Appreciation changes your world
I was lucky to be introduced to a book called 'The restful mind' by Gyalwa Dokhampa. He writes that there are three parts to cultivating...
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everudkin
- Jan 12
- 5 min
What's it like to do a mindfulness course?
Angela Barnett wrote in the Weekend Herald about her experience of doing my mindfulness course. I hope you enjoy reading it: Do or do...
everudkin
- Jul 2, 2020
- 3 min
Why mindfulness?
People often ask me what mindfulness is. This is a tricky question. I have found that a short answer is wholly inadequate and the more...
Eve Rudkin
- May 23, 2020
- 3 min
Why I didn’t practice what I preached but was saved by a pause
During the lockdown I was reminded that a pause is a huge gift. Taking a pause helped me notice more about what was going on for me, what...
Eve Rudkin
- Apr 17, 2020
- 3 min
Calming ourselves in the face of the storm
You can’t calm the storm, so stop trying. What you can do is calm yourself. The storm will pass -Timber Hawkeye In recent weeks, in the...
Eve Rudkin
- Jan 5, 2020
- 2 min
An example of being anxious and distracted compared to being calm and present
I needed some cash recently so I went up the road to the ATM. This ATM has a lot of history for me. A few years ago, when I was really...
Eve Rudkin
- Jan 3, 2020
- 3 min
Mindfulness and Me
I teach mindfulness because my life was transformed by it. I will tell you a bit about how my life was before I started, and how...
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