Zen and the Art of Change
The meditation approach developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn and brought to the UK by Dr Mike Willaims at the Oxford Mindfulness Centre
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” ― Robert Frost Part of the January ritual that society seems to have developed is this concept of New Year’s resolutions and the concept that we should develop new habits. i wondered where it […]
Read More Choosing a Habit“Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant.” ― Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking As this year races towards its conclusion, I am taking some well earned time away from the normal work world to spend time with my family and friends. At the same time, I am reflecting on what a year […]
Read More A year of Mindfulness and its impact“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ― R. Buckminster Fuller I came to Mindfulness through reading a book – “Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world by Professor Mark Williams and Dr Danny Penman”. Others […]
Read More Mindfulness apps and Digital Therapy technologyThe heart of meditation is a journey. We are brought through doorways beyond our imagination. Letting Go, Letting Be, Receiving. The silence of our heart is the balance to the busy demanding world we live in. This is why so many people are hungry for and enjoying the heart of meditation. The unending presence we […]
Read More The Heart of Meditation is a Journey“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”― Blaise Pascal, Pensées I listened to a talk given by Jon Kabat-Zinn recently, as part of the Mindfulness Summit [I enclose a link at the end of this article]. He was talking about the practice of mindfulness, not the sitting […]
Read More Mindfulness in everyday life“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. I finally managed to catch up on the latest announcements from the Oxford Mindfulness Centre. The 20th October 2015 was a landmark day for mindfulness here […]
Read More Mindfulness Nation UK launch – backed by parliament““The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” ― Mahatma Gandhi, All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections One of the biggest issues we have, at work, in our social interactions and personal lives, it the ability to forgive and move on. Too often, people bring up issues and commentary about people […]
Read More How you can forgive Yourself and Other People“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.” ― Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success In recent conversations on mindfulness, two of the key reasons why people say that they do not practice mindfulness, is they either do not have the time to practice […]
Read More Mindfulness practice & habit“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” ― Dalai Lama XIV, The Art of Happiness As one of the foremost authorities on mindfulness and the UK’s leading professor on the development of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy [or MBCT as it is known], when I come across […]
Read More The latest insights on Mindfulness from Professor Mark Williams“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.” ― Steve Jobs If you work in a business, at some point you are going to have to sit in front of your colleagues and present an update on […]
Read More Mindfulness and the stress of business
Martin Summerhayes 