Hi, My name is Ken Hood. I have been studying, practicing and teaching meditation/mindtraining for 30 years in the community of Guelph Ontario. I have also been a bookseller for 36 years at The Bookshelf. Anyway, it’s time for me…
Sunday Meditation & Inquiry Sessions @ 10:30 am (Will begin again Sept. 15/19.) Everyone is welcome! We begin with a half-hour meditation. Instruction is available, if are new to practice. We then have an open-ended inquiry about our experience….
Pith Instructions from Tilopa I bow to Vajra Dakini. 1. Mahamudra cannot be taught, Naropa, But your devotion to your teacher and the hardships you’ve met Have made you patient in suffering and also wise: Take this to heart, my…
Here are a couple of practices that we have been using to work with difficult conditions. The first is predisposing our minds to see a difficult condition as something beneficial. Not easy but very powerful when it works. We recite…
Hi everyone, the Open Sunday Sit is at 10:30 a.m. at Living Yoga and Health, 105 Wyndham St. N. downtown Guelph. It is drop-in and by donation. There will be a sessions every week which will run for about an…
So that you can enjoy long weekend. See you next week! Ken photo credit Annie Spratt from Unsplash
We are have a return of light/solstice gathering tonight. All are welcome and it’s free! In the Grip of the Solstice – Marge Piercy Feels like a train roaring into night, the journey into fierce cold just beginning. The…
Our practice for this week is: “Mostly my thinking is compulsive and distracting, therefore I take it very lightly.” Repeat 7, 21 or 108 times per day.
“I will fail. I will fail again. I will fail better. I will succeed.” ~ derived from a quote by Samuel Beckett
“A shared joy is a double joy.” Swedish Proverb Here is a brief “Joy for Others” meditation: In the morning, recite: “I look forward to seeing the happiness, kindness and success of others.” x7 During the course of the day,…
A Brief Joy Meditation for the Morning “I look forward to the unknown blessings that are already on their way” X7 A Brief Joy Meditation for the Evening “I am grateful for the blessings of this day.” [Name two or…