Grace & Joy!

An intuitive poem of 2 mins 45 written in a few minutes after listening to 'The World at One' on Radio 4 and then looking outside. Feeling a great need for calming ... and the birds and the trees spoke to me xSo wonderful writing these, having no idea really what will emerge... the process of writing and then reading them is always so surprising and calming for me.'T

An episode of just over 20 mins with a gentle guided meditation for relaxing the body. This meditation was inspired by listening to a Self-Realisation Fellowship (SRF) talk on Youtube - 'How to overcome Nervousness' and a body scan was suggested - mine grew from this and became much longer than anticipated :)The meditation begins at 1 min 26 (see chapter marker) Apologie

An episode inspired by and referencing the wonderful book, 'After the Ecstasy, the Laundry' by Buddhist teacher and writer Jack Kornfield. Looking at Chapter 7 and discussing enlightenment, meditation and peace... Julian of Norwich and Zen poet Ryokan Taigu are mentioned amongst others, as are Mooji and Eckhart Tolle.In preparation too for my own meditation offering soon

An episode of 7.5 mins on trust and love, with a short guided visualisation by the wonderful energy intutuitive and channeler Lee Harris. Recorded quite quickly whilst reading his book 'Energy Speaks' ...and also in order to try out a new microphone :)The visualisation begins at 1 min 52 secs in More info on Lee Harris ‘.......................................** - pleas

A tiny episode of almost 4 mins on a little garden wren who decided to sing a few words to me :) ... & in the moment, she echoed the words of Eckhart Tolle - on gratitude and abundance!I also had to suddenly jump up and paint! - a 1 min painting with inks (the podcast cover for this episode) x Eckhart Tolle and the wren (whilst hopping over and under and through the fence (the

An episode of almost 12 mins on a Saturday rambling dog walk through the fields in West Penwith, Cornwall.Also singing the Heart Sutra, from the Mahayana tradition which has been so beautiful for me recently and also reminds me of when I stayed in a Buddhist Monastery many years ago... ** I'm not a singer - so my voice isn't the best! :) - this podcast is for confidence a

An episode of almost 8 mins on my garden Magpies.This was inspired by an element in the course I'm currently running 'Birdsong, Flight & Wonder' - Meditation, Painting and FriendshipMy magpie decided to share a few words with me :)There is also a reading of Ted Hughes' 'Wind' at around 3 mins 55 Please see chapter marker x** - please see the donate

An episode of almost 10 mins on poetry for Spring (although before the intro there's a mention of November :)). This was recorded in late April but have only just had time to create it and publish. I had a bit of a fluey/cold when recording this!Initially this was only going to be poems by e.e.cummings but then the big ginger neighbourhood cat Brother G inspired me to read Ne

An episode of just over 16 mins on Grace and what this might mean... and it's beautiful presence in our lives. With a mention of Leonard Cohen, Alan Cohen, Rainer Maria Rilke and Mary Oliver...I'd love to know your thoughts on Grace too...A reading of Rilke's 'The Poet Speaks of Praising' is at 7mins 12 secs inAn extract from Rilke's 'Letters to

A one minute intro - On creativity, inspiration & joy - workshops & 1-1s for women!On friendship, thriving, resilience and the warmth of community xThis was recorded for my workshops, as a kind of sum-up of what I love and a vision of women thriving, confident & happy!Workshops - local and zoomWebsite - main one!Intuitive painting website ...............................