by David McRae | Oct 12, 2021 | Meditation
Meditation and Health [the following is an excerpt from my 2016 book, Freedom from stress and anxiety, chapter 3, pp 52 – 54. It is about the process of ancient meditation/mindfulness understandings becoming more widespread in the western world and now in...
by David McRae | Sep 24, 2020 | Meditation
Covid-19, the novel coronavirus, respiratory disease pandemic of 2020, seems to have also unleashed a pandemic of polarised community argument. More than argument it is rage, accusation, blame and protest. It is perhaps epitomised by what we see in the U.S.A., with...
by David McRae | Aug 7, 2020 | Meditation
While all Ages and locations on the globe have produced wise philosophers and guides who could help people with life’s problems, the Indian subcontinent, from far south to the Himalayas seems to have produced a great many. Or should I say they are the ones that...
by David McRae | Apr 6, 2020 | Meditation
Coronavirus is almost the only word on news bulletins and everybody’s lips in these early months of 2020. Followed by pandemic, ‘social distancing’ and ‘flattening the curve’. And when the daily, bulging statistics are presented,...
by David McRae | Mar 16, 2020 | Meditation
COVID-19 anxiety and panic Panic has become one of the reactions in the community to the recent spread of the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19. Toilet paper and a number of food staples have disappeared from the supermarket shelves as certain people stockpile months...
by David McRae | Oct 7, 2019 | Meditation
We do it hundreds of times each hour and many thousands per day—breathing. It’s the process of movements of our chest and diaphragm to cause air to move into and out of our lungs. Yes AIR, not oxygen; oxygen is just one bit of air. Air generally consists of...
by David McRae | Sep 29, 2019 | Meditation
First published on www.meditationaustralia.org on 18th Sept, 2019 The promise of mystical experiences attracted me when I began learning Yoga in the early 1970s. I was particularly drawn to meditation. My first serious teacher, though, discouraged my dreaming of...
by David McRae | Oct 16, 2018 | Meditation
In the previous blogpost ‘So much more than technique’ (9/10) I outlined employing the metaskill of ‘curiosity and wonder’ when meditation feels to have become stale or unsatisfying. The examples referred to ‘watching the breath’...
by David McRae | Oct 9, 2018 | Meditation
Hello reader! If you have been a reader of these blog posts in the past you’ll have noticed there have been NONE for a long time. Many personal changes, relocation from coastal NSW to central Victoria, and no home/office internet have something to do with that....
by David McRae | Feb 3, 2017 | Meditation
Widespread stress and anxiety are a hallmark of our age. Perhaps these experiences have been common to all ages but we know that massive numbers suffer with anxiety, stress-related health conditions and depression today. In my new book, Freedom from stress and...
