Carolyn is a Quaker and a mindfulness meditation teacher interested in ways to grow inner qualities like peace, joy and compassion.
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Approach old age with courage and hope. As far as possible, make arrangements for your care in good time, so that an undue burden does not fall on others. Although old age may bring increasing disability and loneliness, it can also bring serenity, detachment and wisdom. Pray that in your final years you may be enabled to find new ways of receiving …
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Advices and Queries 28: 1. Every stage of our lives offers fresh opportunities. Responding to divine guidance, try to discern the right time to undertake or relinquish responsibilities without undue pride or guilt. Attend to what love requires of you, which may not be great busyness. Come and explore how to "attend to what love requires of you" wit…
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1. Live adventurously. When choices arise, do you take the way that offers the fullest opportunity for the use of your gifts in the service of God and the community? Let your life speak. When decisions have to be made, are you ready to join with others in seeking clearness, asking for God’s guidance and offering counsel to one another?…
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Drop into the wisdom of the body with this short practice.Par Carolyn Baynes
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Do you recognise the needs and gifts of each member of your family and household, not forgetting your own? Try to make your home a place of loving friendship and enjoyment, where all who live or visit may find the peace and refreshment of God’s presence.This beautiful advice invites to recall to mind our needs and to "try softer" to create loving f…
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This advice and query looks so honestly at how relationships can give great joy but also be full of tensions. How do we let in the joy and allow that to nourish our lives AND explore the difficulties with discernment. Do get in touch if you would like to be a part of these podcasts on Farnham.quakermeeting.org…
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Centring Down is a term Quakers sometimes use to describe the process of "becoming still and cool in heart and mind". In this Advice and Query we explore what are the blockages to "love and stability" in our own minds; so that we can open more fully to the flow of love for children and their carers. If you would like to join one of these meetings p…
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If you would like to join these sessions live please email quakersfarnham@gmail.com, you would be very welcome. This evening explores the blockages to understanding each other in close relationships and the meaning of a religious commitment in a quaker marriage.Par Carolyn Baynes
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A Quaker’s approach to meditation; this exploration of Advices and Queries 22 explores cultivating an appreciation of diversity as well as forgiveness of ourselves and others.Par Carolyn Baynes
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Advices And Queries 21 by Carolyn BaynesPar Carolyn Baynes
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Advice and Queries 19, Rejoice in the presence of children and young people in your meeting and recognise the gifts they bring. Remember that the meeting as a whole shares a responsibility for every child in its care. Seek for them as for yourself a full development of God’s gifts and the abundant life Jesus tells us can be ours. How do you share y…
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In advices and queries (42 short quaker passages) we are invited to "take heed". What does that feel like? What would it be like to live our lives from a more heedful place. This recording done last summer has some back ground traffic noise... I invite you to take heed of the noise and let it come and go! Warm wishes Friends!…
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Take Ten Grounded, Greeted, Gathered by Carolyn BaynesPar Carolyn Baynes
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This podcast is for people interested in Quaker spirituality and centring down. We explore an Advice and Query every month. This month we open to nurture and acceptance and the power of forgiveness. To join our monthly group email quakersfarnham@gmail.comPar Carolyn Baynes
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If you are interested in developing mindfulness to support your teaching practise contact Carolyn at Mindfulfarnham.comPar Carolyn Baynes
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Quakers use the Advices and Queries to encourage reflection. In number 17 we explore the importance of wise speech and to consider "that we might be mistaken"Par Carolyn Baynes
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This wonderful Advice invites us to move past the armouring of our defences and judgements and open to the diversity that creates a healthy meeting.Par Carolyn Baynes
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If you are interested in joining these sessions please contact QuakersFarnham@gmail.com.Par Carolyn Baynes
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Mindful Eating by Carolyn BaynesPar Carolyn Baynes
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Mindful Awareness (of Hand) by Carolyn BaynesPar Carolyn Baynes
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Grounded, Greeted, Gathered by Carolyn BaynesPar Carolyn Baynes
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A beautiful grounding meditation to help us connect to our bodies.Par Carolyn Baynes
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You Are Enough by Carolyn BaynesPar Carolyn Baynes
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Rivers Of Light Take Ten by Carolyn BaynesPar Carolyn Baynes
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Take Ten Safe Space Brave Space by Carolyn BaynesPar Carolyn Baynes
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How do we become still and allow "Way to Open"?Par Carolyn Baynes
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Wintering by Carolyn BaynesPar Carolyn Baynes
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This mindfulness meditation invites us to rest deeply in awareness and remember that this is always a place available to us as a refuge or a home.Par Carolyn Baynes
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CDC 3 Meditation Holding In The Light
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This session explore Advices and Queries 13 which looks at ministry. George Fox said "What canst THOU say" How do access our inner gifts and express that in the world?Par Carolyn Baynes
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Advices And Queries 12 by Carolyn BaynesPar Carolyn Baynes
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Self care 5: The fifth meditation in our series looking at self carePar Carolyn Baynes
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Self care 5: The fifth meditation in our series looking at self carePar Carolyn Baynes
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Take Ten Body Scan Mindfulness by Carolyn BaynesPar Carolyn Baynes
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Take Ten Self Care 4 Thoughts by Carolyn BaynesPar Carolyn Baynes
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Carolyn brings "MOWS" and the Tara Brach meditation "RAIN" and fuses them for this enquiry into difficulties.Par Carolyn Baynes
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This Advice and Query invites us to include suffering as well as gratitude and joy in our experience of worship.Par Carolyn Baynes
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This beautiful Advices and Queries invites us to "yield all outer concerns"Par Carolyn Baynes
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Take Ten: Welcoming all of ourselves by Carolyn BaynesPar Carolyn Baynes
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Take Ten: You Matter! by Carolyn BaynesPar Carolyn Baynes
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Take Ten: Mini RAIN by Carolyn BaynesPar Carolyn Baynes
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Take Ten: Healing Hands by Carolyn BaynesPar Carolyn Baynes
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Take Ten: Grounded, Greeted, Gathered by Carolyn BaynesPar Carolyn Baynes
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This month explores Advices and Queries no. 8 and what is meant by "worship", what are the blockages and to worship and how worship in a group can take us deeper than private worship.Par Carolyn Baynes
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The first seven advices are grouped together. Here we explore why they are linked and how to explore them in our bodies more. This is a guided movement meditation using some of the phrases in the first seven advices and queries.Par Carolyn Baynes
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Take Ten - Why Do Mindfulness? by Carolyn BaynesPar Carolyn Baynes
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We can so easily use harsh words to speak to ourselves. When we develop self compassion we start to cultivate a kinder inner voice.Par Carolyn Baynes
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