Having taught meditation for decades, I want to reassure people that meditation is a natural human behaviour. All you need is an instinct to be quiet and calm. So why are there all these competing meditation traditions and schools? Here are three short stories that illustrate how meditation might have...
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A new medicine for the 21st century: Crystal Singing Bowls by Susie Nelson-Smith
Crystal singing bowls act as a bridge between ancient wisdom and modern technology and this synergistic relationship is changing, inspiring, healing and recalibrating individuals, groups and environments all over the world. It is apparent that our consciousness is changing and evolving. On the surface it looks as if we are...
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How Prayer Changed My Life by Rose-Marie Sorokin
I truly believe that when we really start to listen to our inner wisdom, we can’t go wrong. Things will work out. Many years ago, I was in a difficult situation. I had just split up from my husband, I had quit my job and I had no money (and...
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Moving On
by Rose Elliot ‘Breaking up is hard to do’, goes the song, and it is; we all know that. Perhaps less well known though is the pain of parting from a group or organisation that has been deeply meaningful to us, particularly if it is of a religious or spiritual...
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Colour Yourself Calm Mandalas – Now in Stock
This week we get our crayons out for some mandala colouring in. We’re looking at how mandalas aid mindfulness and will end with some calming singing bowl music from Ashana. Includes special offers and information on Cygnus’ new ‘Books on Demand’ service! COLOUR YOURSELF CALM: Mandalas by Tiddy Rowan Finding time to explore...
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This beautiful mandala was created by Paul Heussenstamm. It appears in the book Colour Yourself Calm, written and compiled by Tiddy Rowan. The book encourages us to apply ourselves to colouring in mandalas, for mindfulness and healing. Read this blog for more about the benefits of colouring in mandalas....
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An Autumn Meditation from William Bloom
With Samhain only a couple of days away I’d like to continue with last week’s theme of Halloween as this festival holds so many layers of wisdom and blessings. When we look deeper into those layers we’re moved to embrace nature’s full cycle of life and death. The folk law...
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We are all connected through Sacred Art
The Sacred Art of life, geometry – it is exhibited in patterns through nature, it forms our own human design and we see it, maybe more often than we realise, in cultural art and architecture. It is even in the unseen. It is in everything. Just appreciating … We...
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Practicing Peace of Mind
Most of us walk around with pains and tension in our bodies. We may think of this as normal or natural or just part of aging. But it’s possible to move freely without tension if we can heal the division of body and mind. Even if we have some kind...
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How to Meditate with Colour
The wonderful phenomenon of colour constantly surrounds us: in nature, in the colours of flowers, foliage and trees as they change through the seasons; in the plumage of birds; in the translucent colours of gemstones brought from the earth’s darkness. We witness the wonder of colour through the incredible display...
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