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 […]
To learn more about all aspects of mindfulness, check out my courses page and the other resources on this website, including my daily mindfulness reminder, The Daily Bell. Image by Photo by Zdeněk Macháček on Unsplash
Full, slow breathing is among the most relaxing mindfulness practices. An effective way to slow and deepen your breathing is to pay attention to your out-breath. While doing this practice, allow your out-breath to be a little longer than your […]
“Sometimes good, sometimes bad. That’s how today, tomorrow and the next day will be. Accepting that this will be so, removes a layer of anxiety. It also allows you to get on with whatever, if anything, needs to be done […]
The mind wanders all the time, even when we are attempting to focus on a single object. It may even wander before you get to the end of this paragraph. That’s partly why neuroscientists describe wandering as the brain’s “default […]
We can’t get rid of worry altogether: it comes with the territory of life. What we need is to change our relationship with worry. Worry need not be a signal to run around squawking or to hide in the corner. […]
“ … the task … is to be clearly aware of what’s happening without pushing away those aspects of experience that you dislike and clinging to those you do like.” Vidyamala Burch, Living Well with Pain and Illness. The book […]
When our brain misinterprets the world, it can create over-anxiety or over-confidence. In my book Daily Calm I suggest imagining one side of your brain deals in facts and the other in stories. Ask ‘And what are the facts?’ to […]
