Practice: Following the out-breath into awareness

Practice: Following the out-breath into awareness

Follow each out-breath and connect with a sense of letting go. Notice where the out-breath is moving to. Then pause, for a moment, in the silence between the out-breath and the next in breath. You can try this for 2-3 breaths, or longer if you like. What do you...
Presence practice: Inhabiting the hands

Presence practice: Inhabiting the hands

In this practice we will shift the centre of experience from the head to the hands which will help facilitate a greater sense of calm and equanimity. Begin by holding your hands out in front of you and practice seeing your hands. Notice all the detail – colour, shape,...
Practising presence: Where am I?

Practising presence: Where am I?

When we get lost in the midst of daily activity, we can come back to ourselves, to the soothing space of our own presence, at any time. A useful entry point is simply asking: ‘Where am I right now?’ This question serves a double purpose. We begin to notice our...
To do what needs doing…to do the right thing

To do what needs doing…to do the right thing

“Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter. Cold or warm. Tired or well-rested. Despised or honoured. Dying…or busy with other assignments. Because dying, too, is one of our assignments in life. There as well: “To do what needs...
Change and impermanence

Change and impermanence

“Don’t let the true nature of anything elude you. Before long, all existing things will be transformed, to rise like smoke (assuming all things become one), or be dispersed in fragments…when jarred, unavoidably, by circumstances, revert at once to...