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Love Does That by Meister Ekhart
All day long a little burro labors, sometimes with heavy loads on her back and sometimes just with worries about things that bother only...

Ethan Pollock
Jan 10, 20231 min read


Right Intention and the Five Hindrances Talk by Ethan
Right Intention and the Five Hindrances Talk This dharma talk was offered as the opening talk on a 10 day retreat for experienced...

Ethan Pollock
Jan 10, 20231 min read
Rumi
“Every midwife knows that not until a mother's womb softens from the pain of labour will a way unfold and the infant find that opening to...

Ethan Pollock
Jan 3, 20231 min read
Learning to Self-Soothe
Enjoy this 5 minute practice to bring some calm to your body, heart and mind. This short practice will guiding you through different ways...

Ethan Pollock
Jan 3, 20231 min read


How changing our perception can reduce our suffering
At some point you will be affected by a challenging moment (as all of us are); a physical pain, a bad mood, or perceiving another as a...

Lucy Chan
Dec 29, 20221 min read
One Morning by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
One morning we will wake up and forget to build that wall we’ve been building, the one between us the one we’ve been building for years,...

Lucy Chan
Dec 28, 20221 min read
To feel myself beloved by Raymond Carver
By Raymond Carver, an American poet who wrote this as his last entry in his diary: “and did you get what you wanted from this life, even...

Lucy Chan
Dec 28, 20221 min read


Allowing yourself to be seen and heard
Many people find it challenging to communicate openly and authentically; we might offer superficial responses to questions like 'How...

Ethan Pollock
Dec 19, 20221 min read


Mindfulness for Challenging Times
Listen to the full talk here This talk focuses on protecting and resourcing ourself in challenging moments. Exploring how to: Recognise...

Ethan Pollock
Dec 19, 20221 min read
Quote by Helen Keller
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger...

Lucy Chan
Dec 13, 20221 min read
The Voice Calling You Home by Jane O'Shea
Take off your muddied work coat toiling so hard to make yourself something else Stop shouting for the knocking to finish you need simply...

Lucy Chan
Dec 13, 20221 min read
Clearing by Martha Postlethwaite
Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose. Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there...

Ethan Pollock
Dec 8, 20221 min read
When I Am Among the Trees - Mary Oliver
When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locust, equally the beech, the oaks and the pines, they give off such...

Lucy Chan
Dec 8, 20221 min read
A Morning Offering - John O’Donohue
I bless the night that nourished my heart To set the ghosts of longing free Into the flow and figure of dream That went to harvest from...

Ethan Pollock
Dec 8, 20221 min read
To be beautiful means to be yourself by Thich Nhat Hanh
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus...

Lucy Chan
Nov 11, 20221 min read
Compassion with Equanimity phrases from Mindful Self-Compassion training
Everyone is on their own life journey. I am not the cause of this person’s suffering, nor is it entirely within my power to make it go...

Lucy Chan
Nov 4, 20221 min read
Blessing by John O'Donohue
On the day when the weight deadens on your shoulders and you stumble, may the clay dance to balance you. And when your eyes freeze behind...

Lucy Chan
Oct 25, 20221 min read
Birdwings by Rumi
Your grief for what you’ve lost lifts a mirror up to where you are bravely working. Expecting the worst, you look, and instead, here’s...

Lucy Chan
Oct 25, 20221 min read
Stand Still by David Wagoner
Stand Still by David Wagoner The trees before you and the bushes beside you are not lost. Wherever you are is a place called Here, And...

Lucy Chan
Oct 18, 20221 min read
Quote by Lao Tzu
Do you have the patience to wait Until your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving Until the right action arises by...

Lucy Chan
Oct 18, 20221 min read
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