FOFBOC – stop and breathe!
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 […]
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Using the breath to calm anxiety and stress: 4-7-8 and 5/7 breathing
How do we find a resource in the moment that we can turn to easily and without it being obvious? This week I was giving a mindfulness presentation at a corporate HQ to 30 people with busy and demanding lives […]
Is life a Journey? Or is it about being here?
We are all familiar with the phrase used so often now of “our journey”. We talk of life as if what is happening now is but a step in our endeavour to get to a final destination – our ideal […]
“Now is the knowing”
The quote from Ajhan Sumedho is very simple, but profound: “Yesterday is a memory. Tomorrow is unknown. Now is the knowing.” I was lucky to live with Ajahn Sumedho for three years and to listen to his teachings each week. […]
It’s just a story
Two weeks ago I looked at the bookings for the 8 week mindfulness course that was due to start in a fortnight: two people. Usually by that point the course would be over half booked, with the remaining few places going […]
Thoughts are not facts
Summary: The opinions we hold about ourselves and our possibilities in life can be like propaganda – opinions that are not based on truth but come to be believed through being repeated so often we come to think they must be true. Starting to reflect “thoughts are […]
Urge Surfing for Addictions – a tool for good mental health
Today is World Mental Health day. I hope that you are enjoying your day and that you find the tips in the image above helpful to maintain your own mental health and well being. One big impact on mental health […]
Coming to centre: finding the still point in the chaos
When I was a junior monk my Abbot used to say that mindfulness training is like building a preasure cooker, a container, that can hold the intensity of the chaos that occurs within our mind and heart. Jon Kabbat Zinn, the founder of secular mindfulness […]
The Fear of Commitment
Summary: What is it that causes us to fear committing? Teal Swan suggests it arises from the desire to be free as commitment is felt to be confining. This may have its roots in a child hood where we were made to grow up too […]
Finding Rest in Awareness
This weekend I’m on a workshop with Jeff Foster. It has been lovely to listen to his teachings. His whole emphasis is on coming into this moment. He uses a metaphor of life being like a film, where we can have […]
