Hello from Moscow Russia!

My partner Freddie is attending the meditations for the first time after a stroke. He has been advised by the medical team that meditation should help with some of his symptoms. Unfortunately, he currently only has quite limited movement in his right side and cannot easily stand. I noticed in this mornings Zoom session there was a fair amount of movement in the warm up and that Freddie struggled with this part. He said after that this left him feeling "strange". I am just wondering if there are suitable movements that he could do during the warm up which take account of his physical disability, please?

For me it was a lovely session this morning. Thanks Alistair. And oddly enough found my book The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts! Time to re- read it. 🙏

Hello from Michelle in Toronto, Canada 🙂 Feels a bit like walking into a room full of strangers and randomly shouting out my name, so hoping a librarian isn't about to tell me to pipe down. Although I would, of course, immediately. Arrived here via the gorgeous poem by Gillian Alnutt that Alastair posted - thank you 🙏. Me, wishing the photo could be downsized a bit.

So happy to have found this community. I moved back from Australia in 2020 after living there for 30+ years. I'm an aromatherapist and meditation teacher. I have, in the past suffered extreme anxiety and meditation is definitely one of the things that got me to a more peaceful place within. I also love yoga, animals and being out in nature. I very recently moved to Ludlow, Shropshire where I'm about to start a new business. New beginnings all round for me. Looking forward to meeting you all. Carol x

I have attended almost every meditation session for many years now but health issues prevented me from joining the last two Zoom sessions. Even though I've booked, I have not received a recording. This is unusual .Any ideas why?

Greetings of peace! I am a new member, and a progressive Muslim living in Canada, near Toronto. It is a pleasure to share space with all of you as we learn about mindfulness and meditation from our profoundly gifted teacher, Alistair!

Could I ask this lovely gang to keep our gang member, Olga's Dad, Pierluigi in your thoughts, prayers and meditation. After a successful operation and recovering well, he has now contracted covid in hospital. 🙏🙏🙏🙏