Skip to content

this body

the sensation of life

  • Home
  • A blessing: To you
  • About
    • About me
    • Why “this body”?
    • Spiritual Direction
    • Training
    • Supervision
    • What is spirituality?
    • Personal Experiences
  • Guided Prayer
  • Newsletters
  • Resources
    • Archive
      • Archive
      • Posts by date
      • Posts by name
      • Categories
      • Tags
    • Documents
    • Inspiration
    • The Cloud of Unknowing
    • The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius
    • On Cleaving to God
  • Donate
  • Subscribe
  • Contact
  • Subscriber Area

Tag: cathedral

Lost and found

Durham Cathedral

I went to Durham Cathedral recently with a friend and my daughters. I don’t remember having been before. I’m not much of a visitor of buildings. I’m happier in the woods or by the river. Nevertheless, I liked the space, its age, the beautifully carved columns, the heft. At the east end, there is a … Continue reading Lost and found →

Julian Maddock Prayer, Spiritual Direction 2 Comments 15 August 202114 August 2021

Praying Together

Since the first lockdown, I have been leading online prayer every week. I invite you to these prayer times on Zoom at 8.30 am every Monday and Wednesday. For more information, read “Praying together”.
Julian

Julian Maddock

Julian in hoodie with blue DM's

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.

