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Waiting
Waiting

  "Waiting is a state of mind. Basically, it means that you want the future; you don't want the present. You don't want what you've got, and you want what you haven't got. With every kind of waiting, you unconsciously create inner conflict between your here and now, where you don't want to be, and the projected future, where you want to be.  This greatly reduces the quality of your life by making you lose the present.”  Ekhart Tolle 

We all find ourselves waiting.  Waiting for this phase in human history to be over, for the solution, for the answer.  When we project ourselves forward into a future we cannot know, we are missing what is happening NOW.

So how do we get to the now?

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Meditation, Yoga philosophy, Yoga PracticeSarah Cloveryoga quotes, yoga philosophy, mental health, Meditation
How Yoga and Meditation help us in times of worry
How Yoga and Meditation help us in times of worry

We all carry worry around with us. It’s a part of being human. We worry about things we can change and things we can’t change. Some of us worry more than others. It is ok that we worry. We all do it.

The tools and practices of yoga and meditation help us to calm the swirling thoughts of our mind by helping us to bring our awareness inwards, by helping us connect to the peace of the present moment. From this space we are able to take a moment to step back, view the world with more perspective, even change our perspective and then deal with the challenges in a calmer more responsive way.

Whether you practice yoga or meditation or not here are some simple ways to help you calm your mind and your worries and give yourself some space through being more present:

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Meditation, Yoga and Wellbeing, Yoga philosophy, Yoga PracticeSarah CloverMeditation, yoga practice, yoga philosophy
Saying Goodbye to Duke
Saying Goodbye to Duke

It's now a couple of weeks since we sadly had to say goodbye to our beloved dog Duke.

We all resonate with losing a person we love. Losing a pet is a slightly different experience, for some it can be harder in some ways. I am not an expert in how to deal with grief of any kind, and I believe there can be grief in other situations not just in the death of a loved one. But I do want to share my experience of the early days after losing Duke and how my meditation practice has helped.

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Meditation, Yoga and WellbeingSarah Clovermeditation, mental health
Where’s Your Happy Place?
Where’s Your Happy Place?

We all have a happy place, maybe more than one. Not just holiday destinations. Maybe its snuggling under the duvet, sitting in the garden, places where we connect with friends or family, places we call our own.

But there’s also another happy place that we all have the ability to connect to. It’s with us everywhere we go. It’s the space within us, underneath our minds and bodies, underneath our thoughts emotions and dreams…

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Meditation, Yoga and WellbeingSarah Clovermeditation, yoga practice