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A couple of weeks ago I went to a day-long conference in Brighton hosted by the political journalist, Paul Mason. There were a number of...

It’s been a couple of week’s since I left the Island. And the resonance and awareness of what we explored there seem to be growing. First...

Being lost in our storyline is usually boring and fusty-dusty. The ego is characterised by a mirthless and relentless quality. Space is...

Central to the project of samadhi is recognising the scrunched-up, constricted feeling of being ‘lost in your thoughts’. Spend time today...

In contrast to yesterday’s feeling of constriction, take time in your meditation practice (lying or sitting down) or at any other quiet...

Like all practices, samadhi builds up over time. We are cultivating the mental habit of placing our awareness where WE chose to place it...

The key tool in samadhi practice is coming to recognise that where we breathe is parallel to where awareness flows and settles. The...

The defining emphasis of samadhi is on dropping down into space. Practice here is relentless and repetitive from the ego’s point of view...

This is not mindfulness practice. That encourages a wide field of awareness and growing comprehension of all the phenomena that unfold...

Energetically, the lower belly is the arising point of this fundamental space of life. This is where we train our awareness to drop into....

I’ve been thinking about writing this blog all week, to be honest, writing isn’t my thing. I tend to overthink it and end up a judge with...

There was a lovely moment this Sunday morning where I was sitting in a room full of art – paintings hanging from the rafters, portraits...

There was a madcap drive through country lanes, haunted by pale meadowsweet in the dusk light, trying to find the farm above Lewes...

Four months ago, I lost my iPhone up on the South Downs during a particularly blustery winter walk. I decided to not replace it. I...

Tomorrow sees me setting off to the Rockies in Colorado. The Sangre de Cristo mountains to be precise. After a few busy years studying...

One of my lovely students sent me this photo today. She said it was the perfect instruction to thoughts that pop into our heads on a...

I got back last weekend from our annual Mindsprings retreat up on Holy Island, off the coast of Arran in Western Scotland. It’s a 2-mile...

I’ve been meaning to write about Suzanne Moore’s thought-provoking article in the Guardian last month. You can often spot the speed at...

Apologies firstly for the long lacuna on this site. I have been utterly consumed with the completion of my studies in psychotherapy which...