Sacred Places Meditations
Come on a guided meditative journey to the Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia, which is steeped in history, spirituality and a close association with nature. Some theories link the ground plan of the Angkor complex as a mirror of the stars at the time of spring equinox 10,500 BC. Angkor Wat was built in the 12th century by Suryavaram II to honour the Hindu god Vishnu. It symbolises Hindu cosmology. The layout of the temples, more than 100 of them, and the main sculptures, are said to give observers a three day anticipation of the spring equinox. The complex has a fascinating mixture of Hindhu and Buddhist features.
A guided meditation that uses the breath and the image of a single lotus flower. We are encouraged to focus more and more closely by narrowing the field until we reach the heart centre, both of the lotus flower and of ourselves. HT Hamblin, whose best-selling and most loved book is entitled The Message of a Flower, wrote how focus on a single flower can aid us in quickening our inner lives. "What wisdom we can learn from the contemplation of a simple flower." The guided meditation is based on an inspirational visit to the Jim Thompson House Museum in Bangkok.
A guided meditation and virtual journey around the sacred site of Avebury in Wilshire, England, close to Stonehenge, designed to give a taste of the magic of this ancient site. It is particularly magical to use this meditation at one of the Celtic Festivals of the Year.
This guided sound meditation and visualization uses the sacred ancient Celtic sites, such as Newgrange in Ireland and others, as inspiration and focus for a joyful celebration of Litha, the summer solstice. Midsummer is the turning point of the wheel of life and love, when the energy, abundance and promise of the earth is at its most expansive. There is a sounding section, including evocative instruments such as Tibetan bowls, conch shell, flute and shamanic drum, as well as a vocal "Aum", which you are invited to join in with either audibly or silently.
Taking an imagined or real silver birch tree as a focal point, this meditation guides us to link our energy with the qualities of flexibility and steadfastness embodied by the tree. This energy is then sent out as a beam of light and positive force for peace in the world.