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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...

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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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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...