Mindfully Invisible
I seem quite far removed from a ‘mindfully invisible’ nature experience last weekend whilst writing this in a coffee house at Stockholm airport. However, writing whilst travelling seems to be a common theme for mine…
Transformational Masters
Heather Regan-Addis, lead tutor, author and head of the Mindfulness Association, shares her experience whilst teaching students studying the MSc Studies in Mindfulness on their retreat on Holy Island.
This magnificent refuge – Theresa of Avila
This magnificent refuge is inside you. Enter. Shatter the darkness that shrouds the doorway. Be bold. Be humble. Put away the incense and forget the incantations they taught you. Ask no permission from the authorities.…
Masters retreat on Holy Isle
I am on the beautiful Holy Isle this week delivering the year end retreat for the first years of the University of Aberdeen’s MSc in Studies in Mindfulness. There can be no better place on…
from Mindfulness to Insight
Mindfully not right – and that’s ok
It’s the first of April. April fool’s day. And I feel like a fool. I woke up this morning just not right with myself. Hours later I had an unusual encounter with a seal on…
Mindfulness and pigeons with rainbow throats
This week I was reminded by my 4-year-old grandson about preference, pleasant events and being present in my mindfulness practice. We went to a wildlife park for the day. We saw many beautiful birds of…
The Hardest Part…
On a recent retreat a well-intentioned participant informed me that my drive system was overactive. She was referring to the three-circle model of Prof. Paul Gilbert which is part of our Level 2 Compassion training.…
Planes, trains and automobiles: A journey from mindfulness to insight
Planes, trains and automobiles
You reading this, be ready – William Stafford
Starting here, what do you want to remember?How sunlight creeps along a shining floor?What scent of old wood hovers, what softenedsound from outside fills the air? Will you ever bring a better gift for the…
