Kind of knocked sideways or something with this tooth pain going on still. Though I don’t think anything about it…
Body Wisdom
Such a deep communion with my therapy client yesterday morning. (Note to self- watch out for using the clients to…
Allowing
Dropping down out of the head area and orienting from the heart/chest/midriff/tummy area of the body is remaining with me.…
Relationship with Pain
Lay and lay for an extended time in bed just being and meditating and watching thoughts as they arrived and…
Orientation
The physical location of where I feel myself in the body, where I am perceiving the outside world from. When…
Happy Arisings
Submerging intensely into a state of deep appreciation of this beautiful animal I share my life with….treasuring and savouring each…
Good Cheer
Friend N called me by mistake at 3.30am and it’s now at 5.30 still awake. But happily drinking tea and…
Forgiveness
Forgiveness in ACIM states that the ‘sin’ never happened so there’s nothing to forgive. Just an error that wasn’t real…
Back to ACIM
Deep in the original version of a Course in Miracles last night and this morning in bed and still now…
Courage
I sincerely asked for help last night, and help came. It arrived in the form of an encouraging and empowering…
Passing through a Grey Cloud
Travelling through a cloud at the moment and not feeling consciously connected with the lightness and peace I know is…
Little Changes
Another 8 hour sleep and out cold before 9pm. I fell asleep to a lovely new meditation by Jayasara. Today…
A Little Drama
After an hour, I decided to set off home and turned up the steep wooded hill. Whack! A big stick…
Covid Recollections
A fine trip yesterday across country after a lovely session with a therapy client. Job is going well, men and…
Wise Quote – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
“Thinking is the natural activity of the mind. Meditation is not about stopping your thoughts. Meditation is simply a process…
Brighter
Clear skies and a heavy frost outside this morning and the passing cars are mostly white. I’ve got a therapy…
Bit of a Moan
8.30am. I had another unexpectedly nice day yesterday, full of variety and purpose and meaning. The 2 therapy clients in…
‘The courage to dance with the tension of the moment’
Dishwasher, central heating boiler and washing machine humming away in the background. I’m feeling supported by the machines and by…
Unexpected Bonus
I received a call yesterday from the local housing department (who own the flat above me) to tell me that…
Just Day to Day Stuff
Quite a bumpy night sleeping for some reason. I woke up wide awake 4 hours later and in rushed money…
A Choice
Today there was a clear choice Life is feeling a bit empty today, I have nothing much to do. It…
Rhythms
Expand and contract and expand and contract, so the cycle goes. Little ones and big ones. In breathing and out…
Stalking the Ego
Beautiful long sleep from before 10pm till 5 or at 6 and listened to Eckhart Tolle in bed. With my…
The Company I Keep
Woke up having a dream I was fighting with robots, (and winning!). Had watched iRobot last night with Will Smith.…
Weekend Relaxing
Just mellow and easy and relaxed. Walked over to the allotment yesterday, and planted some elephant garlic and horseradish, presents…
Quote from Lesswrong
Parking this here to investigate and ponder further later. “There is an experience, the beginnings of which are described at…
The Circumstantial I and the Essential I
The ‘Circumstantial I’ – the fluctuating waves on the surface and the ‘Essential I’, the ocean. I’m listening to Eckhart…
The Little Things
The little experiences. The ordinary moments. I notice clearly that if I take care of those with care and love…
Being in the Body
Sleep scored an ‘excellent’ 92/100 by the Fitbit last night. Early to sleep and early to awake at 6am. This…
Greeting Myself in the Morning
Good morning and warm greetings to you. Welcome to another day. I love you. I say to myself on awakening.…
The Joy Waiting for Us
A late and very deep therapy session with a client. Talked about joyfulness being ever present and just waiting for…
Non screen living
And here I am back on a screen after a very windy walk up the lane this morning, fresh and…
What was your worry three worries ago?
Asks Dan Siegel We can’t usually remember, they come and go and usually nothing bad happens other than a bunch…
May Reality Guide my every Thought…
…and Truth be the master of my life. Feeling slightly on edge still and thinking perhaps it’s time to turn…
Lot of Noise
Inside and reflected then outside. Met N at the cafe in the park, and a lot of people all around…
Follow the Joy
Awake at 6ish, and some part was feeling anxious and I had to take action before it was escalated by…
More Specifics
Awake with tea in bed at 5am again. Love the early to sleep/early to awake cycle I get onto for…
Getting Embroiled in Specifics
This morning was a beauty, awake super early again at 5am, cup of tea in bed, doing some deep OM…
Choosing what Company to Keep
And this weekend as I was alone, that meant the company I chose to keep online. I chose to spend…
Deep Rest
Woke up, sung my usual A-Team theme tune, got dressed and found myself making up a silly song to the…
Scarcity and Abundance
I dance between the two. If I allow myself to be hauled by my mind with its fearful thoughts into…
Accommodating Stress
Just after 8am and here I sit as my lovely kitchen table with a fire and a cup of tea…
Feeling Alive
Really feeling myself just now, now that I’m fully back in the body….I am aware of all the energies as…
Relax the Mind, Observe the energy
Inside the body. What is the emotion going there……what does it feel like, what is the sensation of it….does it…
In the shower noticing
In the shower noticing the feeling of the water spraying on my head, the little rivulets running over the skin,…
Gave the Price…
Will they go for it or not? It has been 3 hours and no feedback. Hmm. Big project….so don’t blame…
Just thinking out Loud
About this and that….thinking challenges through so a chit chat one today. Helps me organise my thoughts. Had a lovely…
Noticing
As I step out of bed I remember to be present to the actual experience of it consciously. Why not,…
Refuge of the Present
One of the winter time treasures is getting up around 6am into the cold air, going through to the kitchen,…
Celebrating Talents
I find myself acknowledging how talented I am tonight, and feeling appreciative and extra loving of myself. How seldom I…
May Reality guide my every Thought
Took a big long space yesterday afternoon and evening away from the demands of the world. A therapy client then…
Into the Body
There was a lot of talk about love and fear yesterday with 2 therapy clients both of whom were experiencing…
Happy February!
All happening again this morning. 2 therapy clients followed by a possible new construction client right after. Husband has a…
Facing it All
“Thank you for being here, it’s good to have your company”, I say to Elsa when she comes over for…
In the Present with Nature
Enjoyed yesterday out in the park getting more still inside. I set myself a challenge to find beauty in the…
Returning
Slowly returning to myself. Managed some self kindness practices this morning before I got up. Hand on the chest, other…
Earthly Matters, business etc
There’s the periodic chirp of a fire alarm whose battery has died in one of the neighbouring flats. I’m surrounded…
Worry away, just like That!
So the client said yes, even though it was over her budget, and I instantly felt and feel relieved. Like…
Still in Worry
This is what the iChing said to me earlier Transcending the entire situation = turning away to attend to higher…
Changing Job Visualisation
Thought I’d imagine a happy future scenario, removing some of what I don’t want and replacing with what I do.…
Learning to Rest with it All 