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Level Up!

Image shows certificate of completion from The Radiance Sutras® School of Meditation

I’m pleased to share that I’ve completed my advanced ,edotatopm teacjer training with The Radiance Sutras® School of Meditation, and am now an authorized teacher of Instinctive Meditation®. Woo!!

Instinctive meditation® is a form of meditation for everyday humans. You can incorporate it into any other practice you already have. It’s a practice that invites you to explore more deeply your inner and outer worlds. You’re probably doing it already, and don’t even realize it! It’s enriching my life so much.

In the coming weeks, I’ll be announcing how I might collaborate with you in creating a personal practice, as well as how instinctive meditation® can be a useful tool in your workplace.

I’m so grateful for this training, and the friendships I have made in my cohort.

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The Adventure of Beginnings

Instinctive Meditation® is a form of meditation that invites you to approach life and your meditation practice with curiosity, awe and wonder.

You can create a practice that is unique to your own personal style. It can be different every time, and anything from deeply listening to music, spending time in Nature, doing something you love to do, or giving yourself permission to rest. I would be honoured to walk with you on your journey as your meditation guide.

The music is an excerpt from my latest composition “Space”.

Text in video reads: Approach something new with curiosity. Even the most subtle thing can be an invitation. Explore without expectation. Make it an adventure. Allow the journey to be the journey, in both your inner and outer worlds. Curiosity, awe, and wonder are super powers.
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Find Your Way

Image shows dappled sunlight on a grey stone wall with sharp green lichen (or moss)

The most simple thing can be a doorway into meditation. On my walk this morning, I was captivated by the unexpected green for this time of year , and the way the light was landing on this stone wall. I took the time to receive this beauty, and felt myself going into the beautiful relaxed awareness of meditation.

Your meditation can be as unique as you are, and may be different every time. Being open to allowing the experience to unfold, you begin to see doorways everywhere, and develop a deeper connection and appreciation for all that is around and within you.

This is the way of Instinctive Meditation®- meditation for modern humans.

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Wide Rivers

Image shows a mountain stream with rocks and fallen trees. In this distance are trees and a sunny sky.

“Through me course wide rivers and in me rise tall mountains. And beyond the thickets of my agitation and confusion there stretch the wide pains of my peace and surrender. All landscapes are within me. And there is room for everything.” Etty Hillesum.

This passage is so evocative of Instinctive Meditation® to me. In this practice, we welcome all aspects of ourselves- the wild, the serene, the playful, the contemplative. The mind is allowed to go on an adventure. It may roam around for awhile, and it may eventually settle into a state of apparent stillness and calm. Find a deeper connection within, as well as the outer world.

This is the way of meditation for modern people. Won’t you join me?

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Just So

Image shows a rippling sunlit pool of water surrounded by rocks and ferns.

I started as expected.
The Way
it is done.
Eyes closed.
Hands folded just so.
Then I felt my bones
pressing into the stone seat.
A blade of grass
Tickled my foot.

My eyes opened.
I watched bees gather
at the waters edge
to share a drink
and talk of sweetest flowers.

Two butterflies dared each other
on invisible currents.

Bird landed,
flitted
and chirped.

A rock leaned over to talk
to a tree.

Tree curve echoed
the curve of the creek.

And I knew.

It is every bit as much a prayer,
being part of things as they unfold,
As to sit.
As expected.
The Way
it is done.
Eyes closed.
Hands folded just so.

~AMS 16 Aug 17