I can feel spring is approaching here in the Rocky Mountains. This is what the locals call Bluebird skies 🐦, so peaceful, quiet and beautiful.

Hello everyone, just to let you know that I'm off on retreat to Holy Island for the next two weeks. So please do welcome anyone who joins and re-assure them that I'll be more present after the 11th July! Sending you lots of Island blessing!

We had a good discussion in our last Thursday morning session before my trip to Nepal, which also brought to a close the cycle of teaching on vipassana-shamata: https://share.descript.com/view/vgJFxv1eSdV

I'm so delighted to have been invited along with my friends Kai and Shokti to look after the Queer Dome at this year's Buddhafields festival in July. We are creating a safe and welcoming LGBTQI+ space to meditate, chat, hang-out and make friends in the middle of this great Dharma-inspired festival - the "Buddhist Glastonbury". As part of the offering we're going to be hosting some workshops showcasing queer dharma teachers, practioners and thinkers. So I'm reaching out to this lovely community to ask if. you can think of anyone in the UK who might be a good fit for this? Sadly, we don't have the funds to fly people over from around the world, so it's folk in the UK or who are already visiting the UK this July. Put your rainbow-coloured thinking caps on please! All suggestions in the comments below - preferably with a contact/website as well. We're looking for the whole spectrum of queer spirituality - trans, bi, gay, lesbian, POC, the disabled community. Anyone who fits into the rainbow!

Teri asked a question on Monday which chimed with my thinking about what meditation permits. Worth a listen: https://share.descript.com/view/U65ycpFJlj1

Hi everyone. Just got usual reminder about Tuesday session tomorrow. I thought Alistair said there wasn't a session this week as he was doing his last week of filming ? I could be wrong, we have just had our first snowfall here so early snow might have affected my memory☃️❄️☃️❄️ Thanks Moira x

I couldn't have received a better Mothers Day present than this beautiful garden ornament. My daughter knows how much my garden and my meditation mean to me , so thoughtful. The tranquil expression on his face is wonderful. I hope to find him an equally tranquil space for him to rest in little garden.♥️🙏

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HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! I have written and spoken a lot about how the News Industry does not mirror reality and that one of its main drivers is to make people anxious and watch more news. This is why I am an avid support of Reasons to Be Cheerful and Positive News, two excellent outlets of what has been going right. So please take a moment to look at the Positive News' round up of 2024. Not to make us complacent - but certainly to give us hope! https://www.positive.news/society/what-went-right-in-2024-the-good-news-that-mattered/

Just a few shots of the incredible beauty of the Trees for Life Rewilding Centre in Dundreggan where we’re about to start our 7-Day Retreat exploring change. It’s a wonderful spot for practice and very comfortable. I slept for 10 hours last night!