Wake up your mind and soul with a mini meditation! Need a break from the mayhem of the modern world? Sometimes all you need is to give yourself permission to pause. You’re not looking for easy answers or quick fixes; but you haven’t given up on truth – truth that is deep enough to hold and transform the realities you live with every day. So why not try these simple steps?

Simon Parke draws on his popular column in the Daily Mail to open you to wide doors of awareness and possibility. One-Minute Mystic gives meditations for those who like to pause , but who don’t always know how to, or what to pause with. Just find a quiet place where you will not be disturbed, read through the meditation a few times, and allow its simple wisdom to inspire a shift within you. Wherever you are, and whatever your circumstances – it only takes a minute!

Simon Parke was a priest in the Church of England for 20 years, and is now a writer. His most recent books are One-Minute Mystic, Shelf Life and The Enneagram. He runs, leads retreats, meets with people looking for a new way in their life, and follows the beautiful game.