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Blissful Rain

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Written by Adam Dacey
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Protected: Meditation 1to1

Posted by Mind Space in NEWS on Apr 26th, 2012 | Comments Off

Create Mind Space leading up to the 2012 Olympics

Posted by Mind Space in Articles, NEWS on Apr 18th, 2012 | No Comments

#100Days to Go until the Olympics comes to our little island

To mark this day I have written 100 meditation tips to share, inspire & guide people from around the world to practice meditation.

Each day a new tip (with commentary) will be shared leading up to the Opening Ceremony.
The day of the Opening Ceremony we will launch an e-book with all the tips/points, instructions & guided meditations.

What contemplations/tips would you share with someone who is new to meditation?

The first tip was given on April 18th 2012.
You can discover all the Meditation Tips on our Tumblr page here.

Meditation Workshops at The Public in West Bromwich, Sandwell

Posted by Mind Space in NEWS on Apr 4th, 2012 | No Comments

Mind Space in partnership with The Public, Sandwell Council and Transcendence Yoga will be offering a series of unique workshops:

An Introduction to Meditation and Yoga with Adam Dacey & Gary Tranter

Pick up a life enhancing technique in 3 hours

Workshops suitable for absolute beginners with no experience – everyone welcome!

Meditation and Yoga – the Good Stuff

smile more
reduce stress
increase flexibility
be more calm
lower blood pressure
overcome anxiety
increase positivity

Each workshop is from 10am-1pm taking place at The Public, New Street, West Bromwich, B70 7PG
Book your place here!
Each workshops cost £20 if you can get your hand on a pink ticket you can get in for only £15!
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Saturday 29th September: 10-1pm

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Beginners Workshop: An Introduction to Meditation & Yoga
Saturday 10th November: 10-1pm

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Beginners Workshop: An Introduction to Meditation & Yoga
Saturday 1st December: 10-1pm

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300,000 listens to our Online Meditations!

Posted by Mind Space in NEWS on Mar 31st, 2012 | Comments Off

Today we have reached 300,000 listens to our Online Meditations – thanks for taking part
In March 2012 we connected with people in 130 different countries!

April News

Posted by Mind Space in NEWS on Mar 30th, 2012 | Comments Off

Dear friends

Hope you have all had a good week thus far!

Wherever you live in the world if you are the 300,000th person to listen to our meditations on YouTube you will be sent by snail mail a Double Meditation CD with 6′ 15 minute Guided Meditations, a copy of the interactive e-book ‘The Elevator Mind’ and a Chocolate Easter Egg!

Its going to be the early side of this weekend. As soon as you watch let us know its you and your address & you will receive a parcel in the post – be quick though!

We have currently been busy with the help of Echkard and Carla translating the Mind Space Meditations into the & German & Spanish languages. Forward them to anyone you know who speaks the lingo.

Anyone who books for any of our workshops is now entitled to a free 7 Day pass at any DSC gym in the country.
Book and let us know your interested. We have a Free Talk coming up and a new series of classes in various locations around the West Midlands entitled Wake up Smiling- Meditation, Mindfulness & Positive Thinking.Next upcoming Saturday workshop is Sleep Well: An Introduction to Meditation & Yoga at the beautiful Bantock Park

We are working with more and more organizations. Check them out here. offering presentations, training sessions and tools for creating Mind Space with Meditation. So if you work for a company, school, enterprise then consider having an inspirational talk to your staff, students, colleagues and get in touch

Finally check out the latest articles & research about Meditation here.

Have a beautiful weekend

Adam
Mind Space

Let your Hero out!

Posted by Mind Space in Articles, NEWS on Mar 27th, 2012 | No Comments

There is an advert at the moment which talks about ‘letting your hero out.’

It made me laugh when I watched it.
I started to think about the concept of hero.

The advert was for a new computer game which recreates a war scenario.
Like many computer games it involves shooting and killing someone.
The word hero is often used for those who are prepared to ‘give up’ their lives for a cause.
Fair enough; but the process of giving up their life often involves taking another life.

Perhaps from a distance the other life which they are taking appears to lack the value of the heroes…is one persons life worth more than another?

A great Indian saint by the name of Shantideva made the point in one of his poems that a real hero is someone who is conquering the inner foe of negativity.
An important statement which is worth contemplating.

Firstly lets take a look at where our problems come from.

It appears as though they come from outside of us & we are innocent bystanders subjected to difficulties as they arise.

A traffic jam for example…

Is the reason why we feel agitated because we are delayed in our journey?
On the surface this may seem to be the case.
The traffic jam is the cause of our frustration if it wasn’t there then there would be no frustration in the mind.
Take a closer look the real cause of frustration is the response in the mind to the obstruction, not the journey itself.
If there was no frustration in the mind then there would be no problem.

Where does a problem come from – within or without?
This one point is worth dwelling on in meditation.

If we can recognize that the problems and issues that we experience in our life come from our mind then we are empowered to solve the problem.

Our education and the tone of the media and prominent voices in our society lead us in a different direction. Generally we tend to view the external situation as the problem and turn to an external action as the solution.
To run around doing stuff to try to solve our problem.

The Quakers have a saying where they say: ‘Don’t just do something sit there.’

I love this statement as there is so much that we can learn from it.
Sitting there and changing our mind is the most radical action we can engage in, as this will change our experience on a deep level.
Changing and moving around external conditions is simply glossing over the issue.

So what does it mean to be a hero according to Shantideva.
To simple change the mind.
This does not require us to pick up a weapon and travel somewhere.
It simply requires us to take a gently look into our mind and distinguish those states of mind that are beneficial and those that are not.
Then begin to reduce the power of the negative states of mind.

How is this done. The first step is to recognize negative states of mind for what they are. Clouds passing through the sky of our mind. Begin to recognize the mind that blames others for our frustrations.

Changing our mind is a powerful action for world peace and will lead to a transformation of our experience.

Written by Adam Dacey
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