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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...

I was just down in Cardiff to teach and on Friday evening I gave a talk on mindfulness, exploring what it is and what it definitely...