A slightly random selection of notes…
poems
I’ve started a poetry blog for the Mindfulness Association where I post a poem with some reflections every week. To see them, follow the link here… The poems below are a more ‘earthy’ selection of personal favourites. Enjoy!
- A Blessing for Equilibrium – John O’Donohue
- A garden inside me – David Whyte
- Awakening now – Danna Faulds (or as a blog post here)
- Breathe – Lynn Ungar
- Come, all you unloved creatures – Jeff Foster
- Darkening ground – Reiner Maria Rilke
- Eat bread and understand comfort – Mary Oliver
- Earth dweller – William Stafford
- Eyes so soft – Hafiz
- First snow – Mary Oliver
- For freedom – John O’Donohue
- For a New Beginning – John O’Donohue
- Forget about enlightenment – John Welwood (or as a blog post here)
- God speaks to each of us – Reiner Maria Rilke
- Hawks – Lynn Ungar
- Hokusai says – Roger Keynes (or as a blog post here)
- House of Belonging – David Whyte
- I am the black lace tree – Wendy Simpson
- I go among trees – Wendell Berry
- In Praise of the Earth – John O’Donohue
- It felt love – Hafiz (or as a blog post here)
- Letters to a young poet – Reiner Maria Rilke (or as a blog post here)
- Letting go – Stewart Mercer
- Lie down – Nancy Paddock
- Moon – Gregory Orr (or as a blog post here)
- Morning Poem – Mary Oliver
- New Year Blessing – John O’Donohue
- Part of a whole – Albert Einstein
- Song for the Salmon – David Whyte
- The Earth Says – Larry Butler
- The peace of wild things – Wendell Berry
- There’s a song – Joanna Macy
- The same stream of life – Rabindranath Tagore
- To be of use – Marge Piercy
- When death comes – Mary Oliver
- Where everything is music – Rumi
- Wild geese – Mary Oliver (or as a blog post here)
practices
- Feeding your Demons – Lama Tsultrim Allione
- Self-Compassion Break – Kristin Neff
- Shambhala Warrior Mind Training – John Wigham/Akuppa
- Taking in the Good – Rick Hanson
- Verses for Environmental Practice – Robert Aitken
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