Mindfulness and Compassion Every one of us responds to kindness, even animals. A dog can be taught to behave using a stick to beat it, but it will become neurotic and stressed when told to do something. Yet the same discipline can be achieved through kindness and compassion and the dog will be calm and…
On the 2nd November we completed the first One Year Mindfulness Association course to be held in Brussels. We also held two Friday evening Mindfulness sessions that were open to the public which attracted interest from people who may do the course when it runs again in 2015. For some participants this was their introduction…
On Wednesday, I am presenting at a ‘Beyond Diagnosis’ conference at University City Cork (UCC)’s school of nursing and midwifery. The subject that I am covering is how compassion based practices create the conditions for psychological resiliency. While I was putting together my power point, I was struck by how my research was very much…
My brother is arriving from Canada for an 8 week visit today. I haven’t seen him in a year and a half. We were always close growing up and we’ve remained close from a distance, as he lives in Toronto and I live in Wicklow. So, you can imagine the excitement in the house. The…
Traditionally, Halloween is known for being the night when the veil between the worlds of the dead and alive is thinnest. The concept of dead and alive can be equated quite easily with awake and asleep. Indeed, the acronym R.I.P. found on headstones and obituaries stand for Rest in Peace, suggesting that death is a…
I recently had the good fortune to teach on Module 2 of the Mindfulness Practitioner course up at Samye Ling in October with Heather and Kathy. First of all it was great to teach alongside Heather and Kathy again and right from the first weekend it was an easy prospect to be on the same team. Teaching with…
I was lucky enough to take part in a practice day set aside for the Mindfulness Association tutors. At the practice day, I asked Choden and Vin Harris to speak a bit about their new ‘Foundations to Buddhism’ course that will start in April 2015. Secular mindfulness has received some negative attention from Buddhists and…
I Am Prisoner in My Own Mind By Nick Williams: A ‘Just Blog’ Competition Entry I am a prisoner in my own mind. I am in a prison in my mind and I can’t get out. I don’t look like I’m in prison, but I am. I might look as if I’m…
As part of our support for the tutors at the Mindfulness Association, and any mindfulness teachers in our community, the Mindfulness Association holds CPD weekends on teaching skills. This past weekend we held a CPD weekend that explored the enquiry process that follows the guided practices on our courses. It was a huge success with…
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