Mindful beginnings…
I am filled with gratitude for the opportunity to carry on the great work Jane has been doing for the Mindfulness Association. My job share buddy will be joining us in January. Whilst really looking…
Compassion in Action: Love and Loyalty
Compassion in Action – Love and Loyalty This week I have been struck again by the love and loyalty that people have for the Mindfulness Association (MA). So many people help us without asking anything…
2019 Conference: From Mindfulness to Insight with Rob Nairn
2019 Conference: From Mindfulness to Insight with Rob Nairn 11 – 14 July 2019 Victor Frankl famously said: ‘Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space there is a power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom’. What might it be like to choose our response […]
A Bounty of My Own Making: The Benefits of Mindfulness
Last week, as I was scrolling through my Facebook feed, I stumbled upon this quotation from the Irish poet and philosopher John O’Donohue, which I feel really emphasizes the benefits of mindfulness: It is far…
What is mindfulness – The spark within
Whenever I am moving about the world and meeting new people, I often get asked the question “What do you do?” This question mostly refers to what I do to financially support myself. Though, I…
Meditation for Anxiety- training in mindfulness can help
Last week I was teaching on the MBLC teaching skills retreat. This causes a lot of our participants to go into anxiety meltdown as they have to be assessed while teaching session extracts from the…
Joyfully Effortlessly
I am just on the ferry to the mainland from Holy Isle off the Isle of Arran on the way back from the Year 1 year end retreat of the MSc: Studies in Mindfulness. It…
