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Learning to Rest with it All

“Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don’t try to figure anything out. Don’t try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest” Tilopa

Category: joy

Body Wisdom

Such a deep communion with my therapy client yesterday morning. (Note to self- watch out for using the clients to … More

being present, body wisdom, breathing, self care, self love, self soothing, thoughts

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. … More

Appreciation, feeling safe, gratitude, inner peace, love, nature walks, self compassion, self love, self soothing, trusting life

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 … More

feeling safe, inner peace, letting go, metaphors of nature, nature walks, surrender experiment, trusting life

Conversing with Fear

Feeling a bit uptight this morning. Hmmm. Curious about what’s happening. ‘Hello again fear, how it’s going. Anything you want … More

anxiety, fear, feeling safe, letting go, self care, self compassion, self soothing, trusting life, worry

Moments of Grace

The moments I savour and appreciate. I get up at 8am each morning after a cup of tea and an … More

feeling safe, gratitude, peace, refuge, self compassion, self soothing, trusting life, wellbeing, worry

Less Afraid of Feelings

Same again. This is how the tools are learned. After noticing a slight unease inside, I went down out of … More

feeling safe, letting go, mindfulness, self care, self love, self soothing, trusting life, wellbeing

Nothing is Wrong

Almost all day up I was noticeably comfortable in my own skin, and at ease with life. Couple of trigger … More

Appreciation, feeling safe, gratitude, letting go, living abundantly, love, mindfulness, self compassion, surrender experiment, trusting life

Aloneness (in relation to Covid)

Bit of a long one today. And maybe controversial if you support the conventional approach to the vaccines and other … More

anxiety, covid, fear, feeling safe, love, self soothing, suffering, worry

Inner Bonding

Intangible anxiety for an hour on awaking. Not a single thing in the daily life that would justify anxiety at … More

anxiety, building resilience, feeling safe, letting go, love, Recovery, surrender experiment, trusting life

Encounter with Resistance

Thrilled to be noticing how integrated my self talk has become recently. There is barely anything other than positive affirmative … More

being present, feeling safe, gratitude, habits, letting go, resistance, self care, self compassion, self love, self sabotage, self soothing, surrender experiment, upper limit problem

Surrendering

It’s pouring right now, windy and dark outside. Leaves flying off the trees. Inside it’s still and warm and cosy … More

being present, building resilience, feeling safe, letting go, self compassion, self love, stillness, surrender experiment, trusting life

Updated Positive Self Talk list

I love you I respect you I care about you I want the best for you I appreciate you I … More

feeling safe, flourishing, gratitude, inner peace, peace, relaxing, self compassion, self love, silence, trusting life

Surrendering back into Love

Working away on my irritated reactiveness to noises, noticing that crucial tension point of decision…. ….to ally myself with the … More

feeling safe, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, surrender experiment

I love, I respect and I like Myself

Breakfast in the park and walk with a friend in the morning, then a deeply restful afternoon yesterday. After that … More

Appreciation, being present, building resilience, childhood damage, feeling safe, flourishing, gratitude, inner peace, letting go, Michael Singer, mindfulness, peace, Recovery, refuge, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, success, surrender experiment, trusting life

Tantric Sex Dream

Dream last night. A sacred encounter no less, and the ultimate slow sex experience. We were completely and utterly in … More

being present, feeling safe, freedom, here and now, Intimacy, letting go, non-duality, surrender experiment, trusting life

Really really Free

Yesterday – was such a joy of a day. There was a therapy client first thing on Zoom. Every session … More

Appreciation, beauty of nature, being present, dzogchen, feeling safe, flourishing, letting go, living abundantly, non-duality, open awareness, present moment awareness, resting in awareness, stillness, surrender experiment, trusting life

Evening Thanks

Breath in……and out….saying thank you inside as I exhale. Breath in…and out…..thank you. A pause to be grateful. Thank you … More

acceptance, Appreciation, breathing, gratitude, inner peace, living abundantly, love, mindulness, self soothing, thanks, trusting life, wellbeing

