Sitting and Moving Meditation Online

In this first episode of Dave Gardner's Original Condition videocast, we dive deep into an open discussion about the elusive qualities of stillness and silence, the critical necessity for Contemplative Engagement, and the immeasurable nature of compassion as a tool for change. Dave's proposition "Original Condition" is an ongoing community research project into the enquiry of human capacity. He explores movement, meditation, immersion into natural environments and communication to investigate what is our original condition. As I say on my website: "I have spent many years in formal education, and also learnt so much from the Eastern and African Wisdom Traditions. In 2014, I was awarded a PhD in Mindfulness and Education - the first in Africa, apparently! While I appreciate academic rigour, I am more at home in the role of researcher-practitioner, exploring the benefit of these practices in daily life. Nothing gives me more joy than supporting others to develop their own, life-enhancing, contemplative practices". We refer to this article about the Triune Brain by Paul MacLean. Here is the link: https://bit.ly/3iUaDle Visit Lucy's website here: https://www.lucydraperclarke.com/ Visit Dave's website here: https://www.original-condition.com/

A short animation on Mindfulness and Meditation - what is the difference? It also talks about the benefits of practice for your brain, mind and daily life relationships.

This video explains why we find it hard to sit still sometimes, especially when the world feels so unpredictable. If this is true for you, then moving meditation practices might be just what you need to return to a feeling of safety and ease in your body.

A summary of the work I offer: moving meditation, sitting meditation and awareness in action.

Particularly during this pandemic, we have had to give up on many plans, hopes and adventures. This is an embodied meditation for releasing disappointment and reopening to the joy that always lies somewhere within us.

If you only have 15 minutes for your practice, why not dive into some sun salutes. They stretch all the main muscle groups in the body, and will leave you feeling grounded and centred.

Yin Yoga and Mindfulness with Lucy Draper-Clarke After a wonderful day of strengthening bones and stretching muscles, we head into the joints and fascia in preparation for meditation. What better way to explore our theme of CONNECTION than targeting our connective tissue with a series of held yin poses? This sequence is designed to create space and hydrate the areas where we get tight during sitting – the back, hips and pelvis. It also allows us to shift consciously from ‘doing’ to ‘being’ mode, in preparation for our mindfulness practice. We take time to listen inwards to the language of physical sensation and cultivate the flow of chi/prana, by following the breath. After a mindfulness practice, we turn our attention back outwards, and close our International Day of Yoga with a clear intention for how we would like to transform the world from the inside out,