Dear Integral Meditators, This weeks article explores trust as an object of mindfulness. Trust is a wonderful quality to experience in your life, facilitating both enjoyment and effectiveness. What if you were to begin integrating it consciously today? What differences might you start to notice?” Wishing all of you all the very best for the upcoming […]
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Integrating Ego, Soul and Spirit
Four levels of mindful trust
By Toby on January 31st, 2022
Your thoughts as light-rays, your mind as the sun
By Toby on January 24th, 2022
“Let the light rays of your thoughts re-absorb back into your sun-like mind, and rest in that sense of wholeness and integration” Dear Integral Meditators, This weeks article explores a method I was taught many years ago by my Tibetan teacher as a way of resting on you primal mind or primal awareness. If you […]
Meditating with an energy ball (Drawing energy from the un-manifest)
By Toby on October 11th, 2021
Dear integral Meditators, If you can imagine that, level of consciousness itself there is basically a limitless reserve of energy. One question coming from this might then be “How can I tap into that level in order to experience more energy for myself on the mental and physical level?” The article below explores this question […]
Mastering the cycle of thoughts & emotions
By Toby on September 26th, 2021
‘Everyday, for most of the day, your thoughts and emotions are interacting with each other. Your basic sense of wellness or not on the psychological level depends in large part on how you are managing this dependent relationship’ Dear Integral Meditators, The article below looks at mastery of thoughts and emotions, and how we […]
Finding fulfilment within the dissatisfying
By Toby on August 15th, 2021
“Meditation enables us to enjoy the ever changing and transforming world around and within us, whilst at the same time resting secure in an identity that is not subject to that change, that is reliable, solid and liberated” Dear Integral Meditators, My Tuesday & Wednesday classes this week continue the theme of Meditation from the perspective of Zen, where we will […]
Optimistic Stoicism
By Toby on June 22nd, 2021
“There is a wonder in the continuous change that surrounds us. It invites us to notice that the ‘perfect happiness’ that we are seeing for may be hidden in plain sight, right amongst the present messy unfolding of our life today.” Dear Integral Meditators, This year has been full of twists and turns. This […]
Smiling meditation & your psychosomatic health
By Toby on May 3rd, 2021
“The essential skill we are developing with the smiling meditation is to generate positive mental and emotional energy, then direct it into the physical body for the purposes of emotional and physical healing” Dear Integral Meditators, This weeks article explores one of a main technique for physical and emotional healing; the smiling meditation. The article also […]
Appreciating Uncertainty & Change – Wabi-Sabi Mindfulness
By Toby on May 26th, 2020
“Work creatively, appreciatively with impermanence, imperfection, uncertainty in a way that invites curiosity and excitement (rather than debilitating anxiety)” Dear Integral Meditators, At the moment, we are going through a time of unprecedented uncertainty and change. The article below explores practical ways of responding mindfully and creatively to the challenge. I’ve called it “Wabi-sabi mindfulness”, […]
Mindful use of willpower (And stress-transformation coaching offer)
By Toby on April 2nd, 2019
Dear Integral Meditators, Willpower is an important domain to be mindful of because the way in which we use or abuse it in our life has a major influence on both the quality and the quantity of what we experience and achieve. The article below considers how we can start making better use of our […]
Your Shadow Child
By Toby on March 26th, 2019
d “To connect to our child within us and draw upon its creative power, we need to connect with it on its level without judgment, to learn to speak its language.” Dear Integral Meditators, This weeks article focuses on mindfulness of your inner child, and ways to connect to its power in ways that can add […]