Wednesday Diary

After a bumpy start yesterday, seeing a therapy client and feeling useful from that then being outside in nature by … More

beauty of nature, being present, letting go, trusting life

Safe and Home

Again this morning, the Gayatri ‘tat savitur varenyam, bargo devasya demahi, diyoyo naprachodyaat’ and peace, peace and more peace. Then … More

Appreciation, dzogchen, gayatri, nature walks, self soothing, surrender experiment, trusting life

Turning Towards Feelings

Awoke with the start of some little nippy worry thoughts arising in between sleep as I surfaced. The ones that … More

anxiety, being present, fear, feeling safe, self care, self compassion, self soothing, thoughts, worry

Beautiful Morning

After session with a client yesterday I walked to the allotment with the dog through the little woods. I stayed … More

beauty of nature, being present, letting go, success, trusting life, wellbeing

Just this Moment

The hum of the heating, the warmth on the skin, the weight of the body on the seat. I’m breathing … More

anxiety, being present, dzogchen, fear, feeling safe, here and now, letting go, resistance, self soothing, thoughts, trusting life, worry

Peace of the Present

Experiencing a noticeable lack of awareness of ‘me’ recently. Or at least the thoughts aren’t so strongly self referential. I … More

being present, dzogchen, gratitude, here and now, inner peace, Intimacy, living abundantly, peace, surrender experiment

Waking up in Heaven

Awaking early I become aware of the exquisite pleasure of the body within folds of fresh brushed cotton bedding. The … More

abundance, being present, enlightenment, feeling safe, letting go, Michael Singer, mindfulness, relaxing, support, surrender experiment, thoughts

Transcendental Smell

There’s a certain smell that arises in the morning air after a long rain, when the moisture and temperature conditions … More

Appreciation, building resilience, childhood damage, compassion, feeling safe, flourishing, freedom, here and now, inner peace, kindness, letting go, separation, stillness, trusting life, worry

Chat with an Enlightened Person

And they would say there is no person and all of us were never not enlightened. The Marc Leavitt conversations … More

Appreciation, being present, fear, Intimacy, letting go, peace, resistance, stillness, surrender experiment, trusting life

A Little Lightness

Listened to Samaneri Jayasara again into the evening evening and let it run all night long again. 8.23 hours sleep, … More

being present, dzogchen, feeling safe, freedom, inner peace, letting go, refuge, stillness, trusting life

Jumpy This Morning

Thursday. There’s a lot of this happening during this opening/awakening situation I’m in, disturbances and sufferings are way more noticeable … More

anxiety, fear, feeling safe, guilt, letting go, resistance, shame, stress, trusting life, worry

A Day in the Life – Wednesday

Not sure what this recording of daily detail is about here. Other than I feel chatty sometimes and I also … More

Appreciation, beauty of nature, being present, dzogchen, feeling safe, flourishing, freedom, gratitude, inner peace, inspiration, letting go, nature, nature walks, relaxing, self compassion, success, trusting life, wellbeing

Free of ‘Me’

I’m so very grateful to these directly felt experiences of how beautiful life can be. Right now everything feels perfect … More

being present, dzogchen, feeling safe, flourishing, here and now, inner peace, letting go, mindfulness, Recovery, relaxing, stillness, trusting life

Stealing Peace

At times I feel as though I’m ‘stealing’ moments of peace. I don’t trust it fully. It’s like a passing … More

being present, feeling safe, inner peace, letting go, living abundantly, love, Recovery, self care, self love, self soothing, success, worry

A Perfect Day

Sunshine and warmth and my morning non meditation meditations of listening to the Buddhist nun Samaneri Jayasara reading the deepest … More

Appreciation, exercise, gratitude, physical movement, self compassion, self love

Trusting Safety

Another day in the life with some of my inner processes. Again written for my future self. Who I imagine … More

being present, feeling safe, freedom, letting go, love, mindfulness, non-duality, peace, refuge, self care, self soothing, stillness, surrender experiment, trusting life, wellbeing

And Happy Again

Noticing a pattern here. You look right at the disowned feelings, allow them to be felt, let disturbance in and … More

feeling safe, here and now, inner peace, inspiration, letting go, love, nature, non-duality, relaxing, stillness, trusting life

