Author Archives: Sandra Delemare

It was six o’clock in the morning. I could hear the wind whistling outside and rattling against the windows. I got out of bed and pulled back the curtains. There was the moon, but it was the … Source: Waking … Continue reading →

I have just uploaded a new video on Mindful Relationships: our relationship with our own self; our relationship with others, creation and God. You can find it on You Tube and here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZELh-EMQBg8

I have been staying at Clowance Estate in Cornwall, where there has been a mansion house since 1380. Some of the original features are still there like a silt trap. This silt trap is a small pond into which a…

Originally posted on Learning From the Saints:
Today’s post is about a protection prayer from the Celtic Christian tradition.  The Celtic Church developed differently than the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches, mainly because of their distance from the central locations…

Originally posted on Faith on the Fringe:
If you’re a Christian who thinks the Christmas season ended on Dec. 25, then you’re already a casualty of the ‘war on Christmas,’ and you don’t even know it. In the United States,…

Originally posted on Beloved of the Broken Heart:
The first time I saw this picture, I found it repulsive and bleak.  The colors are dark; the figures a bit depressing.  This painting is the work of Sieger Köder, a German…

Originally posted on MMM… Meditation, Mental health, Mindful crochet:
This is a presentation I made at a Mindfulness Conference in spring 2011 – it has links to some useful resources: Delamares MINDFULNESS PRESENTATION SOUTHAMPTON 2011 In the audience were my consultant psychiatrist…

I am at Hayes Conference Centre for the @RetreatsUK retreat. The centre has a beautiful pond where you can watch little fish swimming, being still, moving, suddenly startled… I’ve recorded one minute of this on video. If you are stuck…