The moment living calls to you as you are
not in an imagined future where all is perfect
not when you have resolved all issues of the past
not when you are free of all perceived weakness.

The moment now is now

And you are free to enter into it
to choose new possibility
to form new patterns rather than retracing old ones

Tap into the living awareness that is now

Cast off the heavy blanket of illusion that smothers you
Connect with a self who is light and adventurous …
Able to go beyond the distraction of the mind

Come into the living moment
The pure breath of oxygen existing now

Come not as you would wish yourself to be
but as you are … now

In our last meetup we worked with a lovely visualisation exercise to centre and calm us after a busy week. The exercise helped us to bring about an energy of space so we could sense a connection with more than ourselves.

We were asked to look at our bodies as temples and work with our breath so we could begin to sense the sacred nature of the physical vessel we have been given in this life and move toward the beautiful intertwining of body and soul.

Using some simple sensing and movement we finished with a breathing exercise to come to a deeper awareness within…

We left with a beautiful sense of presence and a resolve to work with bringing this presence and awareness into our everyday activities in the coming week.

Look forward to seeing everyone again at the next meetup to further explore this magical work.

Follow the thread of that within you who is seeker, who honours the path of mystery and the secrets that live within the folds of the universe.

Listen … Listen with your heart and mind.

Listen to the silence.

As a subtle call to stillness, balance and order – it beckons.
A gentle, sweet wish asking and needing me.

Are you there? Will you hear? 

And so I listen,
put down what I’m doing for a simple moment of space.

A breath.

Its gift awakens my senses,
reminding me of a world I am one with,
connected to,
supporting and being supported by.

I hear, and the call deepens,
willing me to trust just a little in the stillness that waits.

Tentatively, as a child, I open my eyes –
those waiting inside my heart –
to see a new path opening.

For a moment, a breath,
I am free.

We started as always with a beautiful piece of piano music inspired by stillness, and then took an inner snapshot of how we were … becoming aware of “the rhythm of your breath, the posture that shapes you.”

I come before you as a slender ray of purest gold
the scent of flowers touched by rain

I come in moments touched by grace
moments infused in the light of forgiveness
where all is softened beneath surrender’s kiss

I come gently
without fuss
simply and in the moment

I come to open your eyes
and cleanse your senses
that they might know the truth of the mystery that is your own self

At our last meeting we looked at how stillness and the rhythm of the breath can release me from the confines of this normal, earthly self into a much more expansive awareness … as if seeing how I’ve been existing in just a tiny part of myself and so begin the step into a lighter, finer expression.

“Imagine your chest and belly being filled with energy – your spine lengthening as it releases habitual postures, this allowing a blessing of new light to lift and raise you

As this energy enters your being feel the beautiful expansion your body is capable of, how each muscle can open to receive the breath, releasing tension and fatigue as new order is restored.”

We then explored the experience of moving from within this stillness; maintaining the connection to an inner awareness as I look out and respond to the world outside myself.

We finished with a piece of music and some more words from stillness …

“If you find yourself disconnected from the movement of the breath, use this realisation to guide you back to its rhythm, bringing you in touch with your body and what you are manifesting right now in the moment.

For the breath acts as a centering force that allows for the heart’s insights to open gently like flowering buds … all that you seek gradually given in the rhythm that sustains all life.”

Look forward to meeting again on Saturday 13th July

May the expansive world of stillness be with you