sit down in a darkened room, close your eyes and relax your body. Perform seven cycles of pranic (slow and deep diaphragmatic) breathing. Be aware of your whole body. Put your attention on your feet and legs for several seconds. Continue [...]
