‘Tis’ the season’ is a sentiment that seems to be volleyed around during the holiday months. It is an attitude of surrender to the goodwill that lightens the dark days of December. However, it is also a reminder to take stock of all that we have and bask in the grace of gratitude. To be…
When I first embarked on the Insight Module of the MSc Studies in Mindfulness course, I had visions of prophetic whisperings dancing in my head. My senses would be heightened, I would begin to see the light. Certainly, Ringu Tulku, an incarnation of one of the tulkus of Ringu monastery in Tibet, has explained that…
Here we are! Happy and smiling after the 5 day MBLC retreat in Venice. We had a great time together; it was challenging but really worthwhile. I feel so grateful for the time we spent together. I learned so much from all of you! And it was really wonderful to share this experience with Heather…
This is a reflective post written by our member Sue Kettle. Sometimes, it can be quite hard to integrate all that we take in on weekend trainings. As Sue says, remembering to be mindful can be like a dance- back and forth, drifting from moments of mindfulness to moments of distraction. However, Sue raises a…
I am in Venice teaching the Mindfulness Based Living Course/ Teaching Skills retreat with Elena and Gaia from the Venice centre. There have been high tides this week, and in the mornings, the lobby of my hotel has been flooded. My friends from the centre took me out last night to get some lovely orange…
Last weekend, I attended the second residential weekend for the MSc Insight module at Samye Ling. The main focus of the weekend was working with the destructive emotions of anger and desire- and I walked away from the weekend with a whole new set of skills. Daniel Goleman defines destructive emotions as “those that cause…
Christmas came to the Mindfulness Association HQ this week! After a weekend of MSc teachings in Samye Ling, Heather and I made our way down to Whaley Bridge for Helen’s going away party/ our Christmas lunch. On Monday, Helen and I worked our last day together in the office before she headed off for her…
Musings of an MSc Student… by Anna Kane The beautiful river at the foot of Samye Ling I have taken to a daily practice of mindfulness in my late thirties. I suspect that it will take me the rest of my life to get somewhere closer to mastering the art of mindfulness. Will my Studies…
The Breath The breath is always with us and it is the thread that connects all moments in our lives. We can live for days without food or water but deprive us of breath and we die in minutes. In view of this is, it is quite incredible how little attention or importance we give…
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