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.

Reiki Meditation In the Park

If you are in Toronto this Saturday, August 22 8:30 AM hopefully you will be able to attend the first public Hands that Heal *Pay-What-You-Can event. Set in the beautiful High Park at The Labyrinth our reiki practitioner, Julia, will lead a group meditation while applying Reiki.
Guided group meditation with Reiki offers a wonderful and deep sense of relaxation. People continue to feel the Reiki being applied even when the practitioner has moved onto another participant. The wonderful gift of Reiki can be brought to many more people through this method.
The ancient symbol of a labyrinth represents a journey to the centre of our core self and back out into the world with a renewed sense of ourselves. Labyrinths have been used throughout ancient cultures for meditation and prayer.

Hope to see you there - don't forget to bring a yoga mat, blanket or towel to sit on.

*Pay- What- You-Can* in Reiki it is believed that there should always be an exchange of energy money, fruit, service, testimonial ... etc.