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WELCOME TO SOUL PAGES
The Amandari journal
Reflections on Mindfulness & Yoga
from past classes for your inspiration.
Some articles are by other teachers or authors;
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A tip on Meditating with Koans: First of all, don't try too hard!
I recently read something which I thought was such a good analogy for meditation. Although the article itself is about dreaming, it can...
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Mindfulness & Kindfulness
I came across an interesting article a while ago about the increasing amount of Western people who are engaged in the practice of...
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International Day of Yoga
On the 11th of December 2014 The United Nations officially (and unanimously) proclaimed the 21st of June as The International Day of Yoga...
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Using Meditation to Reduce Anxiety
With Mindfulness and Meditation we learn that we can reduce our emotional reactivity through observation. When difficulties arise in our...
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Sweeping Kindness
In meditation, we work with the concept of “craving causes suffering” - suffering refers to the Sanskrit word “dukkha”. Dukkha is...
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Monkey Mind, Anxiety and Meditation
I think everyone already knows what a "monkey mind" is? If you're not sure, you can jump to this link: What is a monkey mind? We are...
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Mindfulness and Relationships
"Relationship: the way in which two or more people or things are connected." How can we use mindfulness meditation to connect with people...
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Cat and Just Sitting
In a recent newsletter from Bodhipaksa, WildMind, he talks about meditation and the mind being 'like a cat'. He talks about the mind's...
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Something Simpler on Simplicity
How do we simplify our lives using meditation and mindfulness? One of the things we practice in mindfulness meditation is to stay in the...
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Simplifying your life through meditation
(Notes on Vipassana sitting Monday 7th May) Simplicity and Renunciation. Challenging words. Difficult, in a world where upsized is...
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Introduction to Mindfulness
(Introduction to Mindfulness – class 1) What is mindfulness? Mindfulness is the ability to experience and be present in the moment. It...
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Skillfull speech
(Inspired by an article by Alan Lokos, Meditation teacher) Some time ago, in our Monday morning meditation classes, we talked a lot about...
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Letting it go ...
In Traditional Chinese culture, the Late Summer season and the transition into Autumn is a time of moving away from the Yang; the...
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Compassion improves our Health
Excerpt from "The Book of Joy", His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams. Two spiritual giants, seven...
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Suffering - Part 2 (or The Lightness of Being)
Continuing from last week's 'becoming happier by learning to suffer better', the book 'The Science of Meditation', opens a chapter with...
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