Its been a LONG time coming!!!!
but finally…
as per request…
includes take home notes so you can begin daily practice
check out http://www.somapilates.com.au/download/Workshop.pdf
Walt Whitman, a fav poet of mine, is experiencing some what of a renaissance. A poem about a meteor shower in ‘Leaves of Grass” has been researched by Texas State astronomers http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/3512/the-walt-whitman-meteor-mystery for some time now to reveal the exact rare meteor shower that inspired the poem and many other pieces of art at that time! [as if he just made it up, peeps.... come on now!]
Walt’s poetry, which was controversial and ground-breaking for its time, touched on issues of spirituality, sexuality, sensuality, nature, politics and human rights, definitely hallmarks him as a divinely inspired writer.
I recently watched an ABC doco on walt which confirmed for me the divinely inspired nature of his writing, where just prior to the writing of leaves of grass, his writing reflected a loss of self/ego, and complete resurrection creatively where his on soul was his muse… profound and interesting… (more…)
Q. how can one be certain that one will not see a task through to the end…?
A. promise to blog about it for a month
I know, I know! if there is one thing this blog is a testament to it is my ingenius ability to look like a piker, breaking promises left right and centre…But I promise, cross my heart, that I have continued my month of meditating 30 mins per day. Unfortunately what I did not factor in to this experiment, despite my amazing prediction power, was that I would fall in love in the month of june… june 9th to be exact… right about when the blogging subsided… www.EGG-ON-FACE.me!
hence, each spare moment has been spent musing with my long distance lover and not documenting effects of said meditation. Suffice it to say, the experiment bloomin’ rocked! without my 30 minutes each day, [not forgetting my long distance love chats] i probably would have ended up not-very-namaste… thanks to full moon eclipse [actual astrological event, not the movie - although did see that last night, twas twi-mendously four stars] of past weeks my life was equal bits hell, equal bits [insert LDR and affected sigh...] heaven…
one thing is for sure, my daily meditation practice has made LDR possible, due to time difference sleep deprivation. My healthcliff is working over in the U.S currently, so this little cathy has been tapping at the skype screen till the wee hours in the morn! You know, “its me cathy, let me in, i’m in melbourne and its F___ing cold outside!”
i’m fairly sure buddha would condone such use of mindfulness, non?!
So meditation workshop on july 19th will discuss some of my little meditation tricks for serenity and sanity in our modern world, minus pretentious, ungrounded B.S one is sometimes fed under the pretense of “spirituality” or even worse [voming just a lil as i type this], “new age” – sorry, that IS v-non-namaste, but each is entitled to one’s personal opinion, and that from experience, is mine…
so please come along, just prior to my leaving to the U.S for ‘wuthering heights v.2010′
xo
okay, today is the 3rd day in the past 5 days i’ve eaten at SLOW DOWN!@ Harley Court on Acland Street. I’m practically part of the furniture. I’m ab.so.lutely lovin’ their food – it’s local, organic, sustainable cuisine.They’re staff are friendly and helpful and the atmosphere is ultra homely. Honestly, you CANNOT go past this place if you are an ethical eater!
Check their food-made-with-love here: www.slowdown.net.au
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nadi shodana, [aka, the sweet breath] is alternate nostril breathing. nadi shodana means channel cleaning and calms the mind, reduces anxiety and stress, balances the brain [In kinesiology you give this to clients who are "switching" or whose polarity was out of whack] and promotes clear thinking .
Wayne Dyer’s words of wisdom for me today where:
“when you are inspired, you’re not judging others or yourself, You aren’t bothered by behaviours or attitudes that in uninspired moments are frustrating. When you’re inspired, your heart sings in appreciation for every breath… you’re tolerant, joyful and loving.”
Mood: honestly, lack lustre 
Colour: the palest blue
Day Rating: 5/10
Diet: 3 out of 5 carrots: gyoza too tempting
Highlight: receiving a blessing from Maitreya Buddha @ the heart shrine relic tour
Top 5 Post Meditation Experiences
photo by Wonderlane
In this, there is not a thing to be removed, Nor the slightest thing to be added. It is looking perfectly into reality itself, And when reality is seen, complete liberation.
– Ornament of Clear Realization, V, 21 and Sublime Continuum, I, 154[i]
My friend and I went to the Maitreya Project Heart Shrine Relic Tour in Melbourne yesterday.
The tour exhibited ancient and sacred buddhist relics found among the cremation ashes of buddhist masters. The relics are small crystals or pearls that the Buddhists believe embody the qualities of the master, their compassion, their wisdom, etc, and have been deliberately produced by the master as they ascend/at death, so they may share their blessing with the world beyond their death. when the tour concludes, the relics will be enshrined in a 500ft bronze statue of Maitreya Buddha, in Kashinagar, Norther India.
Sunday 6th of June is the last day you can see the relics in Melbourne prior to their move to Sydney. They are located at the Koorie Heritage Trust, 295 King St [near little Lonsdale] until 7pm. more info from www.fpmta.org.au (more…)
Start the swap: substitute the time you spend social networking with this breathing exercise! http://somapilates.wordpress.com/2010/06/01/swapping-social-networking-for-soul-nurturing/
In my 30days of 30mins, I’ve been meditating on concepts that can enrich my life. today my inspiration was to ‘make friends’ with joy. get joy to hang out with me, take her for a soy mocha somewhere, perhaps go watch a movie togez. Friday is the best day for a joy quest anyway, so far, so joyful…
who is joy, you may ask?
she’s the biatche that makes you laugh, forget bills, your ex-boyfriends new, hotter-than-you GFs [asif! you rule], toe stubbings, bad photos, that extra bit of chocolate cake you should’ve said ‘n’ + ‘o’ to. yeah, she’s pretty cool. she hangs with the dalai lama real often, she’s always popular on saturday nights… (more…)
Wayne Dyer’s inspirational cards rendered my rear a swift kick and a word of advice this morn: ‘practice generosity.’ [NB: advice offered generally, not directed exclusively to ass. Wayne Dyer - not in habit of inspiring giving ass generously! if anyone is encouraging generosity of ass, that would be J.Akermanis, non?! I knew about his hand-standing and his grand-standing but never realised he had such an amazing BACKFLIP].
I digress.
So during my 30 mins of meditation today i pondered Mr. Dyer’s sage advice to extend unexpected generosity to someone as often as possible for two weeks. Yet, this is not Bethlehem, 33AD. In a world of cyber-socialising, soy chai lattes and iPhones where DOES one schedule in giving time?! I could hear my ego pouting, “ugggh, wayne, as if i don’t have enough on my plate with my recent commitment to give up FACEBOOK AND MEDITATE for 30 mins a day??!!”
