Category: Soul Gym

Jill Bolte Taylor has an “Aha” moment

What happens when the part of your brain that makes meditation so difficult switches off? Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor gives one of the most moving accounts of her own experience. One morning she had a stroke and as her brain slowly shut down she had some startling insights. 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 ...

Test: Does My Life Have Purpose?

Are you living your life on purpose? Do you know what your purpose in life is? Here's a free 2 minute test to rate your own sense of purpose. 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 ...

Seven Sayings in Finnish

A few years ago I created the seven sayings animations on rejesus.co.uk These are meditations and animations inspired from the seven last things Jesus said from the cross. Not only is it popular in the English speaking world – I've just finished the Finnish version. More ...

Foundation Bristol: Little Service: Babettes Feast

The little service has turned a corner in creativity in the last few months. New people. New ideas. This week the service was themed around the Oscar winning Babette's Feast. There are different opinions about what this film is about but it seems to boil down to grace and kindness – and daft Christians. This post explores our preparations and rituals in photos.  More ...

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