We can’t always have something to celebrate for ourselves when our emotional mood is low. But taking pleasure in the good fortune of other people can help lift the darkness.
When under stress we can usually say that three things are going on at once. First is the physical sensation of stress that I think we’re all quite familiar with. Second is the fear regarding whatever it is that we’re […]
Returning is a key aspect of mindfulness. What it means is returning your attention again and again from what’s going on in your wandering mind to what’s going on in the moment, usually outside your head. We never get to […]
Acceptance, as I keep saying, is the second half of mindfulness (the first is awareness). It means not rushing to judgement, pausing to take in the reality of situations and increasing your tolerance for experience. By helping you to avoid […]
In 2014, Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield interviewed me on Good Morning Britain on ITV about mindfulness following the publication of Mindfulness on the Go. At the time, interest in mindfulness was taking off in Britain. The video is […]
We live in an era in which we see the contents of the mind as more important than the state of the body. For that reason we can over-emphasise the “mind” in “mindfulness” by paying too much attention to our […]
For the past few weeks I’ve been presenting corporate mindfulness events on Zoom or similar platforms. These have included a mindfulness presentation for a state agency, a workshop for students on a post-graduate university business course and a shorter presentation, […]
During the present upsurge of interest in mindfulness, I am often asked what course one needs to do to become a mindfulness teacher. My reply is that currently there is no generally recognised or required route into the general teaching […]
To make mindfulness part of your day think of building a mindfulness habit. Habits get things done. So here is a menu of seven mindfulness practices/habits from which I suggest you choose a couple to make part of your daily […]
‘Water the good seeds’ is a Buddhist metaphor which recognises that a garden has the seeds of flowers as well as weeds. The weeds symbolise ruminating on negative thoughts about yourself and the world. To gain balance, we need to […]
