It’s not as easy as writing a gratitude list, but writing one doesn’t hurt. Good god these past couple of years have been fucked up, am I right? On the one hand, the world is literally burning and crumbling before our eyes, but on the other hand, a huge shift in human consciousness is occurring. People are starting to wake up. Some people have been able to slow down and …
“Live the actual moment, only this moment is life…” Aran and I went for a walk this weekend and we stumbled upon a path on the side of a back road that led to a small tree. Underneath the tree’s canopy sat two painted porcelain dolls perched in front of a rock painted like a house. Beside the rock house was a cookie tin with a note saying hello, asking …
“I just can’t meditate.” “All I do is think.” “It just stresses me out more.” “It’s just not for me.” These are the most common things I hear from people who have either never meditated, or who are just beginning their meditation journey. I understand. I feel you. I see you. This used to be me. The beginning of my meditation practice – The Hare Krishna Farm I’m gonna take …
Take a second to become aware of your breath. Are you taking long deep breaths, filling your diaphragm and lungs fully, or are you taking short quick breaths, from the top of your chest? So many people take such shallow, quick breaths and don’t even realise they aren’t using the full capacity of their lungs. Did you know that breathing from the top of your lungs stimulates the sympathetic nervous …
On average, humans have 48.6 thoughts per minute. That adds up to 70,000 thoughts per day! The crazy thing is, many of us aren’t even aware of the majority of what we are thinking. We remain completely identified with our minds. It is only when we start to become still, that we begin to notice the incessant chatter taking place in the background of our awareness; narrating and labelling everything …
