Monday Morning Meditations
'Breath by breath in the midst of life'
07.00 - 07.30 am (UK)
17th June - 22nd July 2024
This next series of Monday Morning meditations starts on Monday 17th June and runs every week to 22nd July.
The theme will be 'Breath by breath in the midst of life'. As a young Afghan refugee shared with me once - the breath is with you as a friend for life, where-ever you go and whatever happens.
Some years ago I realised I was addicted to thinking. Like other addictions, trying to stop without something else to focus on was impossible. I'm not talking about the thinking we need to carry out daily life; rather the problem solving, trying to fix things, wondering about the meaning of life, ruminating, judging, jumping from one thought to the next and more. So, for a month one summer I decided every time I noticed the thinking addiction appearing, I'd bring my attention to the breath. It was magical, a relief indeed.
Over these six weeks...
We'll become intimate with the breath and the experiencing of breathing and being breathed. We won't try to change the breath. We'll get curious about different ways to observe the breath as an opportunity to bring us into realising our presence, to connect to the vitality of life, and to open our sensibility to spacious awareness.
Let's see what we find out.
Meditation is living with awareness – the practice of meditation is learning how. Meditation can open space to intersect the hyper-reactivity and hyper-vigilance of our habitual ways of living and open us up to sense deeper qualities in life, with intention. My intention is bringing the qualities of meditation into the heart of our everyday life and breath offers such simplicity and depth all in one go!
All you need to do
Just sign into Zoom at 7.00 am. You can have your camera off and I lead us through a 30-minute meditation. And off we head into our week.
Register your place
Add your details to the registration form below and you'll receive an email straight away containing the Zoom access details we'll use for all 6 sessions.
I'll also send you an email after each session with an inquiry for the week and a link to the recording of the meditation.
Cost
There is no cost for these sessions and instead I ask, if you are able, that you make a donation to a charity. It’s hard to choose a charity right now. A charity that touched my heart through a personal connection is the Linda Norgrove Foundation – they are not claiming to change the world, they are simply offering what they can for young women and families in Afghanistan.
You can donate to them here: https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/17495#!/DonationDetails
Or perhaps you prefer a different charity.
About Will
Will first began meditating as a student over 25 years ago, learning mindfulness and loving kindness meditations. After a long gap, and revitalised by yoga practices, Will came back to meditation as an important practice to both navigate and celebrate all that life offers.
As a professional life coach his passion is in enabling people to feel fully alive and at peace - while also of course trying to do that himself! He is a Certified iRest teacher.
© Will Medd 2024