They say that there are a thousand influencing factors that affect the way we experience ‘something’ and perspective is one of them. Have you ever heard someone relay an event that you were a part of and been dumbfounded by their interpretation of it? Their version is not necessarily wrong, but it might be different…
This week’s Mindfulness Challenge is called ‘Walking in Love’. Mindful Walking in nature is a wonderful mindfulness practice that gives us the opportunity to really see and feel the interconnection of life all around us. As we walk, and place each foot with intent, touching in with the bare sensation of foot on ground,…
Senses open, returning to now -Graeme Armstong The fragrance of white tea is the feeling of existing in the mists that float over waters; the scent of peony is the scent of the absence of negativity: a lack of confusion, doubt, and darkness; to smell a rose is to teach your soul to skip; a…
Sometimes I have to pinch myself when I reflect on the expansion of the Mindfulness Association, since we ran our first course in 2008 and set up as a formal organisation in 2010. The number of locations we offer the courses had expanded, as has the number of different courses, with Mindfulness, Compassion, Insight, Buddhist…
A few months ago, my very confident son came to me and told me that he was feeling really panicky. I was quite shocked. He was always so self- assured. When I asked him some questions about what was going on, it came out that he was starting to stress about his Christmas Exams. He…
One of the staple questions asked in mindfulness sessions is a reflection question that suggests we visualise the question as if it were like pebble in a pond, dropping down and rippling out. It invites us to connect with what bubbles up from the storehouse of our deepest-or not so deepest thoughts-and what might we…
Last week I was at Samye Ling teaching the first Compassion Based Living Course (CBLC) teaching skills retreat. So we now have 21 Compassion teachers trained to teach the course, ready to share the transformative power of Compassion, which is wonderful. During the retreat we work in groups with each person delivering part of the…
As a Mindfulness Teacher, I have felt quite blessed. I have been fortunate enough to teach the 8 week MBLC locally, in my home community where I live in Ireland; while at the same time, travelling afar and teaching on the Mindfulness Association’s 4 weekend Practitioner Certificate courses. It has been an incredibly rich experience…
At our Compassion in Action weekend, we will be launching the Mindfulness Association’s “Everyone Project”, which is aimed at providing eight week MBLC courses to groups who would benefit from Mindfulness but who otherwise would not be able to access Mindfulness training. We have a pool of hundreds of Mindfulness teachers that we have trained to…
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