Over the past few weeks, the news has been reporting horrific unrest in the world. In particular, there has been suffering in France after the attacks that took place. I would like to invite you to keep France, the victims of the attack, and anyone who might be living in an environment of turmoil in…
I have just started reading a book by Jack Kornfield titled, After the Ecstasy, The Laundry. It was recommended to me by quite a few people, and while I have owned it for the 6 months or so, I am only getting to it now. However, picking up this book in the month of January…
Welcome to a brand new day! A brand new year, even! And like our sitting practice, intention and motivation is especially important at this time. First, we need to recognize the direction that it is that we want to move towards (intentionality) and the reasons why we want to make this shift (motivation). So, how…
‘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…
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