Last week I introduced the 8 worldly winds as a topic. These are also referred to as the 8 vicissitudes, which refers to the experience of an alteration between opposite states. The ‘winds’ therefore describe this tendency of moving from a pleasant to an unpleasant experience […]
Healing Dysfunctional Patterns By Meeting Your Shadow Here in the Northern hemisphere we recently passed the Winter solstice and the light is now returning. Our world is one where there is this constant interplay between light and dark. As the […]
Mindfulness is about noting more clearly through our senses the world around us and within. As we meditate we focus on the inner world of thought, feelings and physical sensations, but mindfulness practice can also help us appreciate the world […]
As we continue into 2021 we find ourselves still in lock down here in the UK due to Covid restrictions. Over the last week I’ve heard a few different people talk about how to approach this time of increased isolation and […]
For mental health week, a simple practice for dealing with stress, the 4-7-8 breathing meditation. Taking only a few minutes it promotes a sense of calm by lowering blood pressure. The practice can be helpful for anxiety-related sleep problems by […]
Autopilot Do you ever notice how your thoughts or actions can fall into familiar and repetitive patterns? One way of describing this is to talk of autopilot – it’s as if we are going through life with a pre-set course, […]
Over the last few days I’ve put together some tips on working from home during the lock down: how to structure and plan your day how to create a boundary between home life and work how to maximise your productivity […]
Guided bodyscan and mindfulness practice. This practice invites you to rest deeply into any sense of ease, bliss and rapture you may be feeling as you bring your attention to rest in the present moment. If you notice more difficult […]
It’s time to do some Fofbocing! The letters stand for: Feet On Floor, Body On Chair, and it is one of the meditations taught in the schools programme for teenagers. It is a great meditation to use when you need a […]
Last week I discussed the FOFBOC, a short meditation to use as a punctuation point in the day. What happens though when there is a more difficult emotion to deal with? This weeks’ practice looks at how to bring self-care […]
