This month our theme for September is The Buddhist Roots of Mindfulness. We hope you enjoy your free calendar – you can dowload it below. Each day a reflection is offered on the Buddhist roots of Mindfulness which may help to deepen your practice and understanding of the Buddhist underpinnings of Mindfulness. If you follow…
Patient: Doctor! I feel like a pair of curtains Doctor: Pull yourself together! This week a blog appeared out of an insight I had after I sat mindfully unstitching and then stitching some curtains. I saw how the mind tried to steal my bliss by making up a story to make me feel bad. But…
Join us for the Weekend, then continue if you wish. It starts with one weekend at Samye Ling or online and the choice to follow with six evening sessions online. How our participants have benefited from the Living Well to Die Well Course Part One of Living Well to Die Well with Heather Regan-Addis and…
This month let’s practice seeing our world and our place within it with fresh eyes. Perhaps our fresh eyes will bring fresh ideas of how to engage with our world. We don’t have to aim for grand heroics, small is beautiful! Our Engaged Mindfulness course is running again beginning in September. This calendar gives you…
One of the areas of interest to the Mindfulness Association and the wider mindfulness fields is Engaged Mindfulness. By this we mean applying our mindfulness meditation practice to how we may feel about the state of the world on a social and environmental level and exploring ways of contributing positively through compassionate action. So, what does…
October Online Practice Day – Soul Food Saturday 8th October 2022 from 10am – 4pm with Fay Adams This practice day will be an opportunity to rest and replenish. We will spend time reflecting on what makes us feel nourished, alive and grateful, while also giving space and kindness to any difficulties we are…
Master’s Degree in Mindfulness online open evening Join us! Have you been thinking about the part time Master’s degree MSc Studies in Mindfulness? We are holding an open evening on 11 July at 7pm for anyone who is interested in learning more about the ‘Studies in Mindfulness’ Masters degree at the University of Aberdeen. People…
Felt really quite excited as I headed to Samye Ling for the Mindfulness Association reunion weekend. Even the jarring potholes didn’t dampen my spirits!But I struggled…Unable to get into the practices. The inner critic was on full volume. By the Saturday morning coffee break I was ready to give up and go home. So I…
In the wake of the pandemic overall there are lower levels of mental and physical wellbeing. Levels of stress and anxiety are being exacerbated by worries about the cost of living crisis, the war in Ukraine and ongoing environmental degradation. In an aging population with less access to the NHS many are living with chronic…