Living Mindfully

11/02/2021

Looking forward to this 🧘‍♀️⭐️🥰

🌺 N A T U R A L L Y W I L D 🌺
Be wild and free in this practice of a slow, steady rhythmic yoga flow.
Practice with me on Saturday 27th of February at 10am.
Together we'll develop a practice full of flow and rich in sensation.
Discover a path with techniques to assist you in growing more fluid and more graceful.
This 90 minute class will be a delicious morning of meditation, intention and intelligently sequenced innovative flow.
Date: Saturday 27th Feb.
Time: 10 - 11.30
Price: €10
Extra: Recording will be available for one week.

Link to book is in the bio.
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10/12/2020

Mindful meditation has been a boost for my own energy levels. A mind that is constantly thinking and ruminating (and we often have the same thoughts over and over) is a real "energysuck". Simply sitting and resting in awareness of body and mind is enough to allow breath and mind to slow down. I notice I have more energy and clarity throughout the day after a practice. This article is from my blog on imindtraining.com

Create a life that is energising, loving and patient. When we spend time in rumination, worrying about the future and worrying about the past it is so incredibly draining. It drains our energy, our time, our resources, our relationships. It can be unnecessary and wasteful. Do you spend a lot of time...

19/09/2020

Sad news and a great loss to the community

It is with great regret that we announce that the Emmaus Centre is closing as a result of Covid-19. Full statement here: https://bit.ly/2H2ajTj

13/05/2020

Loving this Wed evening class ❤️❤️❤️

Susie is a qualified teacher of Yoga, Pilates and Barre and has been teaching for over ten years. Susie’s classes are taught with an emphasis on the breath, deliciously blending the flow of movement through the inhale and exhale of life. She opens your practice to the most unique expression of you...

25/04/2020

Amazing teacher Susie yoga and Pilates ❤️

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Tomorrow mornings practice is full of multi directional delight!
This practice is designed to replicate a circular pattern and to slip slowly through the asanas like honey moving through your hands. Sink and slink deeply into a creative flow and be fully immersed into the experience. It's easy to see why this style resonates so naturally with people. And it's one if my favourites.
Mandala Flow.
Link to book is http://www.eventbrite.com/o/susie-murray-13444787296

12/04/2020

Why not join my colleagues and myself daily at 9am and 9pm online for 30 minutes of mindfulness practice? Simply click on the links on www.mtai.ie. No previous experience is necessary, this is free and open to everyone.🙏

21/03/2020

The amazing Susie Murray yoga and Pilates brings yoga to your home via an online class at 10am

The structure of our day to day life has temporarily changed and at times there can be a some confusion and fear amongst us. In an attempt to continue working and continuing practicing with my students I am taking that oh so fearful step every yoga teacher (or so it would appear) quivers at.....tech...

24/02/2020

A healthful week of food yoga and hiking in beautiful Chamonix with Susie Murray Yoga & Pilates

29/08/2019

WHEN I AM AMONG TREES by Mary Oliver

When I am among the trees,
especially the willows and the honey locust,
equally the beech, the oaks, and the pines,
they give off such hints of gladness.

I would almost say that they save me, and daily.
I am so distant from the hope of myself,
in which I have goodness, and discernment,
and never hurry through the world
but walk slowly, and bow often.
Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, “Stay awhile.”

The light flows from their branches.
And they call again, “It’s simple,”
they say, “and you, too, have come
into the world to do this, to go easy,
to be filled with light, and to shine.”

14/08/2019

24/06/2019

Midsummer Mindfulness Feast: Mindfully Cooking, Eating, Walking:
www.passaddhi.com

An annual retreat in silence and with daily meditation is not only part of my continuing professional development as a mindfulness teacher but a transforming experience that really helps me to slow down, gain insight and come back to my everyday life with a fresh perspective. Having put my phone away for the 5 days made me really realise how dependent I am on it at home. It has become such habit to pick it up every time I feel a hint of boredom.

Today I am toying with leaving it aside and arranging a time later this evening to consult with it on the various arrangements I need to make. I feel freer and yes, occasionally bored but am allowing that feeling to come and go. It’s part of life.

Another important aspect was the sitting in silence. I also realised I am squeezing a daily meditation into my day. Today however I made it my priority and sat for 25 minutes before breakfast. The silence is gorgeous, despite my busy mind and the various physical discomforts that distract me I kept coming back to silence and enjoying glimpses of quiet. It is a nourishment for the mind and the heart and even the physical body as the tension in my shoulders eases.

Breakfast was another affair. As part of the retreat was conscious cooking I took time with breakfast and feel a deep appreciation for where the food has come from and the many hands that harvested and delivered it. Being honest food can be a quick affair when the kids are starving and making it on time to activities can be an issue. At least 1 meal a day - breakfast or dinner - can be taken in a slow and appreciative way concentration on the flavour, texture, cooking smells and understanding the way in which we nourish ourselves.

Finally "Loving Kindness Meditation"can be difficult to navigate. It is a rare day that I congratulate myself on what I have done. Much easier to make a list of the things I haven’t done and what is not quite right. It’s part of our negativity bias. We are hugely critical of ourselves but with the seed of kindness planted, the practice grows.

It is so much needed amongst our children. So many teens particularly young girls just don’t like themselves, Image becomes such an issue and they are quite self critical. Catching kids early and teaching "Loving Kindness Meditation" is a fascinating experience. The love and warmth that can arise in this practice comes much more quickly in children. It is a good time to start with them as they can reinforce and strengthen these feelings through the practice which can sustain them through those difficult teen years.

It is really easy!

Spend a few minutes quietly sitting each morning

Eat one meal every day slowly and in appreciation

Place your hand on your heart every day and say

“May I be well, may I be happy, may I be peaceful”

Thats all!

Metta,

Donna

07/06/2019

Ways to slow down this weekend! The beautiful music composed by Max Richter

Album: Sleep http://www.maxrichtermusic.com/ Art by Susanna Majuri

26/04/2019

The breath is our guide. It can let us know when we are feeling agitated or under pressure. Take time to get in contact with the breath. Sitting quietly gives us an opportunity to do this. Just observing each breath. Allowing it to find its own path, its own length. Try not to control the process. The breath knows its own way and the body and mind comes back to a place of calm and balance.

27/03/2019

26/03/2019

Oftentimes we use a harsh inner voice to motivate ourselves. Try using a voice that is both gentle and encouraging. You can still get done what needs doing but with less harshness. Practicing gratitude and appreciating all your efforts and those of others brings that sense of accomplishment and joy.
Simple and beautiful!