Simple ways to incorporate meditation into your daily life

By Joanna BartlettMay 17, 2019May 22, 2019 Development, Meditation learning, meditating, meditation 1 Comment

Meditation comes in many forms and varieties. But all its many paths lead to the same place – inner knowing, access to our wisdom and the ability to focus (and re-focus) our minds. Plus meditation has a host of physical and psychological benefits, including reduced anxiety and blood pressure, improved mood, memory and immune response,…

8 tips for starting a regular meditation habit

By Joanna BartlettApril 15, 2019April 26, 2019 Meditation meditation

Are you trying to get into a good meditation habit? Here are 8 tips to help you on your way.

Book review: The Art of Communicating – learn to speak with compassion and kindness

By Joanna BartlettApril 10, 2019April 10, 2019 Meditation, Spiritual development compassion, meditation, mindfulness

I picked up the Art of Communicating by Thich Nhat Hanh at a little bookstore in Manzanita, Oregon, while I was on holiday. It called out to me. So I took it home. It took me a while to actually start reading it. (I have a massive pile of non-fiction, yet can’t seem to stop…

Mindfulness: slowing down with mindful eating

By Joanna BartlettDecember 24, 2018December 24, 2018 Meditation intuitive development, intuitive senses, meditation, mindful eating, mindfulness

How often do you really taste your food? When it’s time for dinner, do you slow down, sit down and enjoy each bite or do you shovel it in so you can get onto the next thing in your packed day? I’m personally guilty of being on my phone or absorbed into a book when…

Tips for not getting interrupted during your meditation time

By Joanna BartlettDecember 13, 2018December 13, 2018 Meditation meditation

Making time for regular meditation is hard enough without being interrupted in the middle of it. Interruptions when you’re in a meditative state hurt. Not just in the sense that you might feel actual pain in being pulled back to reality before you’re ready, but in that it can prevent you from developing a steady…

Why meditation is vital for your spiritual development

By Joanna BartlettNovember 1, 2018November 6, 2018 Development, Meditation meditation, online classes, spiritual development

When I first began studying Spiritualism, one of the first things I learned was the purpose of meditation is to “know thyself.” I honestly didn’t get it. I know myself, I thought. I’m Joanna. I’ve been living with myself my whole life. But I didn’t really. I knew a shallow layer of myself, the one…

Meditation methods: Mindful listening

By Joanna BartlettSeptember 4, 2018 Meditation meditation, mindful listening, mindfulness

One of the things I love about mindfulness practice is that you can bring it to so many areas of your everyday life. In fact, practicing mindfulness during those every day moments makes the practice deeper and stronger than if you try to keep it just for your specific meditation time. What mindfulness does it…

7 tips for staying grounded in uncertain times

By Joanna BartlettJanuary 31, 2017 Intuition, Meditation empath, grounding, intention, intuition, learning, meditation

For anyone who’s sensitive — to energy, to emotions, to the vibe of the world — these last few months have been pretty rough. When you’re an empath and you absorb the energy and emotions of the people around you, it can be easy to get swept away in a tide of feeling, or feel static-y and…

Loving kindness meditation

By Joanna BartlettNovember 9, 2016August 7, 2018 Meditation books, compassion, intuition, intuitive development, learning, meditation, mediumship development, psychic development, unfolding 2 Comments

One of the things I really like about loving kindness meditation is its practice of compassion. You need compassion—for others and for yourself. Sit in your usual meditation posture. Take three deep breaths, fully inhaling and exhaling. If you like, you can let out your exhales with a big sigh, an audible “aahhhhh!” Allow your…

Meditation methods: what to think while you breathe

By Joanna BartlettJune 28, 2016August 7, 2018 Meditation development, intuition, intuitive development, meditating, meditation, psychic development

The idealized image of meditation is a person sitting crossed legged with their hands resting palms up on their knees, thumb and forefinger making a circle. They sit, straight but relaxed, a look of serenity and enlightenment on their face as their conscious mind lets go and floats in the heavens with the angels, gods…