Life. One Breath at a Time.
Big hugs, dear gentle reader.
As Easter Sunday draws to a close, here’s an Easter Meditation for hope to help you stay uplifted as we navigate the storms of life.
May your heart overflow with the peace of eternal hope.
May every breath stabilise and balance your nervous system.
May every step you take keep you connected with our Mother the Earth
and may your soul sing your birth right song, loud and clear.
Have you ever lain awake at night with 101 thoughts racing through your head as you toss and turn, struggling to fall asleep?
If you work from home, have young children, or looking after elderly parents, it can be even more challenging to manage that thin line between work commitments, home responsibilities and tending to self-care.
Learning to unwind, release tension from your body and let go of your thoughts so you can enjoy a good night’s sleep is vital to your health and wellbeing. [Read more…] about How to Enjoy Meditation Before Bed (Includes 10-step guide)
Have you spent time, money, energy to “fix yourself”, to mould yourself to society’s expectations and definitions of what you should do, think, believe and act?
Maybe you’ve forgotten the essence of who you are?
Your purpose, your gifts and contribution to the world?
You worry if you are “good enough”, “skinny” enough”, “pretty enough” – the “right shade of brown”.
For instance, I know I spent far too many years trying to find peace, connection and belonging, looking outside myself for that elusive moment of oneness.
Only to realise what I was seeking was already inside of me.
[Read more…] about Affirmation for Inner Peace: The path of freedom lies within
This morning, a recent friend offered to sit with me in meditation.
And it was powerful and provided me with the deep healing I needed.
I’ll explain.
I am hurting.
And when I talk with my black friends, our collective hurt and pain spills out.
We are mothers, and like our parents and elders had dreams of providing a better world for our children.
It is hard to be hopeful, loving and present when in pain. [Read more…] about Healing is Justice (a personal reflection of healing)
Here’s a Simple Self-Love Manifesto for Peace and Justice, perfect if you’re a peaceful warrior and looking to create change and help build a fair and just society, – without burning out and crashing out.
I invite you to print your copy of Self-Love Manifesto; share it with your friends and repeat it silently to yourself every single day – to help you stay on track, energised and aligned with your purpose.
I promise to be my best.
To rest.
To restore and nurture my core.
I promise to look after myself.
To give myself the love I want, need, and desire.
To honour and respect my heart and fill her with musical melodies and sacred art which elevate and inspire my soul.
I promise to love myself with a fiery passion which flows from the depths of the earth.
A love. That is timeless and eliminates, doubt, worries and fears.
I promise to show up in my life, and in the world to live life fully, to walk the higher path of love, light and integrity.
And if my feet stumble and fall over the rocky terrain, I promise I will rise, stand tall as I keep my eyes on the prize and heart firmly on the higher good.
I promise to take a stand for injustice, to breathe fully in this world, to know I will fall…. yet have the grace and courage to surrender, ask for support and allow myself to receive.
I promise to be my best and love myself more and more every day.
I promise to be gentle with myself.
To honour and balance my need for rest, work, love, fun, play and sleep.
To allow you to support me and call me out, when I slip out of alignment.
I promise to shine, to glow and be a magnet for truth and justice;
to encourage others going through pain and sadness of heart to breathe, sit with their pain and still rise and create change in our world.
Most of all, I promise to serve, love, give, breathe and be my best and play my part to create a harmonious and just world for all.
Ntathu Allen
c. 2020
[Read more…] about Self-Love Manifesto for Peace, Love and Justice
We are going through a global pandemic relating to the voracious spread of the Coronavirus (Covid-19).
In this post, I’ll share with you the power of meditation quotes to reduce stress and help you return home to peace.
During stressful and uncertain times, it is easy to fall into a negative spiral of fear, as we bombard our senses with images and words of destruction and human fragility.
We come face to face with our mortality and at our lowest point, face an existential crisis as we question the meaning of our life.
Mentally and physically we are drained as we struggle to make sense of the changes we are told to make to our lifestyle and keep ourselves and loved ones safe.
Maybe you wake up feeling drained, exhausted from lack of sleep?
And wonder how will you make it through the day without snapping at your partner and yelling at your children.
Or, maybe your job is on the line and you lay awake worried about the cost of everything and how long your money will last.
If so, you are not alone. Most people feel the same.
In this article, I would like to share with you one of my favourite ways to reduce stress – meditation and the power of meditation quotes to create a sense of peace and calm inside.
” meditation quotes or yoga quotes about peace are short sayings, often just a sentence or two, that communicates solid advice and causes you to ponder, pause and review your situation.”
To reduce stress, reading powerful meditation quotes has been a cornerstone of my journey to peace.
Many a day, when I was grieving the loss of my brother and cousin, I would struggle to get up and out of bed as my mind kept replaying images of my brother’s funeral.
Yet with three young daughters to get ready for nursery, and fulfil my obligations at work, I had to get up and ready for the day.
My cousin brought me a copy of “Acts of Faith – Daily Meditation for People of Colour ” by Iyanla Vanzant and encouraged me to read the daily passages when I woke up.
I did.
I would feel uplifted, ready to start my day feeling stronger.
Since then, reading affirmations and meditating forms the core of my self-care and morning routine.
So, if you are feeling fearful, anxious and uncertain, I hope you find solace, peace and strength from one of the 25 powerful meditation quotes to reduce stress.
1. Read through the list, pick one or two quotes which speak to you.
2. For the next 21 days, when you wake up, sit up tall, take a gentle breath in and out through your nose and read aloud your chosen quotes.
3. Sit still for a few more moments and allow the depth and beauty of the quotes to open your mind and fill your heart.
I include website links where you can find out more about the life and teachings of the authors of these quotes. [Read more…] about Meditation Quotes For Stress: 25 Powerful Meditation Quotes For Inner Peace
Welcome gentle soul to today’s blog, a self-love poem for the courage to restore hope and peace to troubled hearts.
As you know, we are on this journey from feeling overwhelmed, worn out and running on empty to learning to love ourselves, to be happy and proud of who we are, and to find peace in stressful situations.
Hands up, it ain’t easy.
I live in that tee-shirt.
The spiritual path is full of twists and turns.
Roadblocks and obstacles come in the form of divorce, loss of loved ones, redundancies and frayed tempers.
Yet, when we can “Return Home” to our core, to the quiet, still space inside, we recognise the challenge as a blessing; an opportunity to lean into a sense of gratitude, smile at our shortcoming and know all is well. [Read more…] about Self-Love Poem for Courage It is Time
