On creativity, happiness and spirituality
Posted in Meditation, Spirituality on Sep 4th, 2011
This is a useful explanation of the ‘just sitting’ or ‘dzogchen’ meditation technique. It has helped me feel more relaxed about the sense of confusion and muddled mind that sometimes arises when I meditate An odd synchronicity happened as I watched this video. I came across the link whilst browsing the blog, halfway done. As [...]
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Meditation, Spirituality on Mar 7th, 2011
I recently attended an Ecstatic Dance workshop in Gillingham, Kent. Ecstatic Dance is an active meditation method using movement, music and breath. This is my second session. There are ten participants. All women. We’ve been through the warm up and the shake and are dancing to music that sounds almost tribal, with drumming and rattles [...]
Posted in Health, Meditation, Spirituality on Feb 24th, 2011
A couple of weeks ago I attended a group Breathwork session in London with facilitator, Amoda Maa Jeevan, and her partner Kavi Jezzie Hockaday. She teaches a conscious connected breathing technique, sometimes known as rebirthing. This is probably the twelfth group session I’ve attended. Today there are 14 participants – a mix of male and [...]
Posted in Art, Creativity, Dance, Meditation, Spirituality on Jan 20th, 2011
A two-hour Ecstatic Shake and Dance Meditation event took place this weekend at the Howard Memorial Hall, near Gillingham, in Kent, not far from where I live. I call it ‘Trance Dance’. There were eleven participants plus Evi, the teacher. I’ve attended a few trance dance and 5Rhythms events before, in Central London, and it [...]
Posted in Meditation, Spirituality on Nov 5th, 2010
I began a daily meditation practice last year and currently meditate for an hour every morning. Below are ten tips that have helped me keep going. If you have any tips of your own, please leave a comment below. Remove tight clothing and jewellery. Try sitting in different places. Experiment with facing different directions. Find [...]
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