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Practice, practice, practice!
Our wonderful retreat came to a conclusion today and the concluding thought we left the group with is practice, practice, practice! Find ways to integrate the tools into everyday life. We can only make progress in meditation if we are working at developing the key qualities needed for meditation in our every day life. It takes a lot of willpower to change the mental patterns that we have to create...
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Apr 23, 2010 1 MINUTE READ
Hiking in St John & working with our inner psychic currents
This morning we took a ferry to the neighbouring island of St. John about 20 mins away. We then hiked to Solomons Beach. White sand with coconut trees on the beach, turquoise waters and only a handful of people there it was the perfect beach. We enjoyed our time here before hikin
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Apr 23, 2010 1 MINUTE READ
What do I meditate on?
Meditation needs to be approached in a positive and systematic way. We should make an outline of our meditation before we even sit down to meditate. If we don't do this we'll be running around in mental and subconscious circles. So, what do we actually do when we sit down to med
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Apr 22, 2010 1 MINUTE READ
Encountering the Subconscious
In this evening's class we covered the first thing that a serious meditator will encounter as he begins his journey within and that is the subconscious mind. To put it very simply. One could look at the mind as layers. You have the conscious mind then above it the subconscious an
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Apr 21, 2010 1 MINUTE READ
Learning to Meditate
Our meditation retreat is off to a wonderful start. A brief light shower that came in from the south cooled the island after what had been a pretty hot day. In our first class today we learned one of the most important concepts in the process of learning how to meditate, that
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Apr 21, 2010 1 MINUTE READ
Developing Willpower and Concentration
Our day started with a morning group Hatha Yoga practice on the balcony over looking the Caribbean sea. A sweet spot to practice yoga as we watched the sun rise. After breakfast we dived into our morning class. We studied how to develop two qualities, willpower and concentration,
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Apr 20, 2010 1 MINUTE READ
Day 1 of Meditation Retreat, Virgin Islands
It's another gorgeous day here in St. Thomas. The ocean is calm, turquoise and inviting. The sun is out. The private villa is surrounded with beautiful flowers. It's the first day of our meditation retreat and our participants are arriving early this afternoon. Sharing a photo of
