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Grace & Joy!The joy of Reiki - always flowing for the highest goodSend us a textAn episode on Reiki and it's many beautiful layers... from creating a peaceful space for physical wellbeing, to its spiritual and divine nature.*please see the donate button on 'Buy me a coffee'. Any contributions towards coffees and bird seed & audio editing costs :) gratefully received x'Peace and safety begin with how we feel and experience in our own bodies, and from here a world can change.Reiki is a somatic energy practice that treats f...2025-02-2314 min
Grace & Joy!Down along Bread Street - an intuitive poemSend us a textAn episode of just over 3 mins written in a few minutes after a morning walk down a particular street.A shining beetle, clouds and 'pinpoint' noticing one morning.So wonderful writing these, having no idea really what will emerge...the process of writing and then reading them is always so surprising and calming for me.....................** please see the donate button on 'Buy me a coffee' as so happy to find out about this! Any contributions towards co...2024-11-0503 min
Grace & Joy!Joshin Kokyu-ho reiki meditation for cleansing and focusSend us a textA short meditation in the Japanese tradition which cleanses and clears your energies with Reiki.So useful for Reiki practioners before and after treatments and for any time on order to feel clear and calm. Beautiful for non-practioners too xThe meditation begins at 1 min 33 seconds in.https://www.reiki.org/articles/we-are-creating-world-peace for a beautiful article on Reiki and World Peace by William Lee Rand.Thank you for listening and I hope you've enjoyed this meditation x........................................................................... please see the d...2024-08-1711 min
Grace & Joy!What the Nuthatch said - Tweet of the DaySend us a textA tiny episode of just over 2 mins with a garden nuthatch who sang a few words to me :) - I write automatically as she chatters... So resonant and the perfect messge x................................‘Sliding scale musical joy is here every dayand I run, creep, sleek up and down itas you do. Si Si Siiiiii! Smooth…and bubbling merry under, my call. This heart glows radiant soft, timeless – beneath my orange-pink underfeathe...2024-07-2102 min
Grace & Joy!'This is the news' - one thing, one thing, one thing, one leaf'Send us a textAn intuitive poem of 2 mins 45 written in a few minutes after listening to 'The World at One' on Radio 4 and then looking outside. Feeling a great need for calming ... and the birds and the trees spoke to me xSo wonderful writing these, having no idea really what will emerge... the process of writing and then reading them is always so surprising and calming for me.'This is the news' – an afternoon poemThis is the world at 1.45 says the news...2024-02-2002 min
Grace & Joy!Calming, cleansing and refreshing meditation* At about 1 min 04 the sound quality gets much much better (am not sure what I did there in the audio editing!)An 18 mins guided meditation similar to those in my Creativity & Wonder sessions (cycle 7 starts soon, in March 2024) With a gentle body scan, for calming and connecting with the peace within.Thank you for listening x rowena .......................................** - please see the donate button on 'Buy me a coffee' as so happy to find out about this! Any contributions towards coffees, poetry books...2024-02-2018 min
Grace & Joy!Gentle body scan meditation - for relaxation and peaceSend us a textAn 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...2023-07-1621 min
Grace & Joy!Resting in (and as) our natural state - and 'After the Ecstasy, the Laundry' by Jack KornfieldSend us a textAn 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.......................................** - please see the donate button on 'Buy...2023-06-1812 min
Grace & Joy!On the energy of trust and love - with a visualisation by Lee HarrisSend us a textAn 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 ‘.......................................** - please see the donate button on 'Buy me a coffee' as so happy to find out about this! An...2023-04-2407 min
Grace & Joy!The Wren - Tweet of the DaySend us a textA 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 mo...2023-02-2203 min
Grace & Joy!Saturday walk and Buddhist Heart Sutra xSend us a textAn 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 xGate gate para gate para sam gate bodhi swaha2022-12-1811 min
Grace & Joy!The Magpie - Tweet of the DaySend us a textAn 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 FriendshipMy 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** - please see the donate button on 'Buy me a coffee' as so ha...2022-09-0807 min
Grace & Joy!Spring poetry and an Ode to the Cat - e.e.cummings, Pablo Neruda (& Brother Ginger)Send us a textAn 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...2022-05-1809 min
Grace & Joy!On GraceSend us a textAn 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 inAn extract from Rilke's 'Letters to a Young Poet' is at 13 mins 46 secs2022-02-0816 min
Grace & Joy!On creativity, inspiration & joy - workshops & 1-1s for women! - a 1 min introSend us a textA one minute intro - On creativity, inspiration & joy - workshops & 1-1s for women!On friendship, thriving, resilience and the warmth of community xThis 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 zoomWebsite - main one!Intuitive painting website .....................................................................................................* Adding the donate button on 'Buy me a coffee' as recently found out about this! Any contributions towards co...2022-01-1901 min
Grace & Joy!Morning poems 18 - A spider and a fish...Send us a textAn 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 secondsFish poem - 2 mins 24 seconds ...........................................................................................................................**New** - just adding the donate button on 'Buy me a coffee' as recently found out about this! Any contributions towards coffees, pencils and cat treats...2022-01-1103 min
Grace & Joy!In memory of my mother xxAn episode of just over 30 minutes remembering my mum who died last week, on Friday December 10th. I hadn't seen my mum for almost 15 years; it was a difficult relationship for me, but I have such a feeling of love for her and many complex, tender feelings.I know in my heart that we'll have a true, authentic, loving and warm relationship in Spirit now and that we'll be closer than we ever have been. I felt called to make this episode whilst remembering times with her when I was younger and...2021-12-1630 min
Grace & Joy!On Van Gogh, poetry, Nature & Soul - and 'the gypsy soul of a crayon' :)Send us a textAn episode of just over 20 mins inspired by reading some of Van Gogh's letters to his brother Theo. This became a longer episode than I thought it would be and includes ponderings on Imagist poetry, including readings of Ezra Pound, F.S.Flint, D.H Lawrence and Amy Lowell...Also considerations of line and music, nature and soul and with an added bonus of my cat Charley sneezing - many times at one point! (He...2021-11-2421 min