Random Acts of Mindfulness
Random Acts of Mindfulness – Sunset from Lindisfarne, Holy Island. Each time I share the precious gift of mindfulness and compassion to a group of people, usually as part of the Mindfulness Based Living Course,…
Mindful Good Intentions
Some weeks my blog just falls out of my mind, through my finger tips and onto the paper. Other weeks, it is a bit more tricky and this week is one of them.
Planes, trains and automobiles: A journey from mindfulness to insight
Planes, trains and automobiles
Exciting Times
It is early Sunday morning and I am awake early in my cozy room at Samye Ling Tibetan centre. It is before the start of our second day of this MSc Studies in Mindfulness weekend.…
Mindfulness: An evidence based approach to life
Mindfulness-An-evidence-based-approach-to-life
Mindful of the Power of Words
Mindful of the Power of Words Recently I became acutely aware that I have been dwelling on some words that have been spoken to me. Words that seemed to cut like a knife. But they…
Mindfully – Start Where You Are…
“Start now. Start where you are. Start with fear. Start with pain. Start with doubt. Start with hands shaking. Start with voice trembling but start. Start and don’t stop. Start where you are, with what…
Mindfulness at Christmas – Responding to Overwhelm
Our Mindfulness meditation practice can help us in to responding to overwhelm during the Christmas period. Some of us have a wonderful time at Christmas, others experience overwhelm and yet others experience both…
Oh, to meet the Joy and Pain of Christmas with Compassion
Oh, to meet the Joy and Pain of Christmas with Compassion by Bill Paterson Suddenly Christmas is on the horizon again! Is it really a year since the last one? Interestingly, I’ve noticed a pattern…
Mindfulness of Stress and Trying too Hard
I did it again. I just fell into the stress and striving trap. Having read Heather’s recent blogs Mindfulness Meditation in the Face of Stress and Mindfulness at Christmas, it made me realise how vulnerable…
