Writing and Talks

In case you haven’t noticed, it’s a new year (or it will be soon for the lunar calendar devotees). The question I’m asking myself now: What am I taking refuge in? Refuge here means what I trust in, what I… Continue reading Taking refuge in compassion and wisdom

We can practise noting “feeling states” in order to be more consciously aware of what is arising and to be able to put into language the present moment experience so that it can be picked up on by others. In this practice the term “feeling state” covers emotion (anger, sadness, joy), mind states (boredom, curiosity), and also the sensory experience in the body that I have that co-arises with emotion or mind states (when feeling anger I feel warm in the face and tension in my arms and hands, or when I notice a mind state of curiosity there’s a lightness in the chest and head). The emotion, mind state, or sensation are all equally valid doorways to knowing what is present for you in that moment.

~4 minute read I’ve just left a Zoom call for a self-organised online meditation group and I’m buzzing with an open tenderness. It’s a small group, four of us chatting tonight for an hour. We take it in turns to… Continue reading Sangha is the most important dimension of meditation

Upcoming events in Sydney! Day of Practice Sunday 5 October 2025, 9:00 am – 5:00 pmBuddhist Library, Camperdown, Sydney The opportunity to go on retreat is special. To have the time and space to focus on practice is an amazing… Continue reading In-Person Events

~6 minute read, 1100 words I’m trudging along, hauling my wheelie suitcase down an unsealed bitumen road that leads to the S.N. Goenka Vipassanā Retreat Centre. I’m about to do my first silent meditation retreat and I’m incredibly nervous. I’ve… Continue reading A Vipassanā Story