by Shanti | Feb 1, 2017 | Image, Inspiration, Life, Meditation, Uncategorized, Yoga
Manjushri is a Bodhisattva considered the personification of the combined wisdom of all the Buddhas. He holds a sword in his right hand — symbolizing his ability to cut through delusion. In his left hand, by his heart, he holds the stem of a lotus flower, which bears...
by Shanti | Feb 1, 2017 | Inspiration, Life
Tonglen is a breathing meditation practise from the Buddhist tradition. The word means Giving and taking, and the technique is a practise of active compassion. We’ve all seen the memes ‘Breathe in the Good, Breath out the bad’ tonglen turns that on...
by Shanti | Jan 22, 2017 | Inspiration, Life, Uncategorized
What if your life was a story you were telling? What would you like it to say? All the choices we make, what we say, do and think have a powerful effect on the world around us. In this post-Factual world in can be easy to become obsessive about the truth, and caught...
by Shanti | Jan 20, 2017 | Image, Inspiration, Meditation, Poetry, Yoga
“At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless; Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is, But neither arrest nor movement. And do not call it fixity, Where past and future are gathered. Neither movement from nor...
by Shanti | Dec 18, 2016 | Inspiration, Life, Uncategorized
A short while ago, the cutest little white bunny turned up unexpectedly in my life – or more precisely in my front yard. Friendly enough to have been somebody’s pet at some stage, he liked company, offerings of flowers ,(dandelions!) and skritches around...
by Shanti | Dec 5, 2016 | Image, Inspiration, Life, Poetry, Uncategorized
“If you put your hands on this oar with me, they would no longer lift anything to your mouth that might wound your precious land- that sacred earth that is your body. If you put your soul against this oar with me, the power that made the universe will enter your...
by Shanti | Oct 17, 2016 | mindfullness, Uncategorized
It’s a natural response to want to get away from pain. We all like to feel good, But pain can hold important lessons for us. Your body and mind are a complex interactive operating system for your life. Pain is a warning signal that something isn’t working...
by Shanti | Aug 1, 2016 | Life
I’m not talking about anything too kinky here, once again I’m talking about Yoga. In Yoga we have a practise called binding, basically its using one part of the body to hold on to or intertwine with another. Like this…. In Sanskrit “yoga”...
by Shanti | Jul 26, 2016 | Image, Inspiration, Life, Uncategorized, Yoga
I recently came across this image on a late night google meander annotated ‘krishna as Narasimha’, and it struck me as a most interesting contrast to the flute playing/lovestruck/cowherd familiar face of Lord Krishna. The Ṛg Veda contains an epithet that...
by Shanti | Jul 11, 2016 | Inspiration, Poetry, Uncategorized
Whatever it is your doing right now, do it in beauty where you can. Eagle Poem To pray you open your whole self To sky, to earth, to sun, to moon To one whole voice that is you. And know there is more That you can’t see, can’t hear; Can’t know except in moments...
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