• This week in focus: Reflections on Meditation

• Meditation
Retreat-Workshops: May 15-17 at Ikigai (Yanchep)
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• TAROT
2026 WA Tarot Conference - extract of my presentation
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Aligning Mind Body and Soul - Russell Sturgess
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The development of meditation requires the apparent incongruent paradox of willed effort and relaxed surrender and, initially at times uncomfortable directed attention or aware-state. Perhaps there is here a similarity to falling in love: there can be awkwardness, a desire to be soooo present, yet also a little anxious about what will unfold: the state still unknown that is simultaneously already deeply longed for and deeply known. I suspect that this is why many mystical traditions speak in language ever so reminiscent of love’s longing for the beloved.

In the meditative state, it is the merging within oneself, a contentment of simply being in the present, in flow, in the eternal zone of non-movement.

So how does one go about meditating? There is more than one answer. Begin by taking one preliminary step towards being attentive and aware of both breath and body posture, then bringing presence of mind to observing one’s immediate surrounding as presented to us from our senses….

There are of course various techniques that have developed and accumulated over centuries within various traditions - and these have numerous overlaps across the world.

There is also the presence of willed effort to establish a regular daily practice of (initially and perhaps lasting a long time) 12-15 minutes. It is this simple effort whose results will often be noticed first by those around us as our neurological makeup, our circulatory system, and especially our responses begin to significantly change; our insights, confidence, and care grow; and our quality of inner life begins afresh its blossoming journey.

3 places left! 15-17 May Meditation workshop-retreat.

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Text: Umberco Eco’s The Island of the Day Before

…you may join even as we have already begun.

9:30 – 11:30 BOOK – Umberto Eco The Island of the Day Before
12:30 – 2:30 ART – focussed on Geometry and Geography

Please note that the you will need to read (or listen) to approximately 50 pages per week. It is NOT expected that all words are understood - especially as the author is purposefully seeking (at times) to bamboozle and play.

You will also need, for the geometry, around 2-3 A3 (or 6 A4) sheets of thin cardboard (around 270-300 gsm paper), and a drawing book. We will be constructing a cube-dodecahedral inversion solid, as well as drawing geography directly or indirectly arising from the novel.

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Meditation climaxes in a transformed conscious experience leading to mystical union or what is called Samadhi in the Eastern tradition. Tarot shows a path towards this metamorphosis of consciousness.

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Personal Development has traditionally focussed on spiritual formation. In the manner that I work, I include practices inclusive of imagery and meditation. If you are interested in finding out more, please be in contact.

Following an initial consultation, deepening work requires commitment for a once-a-month meeting for either 6 or 12 months (renewable if desired).

Click here for more details in pdf form.

30 minute extract from my presentation at the March 2026 WA Tarot Conference - focus: III the Empress

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