meditations
My Life with M.E. and Meditation
When I couldn’t do anything else, I could still meditate. Here are some basic instructions I made for the M.E. society of Oxford. They can be used by anyone who has no chronic illness too. I suggest you start with the meditations in the recipe Life, Care for Life, and the elements, in We are part … Read more
SPACE: Mother Nature and Great Mother Void
GONG first adjust the body – how you know if your body is in a good posture is when it becomes spacious – adjust the spine – the spine is holding you up – feel the space coming in between the vertebrae in the spine – lift the breastbone – feel the space – coming … Read more
Refuge in Mother Nature
there was a pregnant mother in this group, which explains references to the child. GONG go from thinking mind down into heart and body – go into the heart first – from the heart feel the energy radiating out to the rest of your body – go to the ends of the fingers – down … Read more
BREATHSPIRIT
Our western concept that body and soul are separate is belied by our words. The breath we have with us all the time, is thoroughly ‘spiritual’. breath and breezes are natural things that are spiritual too. many words that have come into our language mean both breath and wind. a breath of wind. spirit is … Read more
Living Mother Nature’s way
here’s a vision meditation about being part of nature and interconnected with everything. Let’s explore how our meditation goes together with building a sustainable future – let’s start by having a little vision of what sustainable future looks like – imagine waking up in 20 years’ time – what does it look like around you … Read more
Waterfall meditation
The waterfall meditation is for washing out pains, both bodily and emotional; and thoughts. This is a version, using nature imagery, of a central Tibetan practice called Vajrasattva. Imagery from natureis more accessible to many Westerners than the culturally unfamiliar imagery of Tibet. Waterfall you might need to wriggle your body a bit to get … Read more
We are all made of Elements
Elements simple sotoba ox m 220523 tr ed Imagine a yellow square in your deep belly, lower cakra, bottom of the spine area – a nice big cube of yellow for the earth element – you can make it ochre yellow if you like – very simply feel the nature of this yellow ochre cube … Read more
Ocean of Wisdom
Here is meditation on the realms of Deep Mind ocean wisdom ox 221025 tr ed Ocean depths of mind – let’s start on the surface with monkey mind – in his little boat – bobbing along on the surface of this vast ocean – he thinks he knows everything about it – he’s got his … Read more
Mother Nature’s Mothering
Cult Mother Nature’s Mothering m 110630 Great Mother tr ed Move down into the body – feel your whole body from top to toe as the place of awareness – your body with all its senses – and its inner senses – drop, drop, drop, relax – Now imagine you’re in a place in wild … Read more