The power of nature to heal
As we enter another lock down it’s important to find ways to care for your mental health and emotional well being. A few weeks ago I heard a report of some research that looked at the impact of giving people […]
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Self-care through kind touch
Over this period of Covid induced restrictions one of the recurring themes on a Monday night is people feeling isolated, lonely and in need of physical contact. We are mammals and social creatures. Our animal body needs touch and nurturing. Whilst […]
Caring for our mental and emotional well being during covid
At the start of the weekly class I run for gay men everyone writes down a few words to say how they are. For those who came to the Monday meeting at Hop Gardens you’ll know each week was a mix of […]
Loving Ourselves As a Whole
Yesterday I listened to a guided Loving Kindness a friend sent me that he had led for an online group. Moustafa Abdelrahman led the meditation in a way that I found really refreshing. Traditionally the practice moves from self, to a good […]
Autopilot – how limiting self-beliefs sabotage our well-being: an introduction to 8 week MBCT mindfulness course
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, […]
Tips On Working From Home and Guided Meditations
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 […]
Emotional first Aid – 10 minute mindfulness
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 […]
Self-care at a time of difficulty
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 […]
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 […]
A Love Letter to Yourself
Last week I was talking of the tendency a lot of us can have of feeling that we are not good enough, that we may be seen through as being an ‘imposter’. This week we turn instead to how we […]
