Mindful March 2021 Anyone can meditate. Sometimes I hear “but my mind is so busy.” All our minds are busy. This Action Calendar from Action for Happiness has quick daily suggestions for helping develop a mindfulness practise. They are so simple; follow them daily and notice what happens. “It helps us get in tune with [...]
March tips for mindfulness Photo by Fabrizio Verrecchia on Unsplash Mindfulness is training for your brain to improve the ability to pay attention. This skill helps us in time to be able to observe thoughts and feelings without getting so caught up in them. To “respond rather than react.” If you are new to mindfulness here are my top [...]
Do you have balance in your day? This is something I am constantly asking myself. Today is a weird day. I have found it difficult to focus on anything. My head is all over the place. I am struggling to pay attention to one thing. Not mindful at all. Not present. Should I tidy the [...]
Simple Ideas for Building Emotional Resilience It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. Life is currently tough for everyone. Uncertainty faces all of us from all directions. Perhaps there never was a time riper than now to develop resilience skills. One of my favourite quotes on this subject [...]
Mindfulness practice starter kit Are you looking to take up mindfulness but don't know where to start? Our resident mindfulness teacher Fiona Worthington has put together a 20-point mindfulness practice starter kit. It includes suggestions and recommendations to help you along your mindful journey. Anyone can meditate. Sometimes clients say, “but my mind is too [...]
Adapting mindfulness for these extraordinary times It may be difficult for some of us to meditate during these extraordinary times. I found that when I was ill, it was not easy to practice the longer meditations. My focus was not good and my attention wandered much more than usual. When you are ill, this [...]
Action Calendar: Meaningful May 2019 “People who have meaning and purpose in their lives are happier, feel more in control and get more out of what they do. They also experience less stress, anxiety and depression. But where do we find 'meaning and purpose'? It might be our religious faith, being a parent or doing [...]
What to expect during your first mindfulness practice? Your mind will go absolutely bonkers, it will wander to the past, to the present to the future because that’s what minds do. You may think about what’s for dinner, the row earlier with the kids, how you’re getting to the airport, what to say to your [...]
Mindfulness - Helping us see more clearly Mindfulness is incredibly simple. It’s about us being becoming more aware of what’s going on in our lives. Moving from “automatic” pilot to the “non-doing” or “being mode.” We spend much of our time rushing about, being busy around doing a million things. We drive, we go to [...]
16 things I have learned about Mindfulness 1.It’s free. It’s very simple. We can all do it with practice. 2. It is a work out for your brain. 3. It’s your own experience and not someone else’s, so you can’t do it wrong. 4. It’s not about relaxing or being calm but sometimes that may [...]