What am I Grateful for about Myself

What am I grateful for about myself? I’m grateful for my appreciation of beauty, my softness, empathy, intelligence, kindness. I … More

Appreciation, feeling safe, flourishing, gratitude, inner peace, love, mindfulness, Recovery, self compassion, self love, success, thanks, thriving, trusting life, wellbeing

Sensual

I was kissed gently and confidently last night by a close friend in a dream. It was the perfect moment. … More

Appreciation, being present, feeling safe, here and now, Intimacy, love, trusting life, unity

Savouring

I’m savouring my positive happy experiences more and more these days as I realise the huge importance of learning to … More

being present, compassion, freedom, gratitude, nature, nature walks, self compassion, self soothing, stillness, thanks, thriving, wellbeing

Feeling of Infinity

The sense of it pervading and enveloping everything including me arrives each day these days. I have responses to it, … More

anxiety, being present, breathing, love, self soothing

It’s not all Roses

I often find my mood dipping. It happens quickly. At times it’s when I get carried away in little hostile … More

anxiety, beauty of nature, being present, breathing, childhood damage, compassion, guilt, nature walks, Recovery, self care, self compassion, self defence, self love, self soothing, thoughts, wellbeing, worry

Navigating a Balanced way

From dancing with joy in the woods in the rain the other day to a slump in mood and a … More

attachment to preferences, beauty of nature, feeling safe, inner peace, letting go, relaxing, resistance, self compassion, shame

10/10 experiences

It’s been an almost anxiety free time this last 4 weeks or so which has allowed the rest of me, … More

anxiety, Appreciation, being present, inner peace, mindfulness, thanks, thoughts

Straddling two Worlds

There’s one world in which we help and care for each other. We cooperate freely and giving is not perceived … More

Appreciation, fear, gratitude, love, mindfulness, nature, thoughts, worry

Running Away

Anything but turn kindly towards ourselves and embrace ourselves with compassion as we would a friend or a small scared … More

anxiety, gratitude, self compassion, self soothing

Hello Wellbeing, and welcome :-)

I have experienced a couple of days of heightened wellbeing. I’m consciously allowing it in, and noticing fears and discomforts … More

being present, breathing, feeling safe, gratitude, Recovery, self compassion, self sabotage, self soothing, worry

Welcoming Joy

I’ve been experiencing stability, relative calmness and waves of happiness recently. Life is going well and I’m experiencing a moment … More

building resilience, fear of success, peace, Recovery, self soothing, success, worry

Allowing Happiness

I once read that a common dying wish is – ‘I wish I had allowed myself to be happier’. Allowed … More

Appreciation, feeling safe, freedom, peace, Recovery, self care, self compassion, self soothing, stillness, trusting life

Welcoming the Good Times

For a start I went on a date and it lasted 7 hours, is that good sign or what?! Intelligent … More

Appreciation, being present, feeling safe, gratitude, inspiration, nature, present moment awareness, Recovery, self care, self soothing

Celebrating Ourselves

Sometimes, when encouragement from others is not available, it can be really useful and helpful just to encourage ourselves! I … More

business, inspiration, love, nature, Recovery

Turning with Kindness Inside

I do this a lot recently, turn towards the inside experiences with kindness. It’s my new hobby, and the payoff … More

being present, compassion, joy, love, self care, silence, swimming

Nudges from the Universe

Just back from 48 hours in the Algarve in Portugal. A gorgeous boutique hotel, elegant old architecture was explored, the … More

being present, here and now, Omens

Soften, soothe, allow

The last few days have been a smooth ride. The weather has taken a turn for the more springlike and I … More

compassion, fear, love, worry

Mr.Self Sabotage – Hello Again

Not by getting drunk and ill with it this time, but I bit a nail right down till it is … More

compassion, self sabotage, stress

I forget about Joy

A song came on the radio which I love and I turned it up. Next thing I know, I am … More

compassion, gratitude

‘I Wish I had let Myself Be Happier’

This was one of the top 5 regrets reported by those on their deathbeds on a list recently being passed around … More

self compassion, self love, upper limit problem

Glimpses of peace and joy

More than that, ecstasy is a more accurate description, a knowing of the perfection of each and every moment. A … More

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