Yoga with Lynne Bentley

10/03/2026

05/03/2026

I thought this was such a powerful, soul-stirring quote. I found it quietly challenging.

If we use this question to future-paced oursleves and peer into the future - if we imagined meeting the current version of ourselves at the end of our days would we feel proud? At peace? Whole? Real? Genuine? Loved?

It invites us to pause and gently ask:
Are the choices I’m making today leading me towards my most authentic self?
Am I creating a life that I’m contented with? Am I creating a life story that I will be content with? And not, which by the way is okay, what would I like to do, to change or do differently?

Sometimes the greatest spiritual work is about reflecting and taking stock. It’s about taking responsibility for our lives and making the decisions that take us towards alignment and becoming the best version of oursleves.

With love
Fiona
www.earthmonk.guru

05/03/2026

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21/02/2026

✨ Today is a rare moment of alignment across many spiritual traditions.

🖤 Ash Wednesday — Observed today in the Christian calendar, this day begins Lent, a 40-day period of reflection, soulful honesty, and spiritual renewal leading up to Easter. Many Christians wear ashes on their foreheads in the shape of a cross, a reminder of humility and compassion as they prepare for deeper inner work.

🧧 Chinese New Year / Lunar New Year — Celebrations are underway as communities mark the start of the Year of the Fire Horse, a time associated with courage, energy and new beginnings in many East and Southeast Asian cultures. Festivities often include family meals, lion dances, fireworks and wishes for prosperity and health in the year ahead.

🌕 Losar — Tibetan Buddhist New Year — Today also marks Losar, the first day of the year in the Tibetan calendar and the start of the Fifteen Days of Miracles, a period considered especially powerful for spiritual practice and merit-making. Families clean homes, light lamps, and gather to mark a fresh cycle of life with blessings and shared meals.

🌙 Ramadan moon sighting — While the exact start of Ramadan varies regionally, the sacred month of fasting for Muslims is beginning now in parts of the world — marked by the sighting of the new crescent moon and the intention to embark on a month of prayer, fasting from dawn to sunset, charity, and community care.

🌱 Hindu lunar observance of Chandra Darshan — In the Hindu calendar, today is noted as Chandra Darshan — the first sighting of the moon after Amavasya — considered spiritually uplifting and auspicious for new beginnings, inner calm and renewed commitment.

In essence, today invites a similar intention:

👉 Pause to reflect.
👉 Be open to renewal.
👉 Reach out to neighbours with kindness, acceptance and curiosity.

Different languages, different symbols — yet many traditions converge around heart-centred beginnings and shared humanity. May today be a reminder that, no matter our path, we are navigating life together — across cultures, beliefs and borders — with compassion as our shared guide.

Om shanti 🙏🏼

07/02/2026

JOURNEY OF THE SOUL
One of the qualities that you can develop, particularly in your older years, is a sense of great compassion for yourself. When you visit the wounds within the temple of memory, you should not blame yourself for making bad mistakes that you greatly regret. Sometimes you have grown unexpectedly through these mistakes. Frequently, in a journey of the soul, the most precious moments are the mistakes. They have brought you to a place that you would otherwise have always avoided. You should bring a compassionate mindfulness to your mistakes and wounds. Endeavor to inhabit the rhythm you were in at that time. If you visit this configuration of your soul with forgiveness in your heart, it will fall into place itself. When you forgive yourself, the inner wounds begin to heal. You come in out of the exile of hurt into the joy of inner belonging.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from the book, Anam Cara,
25th Anniversary Edition.
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/anam-cara

Dawn, County Clare, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

06/02/2026

21/12/2025

✨Today is World Meditation Day — and the darkest day of the year.

✨Here at the Dru Centre, we’ve just changed the outdoor lighting.✨💛✨
✨Thanks to a local Dark Skies project, our new lamps are softer and face downward — better for wildlife, and they let us see the stars again.

✨It feels symbolic.

✨☀️✨At this time of year, when everything around us is rushing, nature is doing the opposite. It’s turning inward. Resting. Waiting for the light to return.

✨🌟✨Meditation gives us a way to do the same.

“This night brings darkness to the spirit, although it does so in order to illumine and enlighten it.”✨🌟☀️🌟✨
—St John of the Cross

✨🌟💛Today might be a good moment to sit for a few minutes.
✨Or to ask: What do I want to train my mind to do in 2026?

✨💛✨If the answer is “go deeper,” you’re warmly invited to join our next Meditation Mastery course, starting in March — a steady, practical path for learning to calm the mind, soothe reactivity, and reconnect with your centre.

🕯️
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12/12/2025

Some poses invite us to open.
Others invite us to listen.

Paschimottanasana — the sitting forward bend — is one of those shapes that quietly gathers you back to yourself. As the spine lengthens and the belly softens toward the thighs, the whole back body begins to release. The kidneys, held safely just beneath the lower ribs, respond with a subtle sense of settling… almost like water finding its level again.

In yoga, this region of the back is linked with the water element — flow, clarity, emotional release. When we fold forward, we’re not just stretching the hamstrings; we’re giving the body a moment to let go of yesterday’s tension, to soften resistance, to return to something quieter and more grounded.

And beneath it all is a deeper invitation: to gather our energy inward rather than constantly spilling it outward. A small gesture of brahmacharya — not restraint, but a gentle choosing of what nourishes us.

This pose is a reminder that sometimes, the most powerful shifts begin in the simplest shapes.

Step-by-step
1. Sit on the floor with the legs outstretched. Lift through the crown of the head, creating space through the spine.

2. Hinge forward from the hips, allowing the body to gently curve in the upper back, neck, and head.

3. Relax in this position, lengthening through the crown of the head with each in-breath and with each exhalation, softening the whole body gently down towards the thighs. There is no stress or strain in the body.

4. Complete by uncurling up to a sitting position, allowing yourself to breathe softly for a moment or two.

If you have tight hamstrings, please place a small cushion or bolster under the knees. For many people, a small cushion or block under the hips helps to tilt the pelvis forward and allows you to rest much more deeply into the posture.

Tomorrow, we continue with weekend two of the Dru Yoga Teacher Training Course, where I'll be exploring this posture with the trainees. Wish me luck!

22/11/2025

The humming bee breath is definitely one of my favourites and has seen me through some difficult times. It's also another tool in our Yoga Toolkit for Grief. Try this any time you feel a bit wobbly...

* Sit comfortably, back tall, hands resting in your lap.
* Inhale through the nose.
* As you exhale, gently hum the breath out, keeping a steady rhythm.
* Repeat twice more, before resting in stillness and silence, which will be amplified after the vibrations of the humming.

This is such a beautiful nourishing, calming breath. Enjoy.