Read more…

Popular Posts

  • Audio Prayer for sleep 6.9k views | posted on 05/04/2020
  • To you 3.6k views | posted on 11/04/2016
  • Praying together 3k views | posted on 01/01/2021
  • What is the sensation of prayer? 10 steps to knowing God 2.4k views | posted on 08/09/2014
  • Audio Prayer: Presence, Gratitude, and Kindness 2.3k views | posted on 12/04/2020
  • Audio Prayer: Simple opening to God’s presence 2.3k views | posted on 29/03/2020
  • The Age of Feuillton 1.9k views | posted on 17/10/2014
  • Audio prayer: What do you desire? 1.5k views | posted on 17/05/2020
  • Ignatian Scaffolding 1.4k views | posted on 07/08/2021
  • Thomas and Friends 1.2k views | posted on 30/05/2008
  • It’s only your imagination 1.2k views | posted on 01/03/2021
  • The only 3 prayers you need 1.2k views | posted on 26/05/2019
  • 8 ways to be with thoughts in prayer 1.1k views | posted on 22/10/2021
  • Eugene Peterson: quotes from The Contemplative Pastor 1k views | posted on 29/01/2010
  • There is no one but us 1k views | posted on 26/12/2021
  • Audio Prayer: Review of the day 1k views | posted on 24/04/2020
  • A letter to three faith leaders 1k views | posted on 25/10/2021
  • How to experience God 0.9k views | posted on 12/06/2016
  • Coming Out 0.9k views | posted on 20/08/2024
  • Thoughts in a time of plague 0.9k views | posted on 07/05/2020
  • Thomas Merton’s life without care 892 views | posted on 23/05/2019
  • Lost and found 864 views | posted on 15/08/2021
  • Spiritual direction at the end of the world (1) 841 views | posted on 10/01/2021
  • Only basic goodness gives life to technique 813 views | posted on 29/10/2021
  • Lass auch Dir die Brust bewegen, Liebchen, höre mich! 809 views | posted on 07/03/2021
  • For 780 views | posted on 30/03/2018
  • Retreat Day: Lent in lockdown 780 views | posted on 28/01/2021
  • Coterminous 747 views | posted on 05/05/2021
  • Starting at the bottom 736 views | posted on 11/09/2013
  • Spiritual direction at the end of the world (4) 707 views | posted on 13/01/2021
  • Retreat Day: “What do You want me to do?” 700 views | posted on 03/08/2021
  • Retreat days for Advent 695 views | posted on 05/11/2021
  • The Miracle of Being Nothing 683 views | posted on 01/07/2013
  • One needful Lenten discipline 666 views | posted on 10/03/2023
  • I am Trump 662 views | posted on 03/02/2017
  • The Discontents of Empire (III) 661 views | posted on 26/02/2017
  • Holy the Firm 646 views | posted on 11/05/2020
  • What shall we do? 631 views | posted on 20/10/2019
  • But when he came to himself 628 views | posted on 30/09/2020
  • Embattled, not embittered 626 views | posted on 14/02/2016
  • Are we there yet? 588 views | posted on 10/02/2019
  • Where to start? 573 views | posted on 21/02/2012
  • Michael Maddock, RIP 561 views | posted on 05/04/2010
  • Journalling Bible 555 views | posted on 19/02/2017
  • Retreat Day: Coming Home 531 views | posted on 06/05/2021
  • Prayer of St Manchan 529 views | posted on 16/08/2014
  • Middle-class spiritual direction 517 views | posted on 02/12/2016
  • Sit! 517 views | posted on 23/09/2013
  • Relax! 491 views | posted on 09/12/2013
  • Feeling into this body 490 views | posted on 22/10/2010
  • An affirming source (6): Empowered 488 views | posted on 05/05/2019
  • God’s fragile ego 474 views | posted on 09/12/2019
  • Audio Prayer: Revisiting a God moment 473 views | posted on 19/04/2020
  • Disclosure II 471 views | posted on 11/09/2024
  • Appledore 463 views | posted on 07/05/2018
  • Audio prayer featured on Insight Timer 461 views | posted on 14/05/2020
  • Starting at the bottom (part 2) 449 views | posted on 15/09/2013
  • The Kingdom of Heaven 444 views | posted on 28/05/2018
  • The gifts and the giver 439 views | posted on 30/11/2024
  • Oasis Day: Journey into Lent 439 views | posted on 01/02/2022
  • Finding depth 436 views | posted on 16/06/2019
  • Repetition 432 views | posted on 17/01/2016
  • Negative Capability 431 views | posted on 15/02/2025
  • Spiritual direction at the end of the world (2) 417 views | posted on 11/01/2021
  • The shift 417 views | posted on 01/07/2018
  • Annunciation 417 views | posted on 15/12/2019
  • To care and not to care 405 views | posted on 20/01/2019
  • Spiritual direction at the end of the world (3) 403 views | posted on 12/01/2021
  • Vastness, presence and meaning 398 views | posted on 09/03/2015
  • Retreat day: Coming home (last call) 396 views | posted on 07/06/2021
  • A training day for Guildford spiritual directors 396 views | posted on 24/11/2020
  • 11 Ways of Dealing with Anxiety:
    1. Breathe
    389 views | posted on 13/05/2013
  • Salvation 388 views | posted on 17/06/2018
  • When prayer stops working 385 views | posted on 01/12/2019
  • An affirming source (5): Relationship 383 views | posted on 28/04/2019
  • Desert 382 views | posted on 03/02/2019
  • You 380 views | posted on 13/10/2014
  • Audio Prayer: Review of the day++ 377 views | posted on 29/04/2020
  • An affirming source (1): an alien will 376 views | posted on 07/03/2019
  • An affirming source (3): Yielding 372 views | posted on 14/03/2019
  • How sophisticated are you? 369 views | posted on 09/10/2016
  • Preemptive strikes upon the Divine 361 views | posted on 03/11/2019
  • What’s eating away at you? 351 views | posted on 30/12/2016
  • Training day for spiritual directors 351 views | posted on 10/05/2019
  • 11 Ways of Dealing with Anxiety:
    9. Identifying fallacious reasoning
    340 views | posted on 10/09/2013
  • Mercy 335 views | posted on 08/06/2017
  • Distraction 327 views | posted on 10/11/2019
  • An affirming source (2): Emancipation 326 views | posted on 08/03/2019
  • Disclosure I 317 views | posted on 28/08/2024
  • Camas Lilies 315 views | posted on 19/05/2018
  • Choosing Joy 308 views | posted on 15/06/2026
  • … and joy 308 views | posted on 22/04/2020
  • A training day in Gloucester for spiritual directors 306 views | posted on 17/10/2019
  • The Discontents of Empire (I) 301 views | posted on 05/02/2017
  • The naked night 300 views | posted on 18/09/2016
  • Clinging to the Invisible God 292 views | posted on 13/04/2017
  • An affirming source: Inter-mission 291 views | posted on 14/04/2019
  • To live or to recount 286 views | posted on 17/08/2016
  • The Discontents of Empire (IV) 285 views | posted on 19/03/2017
  • Retreat Day: last call 284 views | posted on 15/02/2021

Subscribe

  • Advance notice of events
  • Access to longer pieces of writing
  • Notifications of new posts
  • Occasional newsletters

Now on Insight Timer!

Insight Timer

Insight Timer is the #1 free app for meditation, sleep, anxiety and stress.

Find me on Insight Timer

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

Copyright

Feel free to share any of this material with others, but please say where you got it from and point people at this website. Thank you.

© 2005–2026 · Julian Maddock

Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Independent Publisher 2 by Raam Dev.