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2016-03-23T13:13:16-04:00

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Embodied Spirituality: The Hearth

Last updated on: March 23, 2016 at 1:13 pm By Yvonne Aburrow

The hearth is traditionally the place where you honour your ancestors and household gods and spirits, usually by making offerings to them. The fire would have been kept burning all the time, so it would be a good place to make offerings. Read more

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2016-03-23T13:13:35-04:00

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Embodied Spirituality: The Sit Spot

Last updated on: March 23, 2016 at 1:13 pm By Yvonne Aburrow

A really great way of experiencing yourself as part of nature is to incorporate the sit spot into your practice. The sit spot is a place in nature where you can sit comfortably for around fifteen minutes. While there, you slow your breathing, quiet your mind, and listen to the sounds around you: the rustling of the wind in the leaves, water flowing or falling, bird song. You return to the same spot on a regular basis, so as to become attuned to that particular place and its sounds, energies, spirits, seasons, and moods. Read more

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Pagan Contemplative Prayer

Last updated on: December 23, 2015 at 8:53 am By Yvonne Aburrow

Contemplative prayer is a practice that is fairly simple to understand, but which may take a lifetime to master. In contemplative prayer, we descend into the depths of the psyche, and encounter the collective unconscious, and thereby the formless depths of the divine realms. Contemplative prayer is not solely an internal experience; it is an encounter with the divine that transcends the individual. Read more

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2016-03-23T13:13:46-04:00

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Embodied Spirituality: Grounding and Centering

Last updated on: March 23, 2016 at 1:13 pm By Yvonne Aburrow

Many Pagan rituals begin with grounding and centering. It comes from the Taoist tradition originally, I think. There are several different versions of it. Its purpose is to allow you to feel connected to the Earth (grounded), not floating away into fantasy-world, not obsessing about the past or the future, but being present in the now. The centring part of the practice allows you to feel connected to the cosmos and the four sacred directions, which are associated with the elements. Read more

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2016-03-23T13:13:56-04:00

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Embodied Spirituality: Meditative Walking

Last updated on: March 23, 2016 at 1:13 pm By Yvonne Aburrow

There are several different types of meditative walking, from various different spiritual traditions.The theologian St Augustine famously wrote “Solvitur ambulando” (It is solved by walking), by which he presumably meant that as you walk, the problems that were at the forefront of your mind are put on the back burner and there solved. I have experienced this process myself.Walking is also more environmentally friendly than other means of locomotion. Eastern Orthodox Christians practice the prayer walk, which is a form of processional... Read more

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Embodied Spirituality: Walking The Labyrinth

Last updated on: March 23, 2016 at 1:14 pm By Yvonne Aburrow

Each person’s journey into the labyrinth is unique, although the labyrinth has a single pathway to the centre. We all travel on the same pathway, but each person goes at a different speed, travelling in a different way. Rather like life, the path twists and turns, in and out, and you never know how close to the centre you are. When the path appears to take you furthest away from the centre, you are nearer, and when you appear to be closest, you are actually further away. Read more

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Five Memorable Blogposts of 2015

Last updated on: December 30, 2015 at 8:58 am By Yvonne Aburrow

I read loads of really awesome blogposts and articles in 2015. Bloggers on Patheos Pagan, Gods and Radicals, and elsewhere. The conversation is deepening. We are starting to wrestle with how we as Pagans respond to suffering, oppression, doubt, death, pain, and fear. We are starting to frame Pagan understandings of consent and community. Read more

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Embodied Spirituality: Haiku Writing

Last updated on: March 23, 2016 at 1:14 pm By Yvonne Aburrow

The haiku is a Japanese form of poetry which evolved out of the philosophy of Zen Buddhism. Traditional Japanese haiku have 17 syllables, but it has been suggested that English haiku should have more syllables, because English is a more long-winded language than Japanese, and you can pack a lot more concepts into 17 Japanese syllables than you can into 17 English syllables. Read more

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Embodied Spirituality: Gardening

Last updated on: March 23, 2016 at 1:14 pm By Yvonne Aburrow

Gardening is well known to be therapeutic, but it is also deeply spiritual. It is a process of fostering life, of working with the land and Nature to create beauty – what could be more spiritual than that? Read more

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Embodied Spirituality: Meditation Hut

Last updated on: March 23, 2016 at 1:14 pm By Yvonne Aburrow

The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids suggest building a meditation hut. The idea of the hut is to have a secluded place in Nature, where simplicity and quiet are available. Read more

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