Category: Mind

The Power of Playfulness ~ A New Way of Meeting Life

Mind
Emilio Mercuriali
2025-04-29

There’s a quiet courage in being playful – because to be truly playful means showing up as we are, spontaneously, without hiding behind self-judgment. As children, playfulness was simply the way we met the world. We explored without hesitation, acted without self-consciousness, and learned through wonder rather than fear. Over time, as life shaped us, […]

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Peter Harper ~ Mandali Insight Questionnaire

Mind
Peter Harper
2025-04-11

In stillness, truth speaks. Through our new “Beyond the Surface – an Insight Questionnaire”, we invite the voices of our Mandali community to echo what’s most real. This time, we turn to Peter Harper—The Drunken Monk—whose words remind us that gentleness can be revolutionary, and silence, a doorway.Here, he reflects on life, self, and the […]

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A Method to Integrate Your Meditation Practice into Your Digital Life

Mind
Jonathan Garner
2025-03-07

A confession It’s 2015 and I’m half-way through the meditation retreat that I attend each year in southern France. The sun is beating down outside, and the large group of practitioners are gathered in the relative cool inside the shrine room. Only I’m not with them. Instead, I’m locked in a toilet cubicle and glued […]

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The Path of Love: A Transformative Journey to Your True Self

Mind
Abigail Iquo Isuo Rafia Morgan
2025-01-29

Path of Love is a 7-day immersive experience of deep inner work. It is a transformative journey designed to strip away the masks we wear and reveal the essence of who we truly are. Since its creation 30 years ago, the process has remained fundamentally the same while continually evolving to meet the needs of […]

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Some Ideas on How to Continue after a Retreat

Mind
Steve Cope
2025-01-11

At the end of a retreat I am often asked how to continue a regular meditation practice once we get home. Usually, on a retreat everyone is meditating together at the same time and everything is laid out for us making it easy do the meditation. It can sometimes feel harder not to practise! When […]

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Wholeness in Healing – Meet the Teachers

Mind
Gijs Fermie Mario Santoni
2024-08-05

What happens when two traditions merge into a one-of-a-kind retreat? At Mandali, we value diversity in lineages, teaching styles, and practices, so, when two of our beloved in-house teachers decided to bring their teachings together, it felt like a cosmic cocktail. This collaboration birthed the Wholeness in Healing retreat, blending QiGong, KumNye (Tibetan Yoga), and Breathwork.  […]

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Higher Frequencies

Mind
Juno Burger
2024-07-08

Dr. David Hawkins created the consciousness scale, a framework for understanding human emotions and behaviour based on their energy levels and frequency. Each level on the scale represents a different state of consciousness, accompanied by various emotions, thoughts, and behaviours. The scale ranges from 0 to 1000, with 0 being the lowest level of consciousness […]

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Interview: The Power of Will ~ with Emilio Mercuriali

Mind
Emilio Mercuriali
2024-02-16

Emilio, what is it about the work you teach that inspires you in your day-to-day? What truly inspires me daily about the work I teach is its transformative power in continuously revealing and challenging my own patterns and behaviours. This process brings into sharp focus the contrast between these habitual patterns and the deeper, more […]

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When Did I Become So Boring? Finding the Spontaneous You

Mind
Emilio Mercuriali
2023-11-05

Have you recently wondered, “When did I start being so boring?” It’s a question that creeps into our minds from time to time, and it’s worth exploring. What’s your secret daydream? That one thing you’ve always wanted to do, but you’ve kept safely tucked away, hidden from the world. Perhaps it’s dancing in public just […]

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How To Learn Telling Your Truth Even When It Feels Hard?

Mind
2022-04-26

Have you ever heard of Satya – the yogic practice of Truthfulness? Imagine yourself coming home after a nice shopping day. You just spent 300$ on some gorgeous boots and you feel a bit guilty, but hey, it’s been a while since you treated yourself and so what, money needs to flow, right? Your partner […]

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