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Birdsong: Five Minute Nature Meditations

Humans are by nature perceptive and compassionate beings in tune with nature and with others but these qualities are usually lost in the deluded busyness of  life.  The more exposure … Continue reading

November 2, 2011 · 18 Comments

Learning One Minute Meditation

This summer my friends who are also in their autumn years came to visit with their three girls. Though they thought they were finished with parenting years ago, due to … Continue reading

October 14, 2011 · 14 Comments

Golden Apples Guided Meditation for Children

The Greeks original paradise was called the Garden of the Hesperides, and they associated it with Zeus and Hera and with a serpent-entwined apple tree. Dryads were nymphs associated with trees and water. In Greek mythology, the three nymphs The “Hesperides” were daughters of either Nyx (Night) or the heaven-bearing Titan Atlas.

September 19, 2011 · 15 Comments

day and night

Our memories, worries and fears exist in images and we can use images to manage our moods. It’s an age-old method of meditation. With practice, anyone can learn a guided … Continue reading

September 1, 2011 · 8 Comments

Exploring Spaciousness: Experiencing Peace

In Are You Afraid of Stillness and Space? Part 1, Sandra Pawula suggests nourishing yourself with space. She explains how space is a vital element that brings balance into our … Continue reading

May 2, 2011 · 28 Comments

Meditation Practice: Candle Meditation for Beginners

Candlelight has many positive associations. Regardless of the belief systems you may adhere to a lighted candle symbolizes enlightenment, awareness or the search for truth.

January 30, 2010 · 9 Comments

Meditation Practice: Mountain Meditation for Beginners

As Mountain Meditation Practice leads to a calm, strong and grounded state of mind, the benefit is being able to use it to cope with stress arising in every day life, and to improve relationships through conscious living.

January 7, 2010 · 12 Comments
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