Meditation is always the most valuable thing you can do. When you find that fabled place of expanded centredness and eternal peace inside, you have struck gold. When you practice meditation frequently, to inhabit that space, you are mining the gold. When you learn to continuously be in that space, you realise yourself beyond gold.
A Serene Muizenberg Beach Meditation
Johann Kotze Music & Yoga
8 September 2017
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