Meditation

My husband and I were recenty on holiday on the Sunshine Coast – which is a stunning part of the world. We’d been wandering around looking at these amazing beach and river front houses, gasping at the prices and pondering what the people who owned them must do for a living. As we walked along […]

I don’t know about you, but I’m really feeling the cold at the moment. A bizarre thing to say really, living in Queensland, Australia, but it’s true. Queensland is known affectiontely as the Sunshine State and it’s really living up to its name at the moment – with clear blue skies and sunshine during the

This Sunday – May 21 – is World Meditation Day… so what better day could you pick to try out a meditation or mindfulness practice? Many people tell me they can’t meditate because their mind is too busy or distracted. But some of those same people, who’ve tried my sessions, have surprised themselves at how

At one of my meditation sessions this week we used a mantra to bring a sense of calm into our body and mind. It’s a fairly simple technique – repeating a word or phrase quietly to yourself. “I am calm.” But at the end of the session there was a lovely sense of calmness in

I recently attended a peer group for meditation teachers and the subject up for discussion was ‘imposter syndrome’. All of us, without fail, said we’d experienced it. In fact, I’ve only ever met one person who said they’d never experienced it. “Why would I?” she said. “I’m not an imposter. I’m me, I can’t be

I was guiding a meditation this morning and we were just entering our silent phase when ‘busy doing nothing’ came in to my mind. I noticed the thought and let it go, but it came back to me this afternoon. At first I assumed it was from the A.A. Milne books about Winnie the Pooh…

I love the idea of talking to plants – and quite often I do it! Just recently I spotted this anonymous quote circulating on social media: “If speaking kindly to plants makes them grow… imagine what speaking kindly to humans can do.“ It’s a beautiful sentiment and one that resonates deeply with me. There’s so

On Easter Monday my husband and I drove up to the Sunshine Coast hinterland to do one of our favourite bushwalks, the Rainforest Loop at Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve. It’s not a long walk and can get quite busy on weekends and holidays because it’s so popular with families. But we thought we’d give it

I’m delighted to announce two weeks from today I’ll be offering some more FREE community meditations, subsidised by Moreton Bay Regional Council’s Healthy and Active program. There will be eight sessions starting on Wednesday 19th April at 10.30am at the Pendicup Community Hall in Warner. Bookings are essential so please email me at ann@marvellousmeditations.com so

With school holidays fast approaching it can be challenging to think of new and original things to do. But it doesn’t have to be a costly experience. Going for a walk or bike ride in a park may sound a bit boring at first, but you can make it fun by getting kids to do