Haiku - Waka - Tanka

The first adventure I had to express my own voice was when I was a child and we were taught how to write a Haiku. Once I began to write the haiku's I couldn't stop. At the time, my Grandfather was ill with cancer and I was too young to visit him in the hospital. Instead, I put my energy into making little books of Haiku's describing the day. My father would take my books of poems to the hospital for my grandfather. It made me feel as if I might give a bit of sunshine into his day. None of these books survived; nor did my Grandfather. I find it interesting to travel back and see where my passion for writing began. Now, looking back, I see it as where my passion for healing began too.

As we enter into winter and the Holiday season I offer my Waka to you.

Fear not the winter
Barren tree's and sleeping soil
Fear not the coldness
It is time to dwell within
Peaceful pursuits; Gratefulness

Too busy to meditate??

To find time to meditate when things get busy seems to be a challenge; but, this is precisely the time meditation is most important. The first step is to redefine our concept of the time required. Sometimes, when life seems too busy, all that is needed is to consciously breathe out and then in again ... you have to breathe anyway ... just that simple conscious thought with action can ground and centre us. Focusing on breath is always a meditation whether it is one breath or many.

Guided Group Meditation with Reiki

Last week I held my last case study for Guided Group Meditation with Reiki. I am happy to report that I will now be offering this to people on an ongoing basis.
As some of you may know, Reiki is a spiritually based healing modality that gives the receiver a deep sense of relaxation. What I found in my case work was by applying Reiki while a group had entered into a meditative state gave the same results as when Reiki is given in a private session. People continued to feel the Reiki being applied even when I moved onto another participant. The wonderful gift of Reiki can be brought to many more people through this method and group sessions are far less expensive.