Tonight's quiet time will take place in the flat I've just moved into! Been a busy week packing, sorting and moving, and now just before the great unpack and ruthless Marie Kondo assault on all my possessions. I will indeed take some "quiet time" for myself and with you all 🧘🏼‍♂️🧘🏻‍♀️🧘🏻 9pm BST - We sit Working on a better quality audio for next week, through some kind of streaming software, anyone who wants to volunteer to help me test let me know! But for now we just enjoy the Sunday wind down together. https://canva.link/ijsquiettime 5 minute read with instructions for first timers, I won't be giving any instructions on the call, we just dive straight in. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88203507510?pwd=YDVMyx5JCaHXK2UWPmDO4CJ3SyPkBr.1 Passcode: Meditation

If you're joining tonight's meditation, for full effect stereo headphones are advised!

Hey guys, we're going to meditate tomorrow at 9 pm BST, for everyone who's interested in an enclave of stillness and quiet in a chaotic hectic world. I was writing an article on people pleasing, Covid contracts and giving to give versus giving to get today and I found all these different wisdom traditions aligning on acts of service. Makes a lovely carousel! So many different fingers all pointing at the same moon. Breath Meditation is my personal practice, I do it pretty much daily, and it's a pleasure to share. Lint to the event is in the calendar tab. canva instructions are here https://canva.link/ijsquiettime 5 min read

Hey guys, before joining the meditation tomorrow, please read this guide first as it gives you instructions on the Breathwork and the protocol we'll be using. Quiet time - IJS One of my favourite times to meditate is actually about 4 am. I wake up in the middle of the night, and sit for an hour or so, in Mystic traditions they talk about "the veil being thinner" at this time. In practical terms it usually means cortisol at a low, melatonin at a high, and core body temperature also quite low. These conditions make for easier access to subtler and more refined sensations. And in my own experience, I often find leads to a deeper, more vivid REM sleep and can sometimes induce lucid dreaming. Good REM sleep is important for the brain to make new connections, while slow wave sleep helps us prune old ones so our system is up-to-date with a well calibrated map of where we are and what we need to be doing. I found an early morning meditation practice greatly enhances the sense of connection I have with the information of the body. Doing a 9 am meditation serves a different purpose. It helps settle the mind, reduces the pull towards distraction and ADHD tendencies and creates enough stillness to really land on what's important so my focus can carry through. Stillness doesn’t solve every problem. It just makes it easier to see the next right step. Join us tomorrow by clicking on the calendar tab and checking out the event zoom link (Also here) https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88203507510?pwd=YDVMyx5JCaHXK2UWPmDO4CJ3SyPkBr.1

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