Holistic Health Connection

21/11/2025

"Meditation has been misguided in the western world. The term just makes a lot of people discouraged. Their understanding of meditation is that they must do it in a completely isolated place, under a tree or in a cave, and starve to death. They believe that meditation means giving up everything: family, home, possessions, wealth. With that conception in mind, the term simple meditation scares them.

But it's not true. Meditation doesn't mean you have to give up everything. The method to develop wisdom is to practice and integrate practice into our daily or mundane activity. That's meditation. Then slowly and gradually our spiritual strength and wisdom develops.

As we develop our qualities within, our virtues, then naturally we detach from worldly affairs; we detach effortlessly from our material possessions and wealth. That detachment happens very naturally, as our inner qualities develop. We don't have to force ourselves to give up anything. It happens effortlessly, as winter yields to summer. As we develop our inner qualities, we will strip of our possessions as easily as we strip of our heavy winter clothes when the season changes to spring. We took the coats off and we no longer need them. As the summer heat arrives, we're ditching our sweaters, effortlessly. Similarly, when our inner development permits, we will effortlessly relinquish possessions and wealth. As if we were from a hostile country to a friendly, favorable one, there is no doubt on our part to leave each other and go to the other, more attractive. Similarly, once we have developed the inner qualities, then we do not hesitate to renounce worldly things. It actually happens by itself.

Everything that happens, all the changes one experiences, are very pleasant. There is no unpleasant experience at all, because it is happening together with one's inner development. Without him, giving things up is very unpleasant. Let's take the example of the Tibetan refugees who, without any choice, had to leave their motherland. Because they were very attached to their land, and were expelled from it, but had not developed their internal qualities sufficiently, the change from Tibet to India was very unfavorable and unpleasant. But with the development of internal qualities, it is not so. It's very nice."

~ Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche.

31/10/2025

Blessed Samhain to All.
🧡 May we release what no longer serves us or the greater good.
🧡 May we see what we truly have to be grateful for.
🧡 May we find the Blessings within us all.
🧡 May we find Peace & Healing in our spirit, mind & body.
🧡 May we Honour the Earth & our Ancestors.

Our Ancestors are with us. They will support & guide you if you pay attention. Have a safe winter 🎃

28/10/2025

Sometimes it can all feel just too much, like life is coming at you from a million different directions and you are getting lost in the noise.

This is your reminder to breathe.

You don't have to figure it all out...give yourself the grace of a little space.

A moment to just place your hands on your heart and just breathe.

Let go of 'doing' and try just 'being' 💖🙏

16/10/2025

Throughout each and every day,
No matter how busy you may be,
Find time to pause for a short while,
There's much to appreciate and see.

There's beauty found within the pause,
So just stop for a moment and look around;
The birds hopping from branch to branch,
A falling leaf, floating slowly, to the ground.

A feather suspended for a brief second,
As it drifts from the sky, through the air,
To land upon the path in front,
As its journey subtly ends just there.

Notice the clouds as they slowly change,
From one visual form, for another to create,
As the sun releases golden orbs of light,
Within the pause, the senses satiate.

So take a breath, embrace the now,
As we pause, watch nature gently sway,
In those moments of quiet grace,
There's treasure in the everyday ..

🖋️C.E. Coombes
🎨 Jo Grundy

Serendipity Corner 🍁

04/10/2025

What an incredible piece of research! Have a read and see what you think. I would love to hear your thoughts or any experiences 💝 https://www.facebook.com/share/1bJgPoCiLB/

Big news from the UK Reiki Federation!

We’re delighted to share that members of our own UKRF Research Team have co-authored a peer-reviewed paper, recently published in Complementary Therapies in Medicine on Science Direct.

👉 “How important are meditation and spirituality in Reiki practice?” brings together the latest research to explore how Reiki may support health and wellbeing.

Publication in such a respected journal is a major achievement and a milestone for Reiki research – raising awareness, building credibility, and opening new doors for wider recognition of Reiki in professional and healthcare settings.

👏 We are incredibly proud of our research team for their dedication and hard work in bringing this study to life.

🔗 Read the full article here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965229925001220?via%3Dihub

14/09/2025

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I am an over-thinker, my mind is rarely quiet.

And I have learned over the years to feed it before it’s hungry, lest it become ravenous and impulsive.

I’ve also learned that as with most healthy organs, it needs a fairly clean diet.

I whittled out the gossip, the click-bait news and the salacious stories the media was serving up daily and replaced it with a balance of beauty, hope, goodwill, fun and laughter - and plenty ‘real-talk’ of course, to remind it we are not alone.

But this clean diet I live on doesn’t shy away from life’s sadness or difficult topics, as you may think. Not at all.

In fact, I really go there … but with real information as my recipe, no dramatics, and always, always, adding a side dish of comfort and hope.

We were never meant to know all of life’s troubles all of the time, you see. No human condition was ever supposed to worry for ALL human conditions.

It is too much.

So we must filter, prioritise and arrange the world’s worry, in order that we don’t become overwhelmed with hopelessness, misery and fear, becoming no use to anyone, let alone ourselves.

We must allow ourselves more ‘actionable stress’, than ‘non-actionable stress’ (stress we cannot do anything towards). Studies clearly show that actionable stress is far less dangerous, simply because we can take steps to overcome the issues, we can do something towards it. And your nervous system needs to do something to feel safe and useful.

So, my tip for anyone with a never-quiet mind is to be picky with your diet.

Be choosy over what worry is for you to take on and what worry you truly cannot do a thing about.

And if your mind runs dark as well as loud, you need to seek calm, intentionally. Seek beauty, deliberately. Seek out the joy, hope and light. Use it to shine on the heartbreaking stuff and show hope amidst the chaos.

If we take it all in, every day, these little boats of ours will go under.

Fill your boat with what you can fit, and be safe.

The world looks like it is getting worse every day, I know. But I think it is because we can see so much more now.

So choose what you see. Save what you can. Keep seeking light.

And love. Always.

D x

📕: https://amzn.eu/d/iTHcBGT

04/09/2025

I give thanks to all who
accompanied me on my path.
Those who stayed throughout
the storms, and those who
lit the way through the darkest
nights.
I also keep a place in my heart
for those who joined me for
only a small part of the journey.
I hope you found your way.
We are all just :
'walking each other home'
throughout the sunshine
and storms ..

C.E. Coombes 🌞

Artist Credit: K.J Carr

08/08/2025

🌕 Full Sturgeon Moon – August 9, 2025

On the night of August 9, skywatchers around the world will witness the Full Sturgeon Moon rising in its full brilliance.
This unique name dates back to the traditions of Native American tribes, who noticed that sturgeon fish were most easily caught during this time of year in the Great Lakes and other large water bodies.

The Sturgeon Moon is not just a celestial event—it’s a seasonal marker that speaks to the deep connection between the rhythms of the sky and the cycles of life on Earth.

As it rises above tranquil lakes and through silhouettes of summer trees, its warm reddish hue is a gentle reminder of summer’s peak and the quiet transition toward autumn.

✨ Best viewed after sunset, far from city lights.
📸 Capture the moment. Reflect. Reconnect with the natural world.