Zen and the Art of Change
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night I have been trying to cultivate my own Mindfulness practice now for over two years, trying to do formal as well as informal practice on a daily basis; sometimes successfully, sometimes not. […]
Read More How attitude helps with Mindfulness“If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.” ― Lao Tzu We spend so much of our lives living inside our own heads, it’s a wonder we ever have the time to […]
Read More This is the Now“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.” ― Terry Pratchett, Diggers We all self-reflect on situations and life’s events. Constantly. Every moment of every day. I do it. You do it. We all do it. It is one […]
Read More Ruminating and how to change how you think?“If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good.” ― Śāntideva In my previous post, I shared with you some of the physical effects that stress can cause to your body. The most common causes of stress include work, money matters and relationships with […]
Read More How stress affects your brain?“Sometimes the world slows and you notice every small thing, as if you stood between two beats of eternity’s heart.” ― Mark Lawrence Following on from the activities at work where we ran an event focusing on Mindfulness that supported World Mental Health day; a number of people have been talking to me about how […]
Read More What’s in a Raisin?“We went down into the silent garden. Dawn is the time when nothing breathes, the hour of silence. Everything is transfixed, only the light moves.” ― Leonora Carrington What on earth is a silent retreat? Is this something related to soldiers fighting? A war? A conflict? This is a question I got asked recently. […]
Read More What is a silent retreat?“If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.” ― Leo Tolstoy, Essays, Letters and Miscellanies Earlier […]
Read More Mindfulness at work – how to practice?If you have time to breathe you have time to meditate. You breathe when you walk. You breathe when you stand. You breathe when you lie down. – Ajahn Amaro This is one of the most challenging mindfulness practices for me, what is yours?? A body scan? What on earth is that you might ask. […]
Read More An introduction to the Body Scan“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead. Walk beside me… just be my friend” ― Albert Camus What do you think about when you go for a walk? What an odd question to ask. But, hang on a moment. What do you really […]
Read More An introduction to Walking Meditation“There are times when we stop, we sit still. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper.” ― James Carroll We all like simple, don’t we? One of simplest and at the same time; most effective mindfulness practices is the Sitting Meditation. If you followed the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program, […]
Read More An introduction to Sitting Meditation
Martin Summerhayes 