“To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.” – William Blake
Read More“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.”
—Jane Goodall
Read More"The only favorable action for your own success in human life is to be kind. Before you become kind to somebody else, become kind to yourself. You will achieve excellence.: -Yogi Bhajan
Read MoreThere’s a thought… and there’s another one… - this is how my meditations often go. As well as the “There’s rather a lot of thoughts in a row and I was completely lost in it, believing it”.
Are you taking your thoughts to be true?
Read MoreThere is a way that the majority of us make our lives less enjoyable. A trick of the brain that is essential due to the quantity of incoming sensory data…
Read MoreWell that’s something that I never thought I would recommend!
Read More“In the sky, there is no distinction between east and west; people create distinctions out of their minds and then believe them to be true” ~ Buddha
Read More"Life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact, we have no fear of death anymore, nor actual difficulty in our life." - Shunryu Suzuki
“Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.” —John C. Maxwell
Read MoreStop shoulding yourself in the foot 😃
“Should is a futile word. It's about what didn't happen. It belongs in a parallel universe. It belongs in another dimension of space.” ― Margaret Atwood
Read More"The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.”
~ Henry Miller
Read More“It all begins and ends in the mind. What you give power to has power over you” ~ Leon Brown
Read MoreNow, this is rather a strange topic and one I hadn't expected to be writing about. Perhaps how to spell broccoli would be more likely, as I keep using a double L but it would be quite a short post! Anyway, it turns out that broccoli is a rather good teacher.
Read MoreDo you ever feel like you are carrying a weight around? Or like you are holding everything together? For me, it feels like overwhelming tiredness and when I look at it I realise I'm tired of fighting how I feel. Once I let myself feel tired I often feel more awake — I've let go of fighting what is.
Read MoreI love driving, and most of all I love to put some music on in the car and sing whilst I'm driving. It makes for wonderful journeys. A lot of my music is now mantra music and I find singing these induces lovely states whilst I practise mindful driving. This week I drove to Southampton for a day of sailing with fellow JLP coaches. It was a wonderful day, but the driving part was fascinating....
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