‘This is all there is’ and ‘this is it’ have been resounding this morning as I find myself somehow sort … More
Tag: being present
Resistance
The fleeting nature of it all, and to be here for, and with, and in all this range of flavours … More
Thank you Project
I’m compiling a list of companies and service providers and individuals who I’m going to write to and thank. Things … More
Bumpy Start
I’ve got a crow pal who has befriended me in the park. Recognisable by a few white feathers. As soon … More
Earthly matters, unearthly art
It was a crowded with people and activity day, and I just took one thing at a time. The therapy … More
Feeling Blessed
Another day, and perhaps one of allowing this peace inside and presence to continue, let’s see what I do with … More
Not many Words
‘Be still and know the peace of God’. I awoke with this and repeated it over and over for hours … More
Smoothness in the Present
Alert presence moment to moment then broken by thought wandering, then returning to being present. Over and over and over, … More
Magic of Nature
The day’s variables were too complex and uncertain for my mind to try to work out so I just let … More
Little Things
I thank the dog for letting me into her space and tickle her tummy as she lies back so very … More
A Passage
Awoke happy and deeply relaxed this morning, stretched out savouring the experience….no thoughts at all, just an awareness of the … More
Back to the Present
Sitting here in bed with a cup of tea before 7, noticing the coolness in the air on my skin. … More
Contraction and Surrender
Tightness in the chest. Anxiety. I see you, I accept you, I allow you, hello. I breathe. Here I am, … More
Triggered
I feel the cold of the key as I turn it in the lock. Then the wondrous smell of the … More
Absence of Fear
Here I am again in this moment. Always this moment, and everything seems to slow right down and extend out. … More
Pause and Connect
Grounding in the body I feel the body’s weight sitting in the chair, the feet on the ground. I place … More
Open to Feelings
I’m listening to Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s Open to Feelings 13 minute guided meditation. Must be over 40 times I’ve watched that … More
Here and Now.
I sit breathing low and steady, noticing emotions that are jangling around in my throat area and solar plexus. This … More
Surrendering to This as it Is
“Not having a problem with having a problem is to be carefree Not being uncomfortable about being uncomfortable is comfort … More
Changing Vistas
I’m in the shower and the mind goes this way and that. There’s so much action ahead this week, the … More
Intimacy with the Now
The single act of choosing to be in the present moment has profound effects. I notice a big resistance to … More
More Contrast
I saw a good potential job yesterday though I may have blown it by what I said. They have a … More
Being with Disturbing Feelings
Found the courage again to allow the disturbing reactive annoyed feelings to be felt. I go into the feelings and … More
Strong Healing Medicine
The will to remain conscious is strong just now. Thank you very much to the pain of imagined adversity for … More
Note from the Edge
I had a sense/vision of myself in the future. I was dead and it was a post death ‘life review’. … More
Handshake with Feelings
Miraculously I did find a place of peace inside yesterday. I thought I was going to melt with all that … More
Relaxing the Resistance
Relaxed the resistance a few notches and then find that solutions appear. With a lot of help which I asked … More
Riding Highs and Lows
The frosty fresh air and unique smells and energies of the early morning hit me in my face and it’s … More
The Choice
I talk kindly to myself. Here we are in this moment. Breathing in and out from the belly. Notice the … More
Be Quiet
‘Be quiet’ the inner guidance voiced clearly as I was walking across the field lost in thinking. ‘Be quiet and … More
Just so
Long sleep and no pharmaceuticals required. Good. Though now on two types of antibiotics though to remove the tooth infection. … More
Body Wisdom
Such a deep communion with my therapy client yesterday morning. (Note to self- watch out for using the clients to … More
The Company I Keep
Woke up having a dream I was fighting with robots, (and winning!). Had watched iRobot last night with Will Smith. … More
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 … More
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 … More
Follow the Joy
Awake at 6ish, and some part was feeling anxious and I had to take action before it was escalated by … More
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 … More
Accommodating Stress
Just after 8am and here I sit as my lovely kitchen table with a fire and a cup of tea … More
Feeling Alive
Really feeling myself just now, now that I’m fully back in the body….I am aware of all the energies as … More
In the shower noticing
In the shower noticing the feeling of the water spraying on my head, the little rivulets running over the skin, … More
Noticing
As I step out of bed I remember to be present to the actual experience of it consciously. Why not, … More
Refuge of the Present
One of the winter time treasures is getting up around 6am into the cold air, going through to the kitchen, … More
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 … More
Into the Body
There was a lot of talk about love and fear yesterday with 2 therapy clients both of whom were experiencing … More
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 … More
Emerging from Turbulence
I think was resisting it, and trying to get a control thing going. My mind was saying You’re just not … More
‘Oh hello little toes, hello legs’
It was only towards the end of the shower that I realised I hadn’t been really there for the experience. … More
The Revolution is an Inside Job
Little to reflect on personally as it is quiet here inside and out in my immediate environment in the depths … More
Recovery Time
‘Twas a mixed bag our Xmas. And now I’m recovering my marbles back here with some space on my own … More
Different Rhythm
A little bumpy adjusting last night to not having my usual near complete peace and solitude! Young people drinking and … More
The Expanded Self
It was useful to read this Course in Miracles Excerpt earlier, to be reminded of that sense of an expanded … More
Taking risks, trusting…
The dissolution of individual self, as that happens I am more free to be really myself. Free of fear running … More
Loving everything…
….is the direction this is going. And that is exciting and quite scary too when I think of what I … More
Feeling Safe
In bed as I awoke at 4am I said to myself gently I’m here for you I care about you … More
Reconnecting – List
The changes, leaps and new realisations require time and space to settle in. So I’m just having a simple little … More
Tools for dealing with Rumination
One trigger after the next the last few days! It has been painfully uncomfortable though feel grateful to the experience … More
Calming the Nervous System
A nine hour sleep last night and as I awoke I put my hand on my heart and said I … More
Encounter with Resistance
Thrilled to be noticing how integrated my self talk has become recently. There is barely anything other than positive affirmative … More
Saturday Morning
Blissful spacious love, I surrender into you. I give myself full permission to relax further and further into a backdrop … More
The Magic of Self Love ❤️
Each morning in the early hours when I stir from sleep I say some of the phrases from my list. … More
Learning to Rest with it All 