A New Year. A new start. A fresh page.

I have always loved the start of a New Year .. juicy with potential.

I have been a little quiet online over the past month.  Family visiting and Christmas .. and super hot days here in Melbourne.  But much more because I was in a cocoon finishing off the final stages of the McLean Meditation Teacher Certification.

I started this training early 2015 .. and it has been transformational on so many levels.

I have been meditating for more than 20+ years .. since I was a teenager .. but the opportunity to embrace Beginners Mind and dive into a world of new books (ten books on the curriculum plus additional reading, audio and video requirements), current research (tons and tons of it - learning from original scientific research papers to published articles in journals), regular hook-ups with others on the path across the globe (from Vancouver to Ireland), committing to new meditation techniques each month (from mantra to self-inquiry to mindfulness), reflecting and writing in my Meditation Journal (finally submitting a book size journal on the 31 Dec) and maintaining this path of Sādhanā with gentleness and kindness, and a  twice daily meditation practice.


I am blessed.

If you are interested in how I have been planning and preparing for this retreat .. I have written four posts (see below) to try and share my pre-retreat thought processes.

Have you attended a retreat?  

It is always a life changing experience to step away from our regular life and commit to a period of intense study and reflection.  I shall be away from my website and blog now - until early February.  While this retreat is not a silent one, there will be moments of Noble Silence and retreating from technology one part of the adventure.   I have no doubt that I will have a bounty of insights and things to share on my return.

So Bon Voyage .. wishing you well on your own journey and adventures .. and I shall leave you with this quote from Deepak Chopra, which I love:

Namaste.