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Thin Places

In Celtic spirituality certain locations were called ‘thin places’ – the division between heaven and earth was said to be at its narrowest. Here is your opportunity to contribute to embody by sharing a description or story of your own experience of a thin place – location or event – in the comments section below. But do take some time to read the other comments first. The original collection of thin places was started on embody in 1999. The comments, which span the last 10 years have been transferred here. Please add your own below. More ...

The Power of Willow Bark on Cuttings

It's common knowledge that willow is super fertile. Cuttings stuck into the ground will grow readily. But there are ways to transfer that vigour elsewhere in the potting shed. More ...

Moodify 007

Is bad news always bad news? Here is a moodify card with lyrics to a song called The Taoist's Tale. There are loads of versions of this story and once you've figured out the pattern you can make your own up – starting with your own good or bad luck. More ...

Moodify 006

Download and print for your own use or with a group. This is an exercise in happiness + awareness. When we’re happy we normally attribute that happiness to some external cause. But happiness can also be uncovered when things are taken away. More ...

Habit Seven: Discipline

Getting up early. Keeping going when you’ve got no motivation. Delaying gratification. Not watching as much television. Keeping things simple. Studying. Forming new habits. Planning ahead. Saying no to perfectly reasonable requests. Drawing scornful comments from others. Doing some hard work. Developing depth, focus, perseverance, concentration and smiley spirituality. The mixed side effects of habit seven. More ...

Happiness For Life, 2 day Residential, August 08

Happiness For Life – The Retreat. This summer embody is running a two day happiness retreat at Scargill House in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. If you are interested in happiness and the interpersonal dynamics of positive psychology and how they help build community, productivity and creativity in leadership and in your personal life, then this course will suit you down to the ground. More ...

Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth - 10 Part Webcast on Oprah

In a conversation between a wise person and a fool, who learns the most? Who is your teacher? Who do you follow? I've learned from a few in my life, Anthony De Mello, Thomas Merton, Jesus. Vying for second place is Eckhart Tolle. Here's an opportunity to immerse yourself in his teachings for free. More ...

Foundation Bristol: Little Service: 20 Questions

This is a group exercise for pairs that'll take about 20 minutes. It is designed to get people talking and to get to know people better. Each pair has the list of questions and they take it in turns asking each other questions.  More ...

Moodify 005

How much of your thinking is on the present moment? How much is on the past or the future? Sometimes it is as though our thoughts get captured by something not present and cause us real problems. This awareness exercise gently helps. More ...

Experiential Prayer 3: Desert Prayer

Second in the series of thin place exercises from embody is desert prayer. Download the desert prayer PDF of free experiential prayer exercises and explore some of the sayings of the desert fathers and draw a sand mandala in the shape of the triquetra. Part one, mountain prayer, is available here. More ...

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