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
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…
Mindful Magic Moments
mindful magic
Compassion and self-care
A fruition of my compassion practice over the years is an increased ability to care for my physical and mental wellbeing. While I was away on holiday, I recognised – again – that the physical…
Mindful Holiday
I am a week into a two week winter sun getaway to Cyprus. Away from the busyness of work I am noticing a lot of inner-critic dialogue along with an underlying feeling of being a…
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…
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…
