Grace & Joy!

An episode of just over 20  mins with a gentle guided meditation for relaxing the body.

This meditation was inspired by listening to a Self-Realisation Fellowship (SRF) talk on Youtube - 'How to overcome Nervousness'   and a body scan was suggested - mine grew from this and became much longer than anticipated :)

• The meditation begins at  1 min 26  (see chapter marker)  Apologies for abrupt ending of music! My audio editor has changed and I can't quite work out how to do fade ins/out yet... :)

' ...you realise that all along there was something tremendous within you, and you did not know it. ' - Paramahansa Yogananda  

• More info on Self-Realisation Fellowship 

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An episode inspired by and referencing the wonderful book, 'After the Ecstasy, the Laundry' by Buddhist teacher and writer Jack Kornfield.

Looking at Chapter 7 and discussing enlightenment, meditation and peace...
 
Julian of Norwich and Zen poet Ryokan Taigu are mentioned amongst others, as are  Mooji and Eckhart Tolle.

In preparation too for my own meditation offering soon of '7 days of peace' - connecting with the peace we already are  x

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Music by Chad Crouch www.soundofpicture.com - 'Gentle Marimbas'
Artwork by Rowena Scotney

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An episode of 7.5 mins on trust and love, with a short guided visualisation by the wonderful  energy intutuitive and channeler Lee Harris. 

Recorded quite quickly whilst reading his book 'Energy Speaks' ...and also in order to try out a new microphone :)

• The visualisation begins at 1 min 52 secs in 

• More info on Lee Harris

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Music by Chad Crouch www.soundofpicture.com - 'Soft Driver'
Artwork by Rowena Scotney

Episode cover - Image of 'Energy Speaks' by Lee Harris
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A tiny episode of almost 4 mins on a little garden wren who decided to sing a few words to me :) 

... & in the moment, she echoed the words of Eckhart Tolle - on gratitude and abundance!

• I also had to suddenly jump up and paint! -  a 1 min painting with inks (the podcast cover for this episode) x

• Eckhart Tolle and the wren (whilst hopping over and under and through the fence (the wren :))) :

‘Be grateful for your experience 

in this moment, 

whatever it may be

and if you can’t be grateful,

allow it to be

because, well…

it already Is’ 

‘You might as well do this tiny little thing’,

said the wren,

‘because then …

if you did this tiny little thing

you will lessen

your

suffer

ing.’

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Music by Chad Crouch www.soundofpicture.com - 'Flutterbee' (tiny bit)
Artwork by Rowena Scotney

Episode cover - Garden Wren - superquick ink sketch
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An episode of almost 12 mins on a Saturday rambling dog walk through the fields in West Penwith, Cornwall.

Also singing the Heart Sutra, from the Mahayana tradition which has been so beautiful for me recently and also reminds me of when I stayed in a Buddhist Monastery many years ago...
** I'm not a singer - so my voice isn't the best! :) - this podcast is for confidence around voice and all being perfect just as it is x

Gate gate para gate para sam gate bodhi swaha
(Sanskrit: गते गते पार गते पार संगते बोधि स्वाहा)

-  Buddhist mantra  found at the end of the Heart Sutra and included in the Prajnaparamita ('Perfection of Wisdom') section of the Mahayana Buddhist canon. It is also known as the Heart Calming Mantra.

It can be translated as 'Go, Go, go beyond, go completely beyond the beyond, such awakening, so great! (hallelujah!) ...in going beyond illusion to true reality. In effect staying as that which Is and not being affected by all that is not.

Thank you so much for listening x



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Music by Chad Crouch www.soundofpicture.com - 'La Di Da'
Artwork by Rowena Scotney

Episode cover - Gulval fields and sky, photograph
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An episode of almost 8 mins on my garden Magpies.

This was inspired by an element in the course I'm currently running 'Birdsong, Flight & Wonder' - Meditation, Painting and Friendship

My magpie decided to share a few words with me :)

• There is also a reading of Ted Hughes' 'Wind' at around 3 mins 55 

Please see chapter marker x

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Music by Chad Crouch www.soundofpicture.com - 'Meadowland' Field Report Vol X: Powell Butte
Artwork by Rowena Scotney

Episode cover - Garden Magpie - sketch
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An episode of almost 10 mins on poetry for Spring (although before the intro there's a mention of November :)).
 
This was recorded in late April but have only just had time to create it and publish. I had a bit of a fluey/cold when recording this!

Initially this was only going to be poems by e.e.cummings but then the big ginger neighbourhood cat Brother G inspired me to read Neruda's wonderful 'Ode to the Cat'... and he sat and listened all the while:) x

• Featuring mewing from Brother G too, from about 2 mins 20 in :) x

The episode is a reading of five poems  - the first four short ones by e.e.cummings and the last, longer one by Pablo Neruda.

• 'Who are you, little i' by e.e cummings
• 'Spring is like a perhaps hand '- by e.e.c
• 'In Just Spring' by e.e.c
• 'In Spring Comes' by e.e.c
• 'Ode to the Cat' by Pablo Neruda

Please see chapter markers to skip to each, if you'd like x

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Music by Chad Crouch www.soundofpicture.com - 'Ringling'
Artwork by Rowena Scotney

Episode cover - 'Spring buds & 'The Trees' by Larkin' - sketch (detail)
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An episode of  just over 16 mins on Grace and what this might mean... and it's beautiful presence in our lives.  

With a mention of Leonard Cohen, Alan Cohen, Rainer Maria Rilke and Mary Oliver...

I'd love to know your thoughts on Grace too...

• A reading of Rilke's 'The Poet Speaks of Praising' is at 7mins 12 secs in
• An extract from Rilke's  'Letters to a Young Poet' is at 13 mins 46 secs

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Music by Chad Crouch www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wonderblues'
Artwork by Rowena Scotney

Episode cover - Peony, cornflower, marsh yellow-cress and red scabiosa' felting
Podcast cover - 'Garden Robin' - felting

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A one minute intro - On creativity, inspiration & joy - workshops & 1-1s for women!

On friendship, thriving, resilience and the warmth of community x

This was recorded for my workshops, as a kind of sum-up of what I love and a vision of women thriving, confident & happy!

• Workshops - local and zoom
• Website - main one!
• Intuitive painting website 

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Episode cover - Intuitive paintings - collage
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An episode of  just over 3.5 mins with two short poems written in the stillness - one whilst watching a spider and one after painting intuitively...

Both poems focus gently on grief, beauty, tenderness...


Chapter markers:
Spider poem - 38 seconds
Fish poem -  2 mins 24 seconds 

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Music by Chad Crouch www.soundofpicture.com - 'Canvas'
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Episode cover - Clover garden lawn - photograph
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