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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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The Face I Had Before the World Was Made - The power of Koan Meditation
Koan meditation practice is an incredibly strong, amazing, visceral practice. It’s the kind of meditation that goes straight to the core...
5 min read
Chocolate or Fame? Why am I here?
(This article is adapted for a meditation class and based on a teaching by Lama Thubten Yeshe, entitled "Make your Mind an Ocean". The...
4 min read
Make your Mind an Ocean
This article is taken from Tricycle, a Buddhist website, where the article was entitled "Your Mind is your Religion". Which, in turn, is...
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Our Stories - meditating on Samskaras
A little while ago I felt myself so-o dragged along by one of my old, old stories. Before I knew it I was really feeling quite fearful,...
4 min read
Anicca: Who am I? Am I my body? Or am I my body and my mind?
Who am I? Am I my body? Or am I my body and my mind? Or am I more than the sum of my parts? Is my body mine? In Zen we learn about the...
6 min read
Equanimity - what is it, actually?
We talk a lot about equanimity in meditation. It's 'one of those words': we all kind-of-know what it means, but are maybe a bit vague...
3 min read
This Being Human is a Guesthouse...
Mindfulness is a uniquely human experience. The fact that we can know what's happening in our head at any given moment, without getting...
3 min read
Shikantaza - Leave your mind alone, let it go...
With Spring (supposedly) around the corner, we move into the Traditional Chinese Medicine season of cleaning up, shedding of old things...
5 min read
Right Effort
I was reading something by poet and writer Leora Fridman (You can read the original article by Leora Fridman here) which nudged me to...
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PERSONAL REFLECTIONS - Notes on Abandon by Leora Fridman
A gardener on managing our need to manage - by Leora Fridman 1. What would it look like to do a good job at my garden? I’ve tried, and...
7 min read
What is Yin Yoga? How to Strike a Pose...
If you’ve practiced Yin before, you will not be surprised to hear that in Yin the concept of ‘edge’ differs to any other understanding of...
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The 8 Worldly Winds - 8 conditions which can destroy peace of mind
The Lokavipatti Sutra or the Attalokadharma addresses something called the Eight Worldly Winds or Concerns, also knows as the 8...
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Acceptance, The Sequel: "Santosha"
For the past two weeks or so our meditation practice has centred around Acceptance. Acceptance of whatever happens around us - which is...
5 min read
ACCEPTANCE: Part 1 - PASSIVE OR ACTIVE?
In our competitive and consumer-orientated society, people often perceive the practice of Acceptance as being a passive response, like...
3 min read
ROCK YOUR SOCKS
If you would like to join us for Yin Yoga or Mindfulness meditation this week, July 22nd - 26th, Rock Your Socks! Come wearing your most...
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