... create a clearing in the dense forest of your life
and wait there patiently,
until the song that is your life falls into your own cupped hands and you recognize and greet it.
[Martha Postlethwaite]
Gathering Silence is a safe and inclusive space
to explore meditation.
It is an invitation to pause,
to listen to your heart
and to tune in to what you most need.
Why meditate? There is great liberation when we come to realise that
we have the power to shift our inner emotional landscape.
Through the practice of meditation we slowly
become aware of our thinking, rather than being fully "attached" or "identified" with it.
We begin to witness the stories we tell ourselves,
which have often kept us stuck in an unhelpful loop.
With this powerful new awareness comes space
to invite in the qualities that will help us grow and flourish -
self acceptance, patience, compassion and curiosity.