Since the middle of December I have been working as a hospital chaplain, visiting patients who are seriously ill. I have never worked in a hospital before and my main worry was that I would be distressed and not know how to cope with some of the suffering I would encounter. It turns out that…
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The Mindfulness Association takes you on a 4 year journey from being a complete beginner towards experiencing the highest level of Awareness. The journey starts by coming face to face with the unruly and unsettled nature of our mind that jumps from one experience to another causing us all manner of stress and confusion. We…
The UK Social Attitudes Survey Report on Dying is based on the premise that discussion about and preparation for dying will lead to a ‘good death’ with reduced distress for those involved – the person dying and their family and friends. This report demonstrates a trend towards growing openness to the topic of dying, but…
Help yourself to our free Mindfulness Calendar for April – this month we are focusing on the Observer and Undercurrent model of the mind. Noticing thoughts and how we can get lost in them! Download the calendar for use on screen or print it out to stick to your fridge..HERE> APRIL CALENDAR 2023 We hope…
The power of mindful breathing. Each morning in March, we are inviting you to try waking up with a conscious breath. Breathing in, opening to what’s here… breathing out letting go. The body, breathing itself. Soothing, soft and allowing. Each day brings a new way to become mindful of breath, bringing you home to yourself.…
Cultivating Presence Retreat – 10-15th March – with Alan Hughes As mindfulness teachers, our presence is one of the fundamental qualities that we bring to our teaching. This reflects the stability of our mindfulness; the extent to which we are grounded in awareness itself. Mindful awareness increasingly becomes our reference point, rather than the contents…
Mystical Mindfulness Practice Day with Fay Adams – Good Friday 2023 Do you sometimes long for more from your mindfulness practice? Do you sense that a more profound experience may be possible? Mindfulness is basic to most wisdom traditions around the globe. In these traditions it is also usually accompanied by teachings and practices that…
This topic has interested me for some time. How do we live well and in the living well prepare ourselves to die well, support those that we love to die well and navigate our own process of bereavement when we lose a loved one? My own Buddhist practice of reflecting daily on the ‘Four thoughts…