meditation

One of the first yoga teachers I had gave me a lovely tip for meditation. It stuck with me and is something I've used on a regular basis ever since so I thought I would share.

Put on one of your favorite tunes then simply sit and listen to it fully, without distraction. See if you can focus your attention on the centre of every single note.

I've been told this works just as well if you are playing the instrument yourself. I wouldn't trust it with my shakey rendition of chopsticks on the piano though...

This is what I used today.

Repetition

mesmerising!

Another thing i wanted to tell you....

I loved this story from Chan Marshall in Another Magazine this quarter...

"I was in Morocco recently, in this place called Skoura, near Ouarzazate, which is the big capital for trade. You know, carpets and shit. They are all sitting in my closet because i thought my life would be different when i got back. A lot of the carpets have this stitching, these hand made symbols: mountains, water, family, images and shapes to represent day-to-day things.

A recurring theme is this particular stitching, sometimes all the way around the carpet and sometime here or there. And the dude was telling me, it basically means: today a good day, tomorrow a bad day, the next day a good day. It's just life. It's to be expected. The only way to live is the way you think you should. You need to not be shitty just beacuse life is shitty. You have to say that if five fingers are cut off, you've still got another five."

Sage advice!

(image from here)

Sunday Tune

Recommended listen

I LOVE Cat Power and her new album SUN is puuuurrrrrffffeeecct stretching music.

The Guardian has a free album stream here if you fancy a listen. Enjoy!