Meditation for Well Being

21/03/2023

Happy Spring Equinox! And now the days are longer than the nights until late September. Get into nature, and feel the connection with everything! Posted by Jennifer Jones 🌱🌿

14/09/2022

It might take a lifetime to master ... ~ posted by Jennifer Jones 💜💙

11/09/2022

Paddington sat down sadly
On a green and quiet glade
And pulled a sandwich from his little hat
Made With the nicest marmalade

He had heard sad news this very day
That the Queen's life had come to an end
He cried because that day they met
She had become his bestest friend
They had shared some tea
That very day when to the Palace he had been invited
He remembered he could hardly speak
He was so very very excited

He offered her his sandwich
Made with such love and care
She smiled at him and with a grin
She showed that little bear

That inside of her handbag
There was something she had made
And that She too kept a special sandwich
Made of the finest marmalade

Although he was just a little bear
And she a regal queen
Watching her take that sandwich out her bag
Was the best thing he had seen

He wondered if any body else would miss her
Now that she had gone
And his heart was filled up to the brim
When he turned his little phone on

He saw that Facebook had been flooded
With her pictures old and new
And that he himself that little bear
Was also in them too

Although today he is the saddest
That he has ever been
He will always lovingly remember
The day he had tea with the Queen

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This Poem was written by a friend of Austen's Cafe - Emma Dennett and it was so delightful i thought I’d share it with you.

04/09/2022

29/07/2022

Thank you Jennifer for leading last night's distant healing session, especially as you have such a busy schedule at the moment🙏 Sending out healing to all in need.
Posted by Clare

23/06/2022

A wise man indeed

Good morning ✨ on today's , we're inspired by the wise words of one of the UK's most beloved performance artists, the late, great Charlie Chaplin 🖤 🤍 🖤

Having grown up in London in the late 1800s, and starting work as a performer from just 5 years old, Charlie was always a passionate advocate of our shared humanity, of kindness & tolerance between people & nations. His great fame never made him arrogant or proud and he continued to speak out against social injustice throughout his long life.

Today's quote is taken from Charlie's famous speech in the first film he made with dialogue - The Great Dictator - which you can see & hear in its entirety here 👉https://youtu.be/J7GY1Xg6X20

RIP Charlie Chaplin. National treasure whose plea for peace & kindness in the world resonates & inspires as much today as it did back in 1940.

Wishing you a day full of peace & human kindness, love from all of us here at the Monastery 💖

Charlie Chaplin

22/06/2022

Profound but true

Thought for the Day 💭💭💭

14/05/2022

Thought for the Day. ❤️

09/05/2022

Have a great week. 💖
Posted by Denise Stoneham

29/04/2022

“We are the continuation of all our ancestors. Thanks to impermanence, we have a chance to transform our inheritance in a beautiful direction.” Thich Nhat Hanh, 'The Art of Living'

This weekend our monastic communities across the world are planning special ceremonies to mark 100 days since Thich Nhat Hanh’s passing. For details, please visit https://buff.ly/3mEcko1 and join us if you can as we honor our dear teacher.