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First Steps in Prayer

Introduction
God
Prayer
Just do it
Resistance

I offer spiritual direction, training, and supervision. I am also a writer. I am based in Upper Teesdale, Co. Durham and (occasionally) West London.

Through kindly attention to the sensations of this body you can connect into a process of ever-deepening immersion into the reality of God at the heart of life.

I write here primarily about:

God, and how to foster your relationship with God;
prayer, and how to pray; and
how attending to this body is prayer and a way to be present in the Presence.

Popular Posts

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For 516 views | posted on 30/03/2018
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Are we there yet? 441 views | posted on 10/02/2019
Retreat Day: Coming Home 437 views | posted on 06/05/2021
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The shift 327 views | posted on 01/07/2018
Appledore 325 views | posted on 07/05/2018
God’s fragile ego 313 views | posted on 09/12/2019
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How sophisticated are you? 267 views | posted on 09/10/2016
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… and joy 235 views | posted on 22/04/2020
Camas Lilies 227 views | posted on 19/05/2018
An affirming source (1): an alien will 227 views | posted on 07/03/2019
A training day in Gloucester for spiritual directors 227 views | posted on 17/10/2019
To live or to recount 224 views | posted on 17/08/2016
Clinging to the Invisible God 220 views | posted on 13/04/2017
11 Ways of Dealing with Anxiety: 9. Identifying fallacious reasoning 215 views | posted on 10/09/2013
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To care and not to care 213 views | posted on 20/01/2019
Distraction 209 views | posted on 10/11/2019
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A beginner’s guide

These links will give you a flavour of, and a way in to, what this body is all about:

Where to start?
Sitting
Starting at the bottom
Feeling into this body
Starting at the bottom (part 2)
Relax!
What is the senation of prayer? 10 steps to knowing God
The miracle of being nothing

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