In life, change is our constant companion. Whilst in Burma (Myanmar) with Beth (my wife) I met a Buddhist Monk who looked about twenty. He replied "44" with a big smile to my enquiry of his age. His advise to me after spending his last 24 years in the practice and study of meditation was to become intimate friends with change, that change was our only constant so get to know it’. Not so much the content of the change but rather the space in which it occurs, the 'you' that it occurs to, or rather does not occur to until it hits you in the face (take your reaction to discovering your first grey hair). There have been huge changes in your life when you look back and compare it to how it was 5 years ago, maybe 1 year, 1 month.. However; the change that he was talking about was one of second to second, for only then do we really find our true 'constant' self, the me that was the same 'me' 1month, 1year, 5 years ago. ( Photo in gallery)

My practice, as all spiritual practices are, is one where I try to introduce you to the 'space' which experiences the change that life relentlessly throws at you. This is in the body, our constant life companion. I use physical movement as my chosen vehicle; which takes us to the direct experience of feeling internal 'space'. This seems to be accompanied by a mental space not dissimilar to that found in seated meditation. Having glimpsed a sense of 'space' inside I then ask if the movement sequence can be performed with that space as it’s centre. The idea of this is to then apply 'space' to real life-off the mat-where instead of being swept away inside the movement of our lives we find a way to remain pleasantly present through constant change.