The Journal
Notes on a calmer life.
Writing from Sam on meditation, the nervous system, Ayurveda and the quiet work of changing how you live. Practical and grounded.
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Vedic Meditation and Affirmations: A Powerful Combination for Inner Peace and Lasting Transformation
Meditation prepares the soil. Affirmations plant the seeds. Why the two together reshape your inner narrative.
MeditationAffirmations - 4 min read
The Nature of Reality: A Quantum Perspective
How modern physics quietly echoes what meditators have known for a long time about attention, energy and reality.
Manifestation - 2 min read
Discover the Delightful and Digestive Benefits of CCF Tea
A simple Ayurvedic tea of cumin, coriander and fennel to settle digestion. How to make it, and why it works.
Ayurveda - 4 min read
Abhyanga - Self-Massage
A warm-oil self-massage that melts away tension and prepares the body for rest. A full step-by-step.
Ayurveda - 4 min read
Meditation For Parents – Finding Time To Recharge and Rebalance
Five honest reasons every parent should consider meditation, and the real places people fit it in.
MeditationParents - 2 min read
Self Pulse Technique
An old Ayurvedic practice for managing stress: learning to feel your own pulse, and what it teaches you.
Ayurveda - 1 min read
A Brief Introduction To Vedic Meditation
What Vedic meditation actually is, why it is effortless, and the benefits that come from a daily practice.
Meditation - 3 min read
Polyvagal Theory - Vagus Nerve
Why your body reacts to stress the way it does, and ten ways to bring your nervous system back to safety.
Nervous System - 3 min read
Grieving From A Meditator's Perspective
After losing his father, Sam writes on grief, and how a daily practice helped him feel it rather than flee it.
Grief