Thoughts on mindfulness to explore
When life throws unexpected things at you
Not only did mindfulness bring more contentment into my daily life, but it has also strengthened my resilience to cope with change and uncertainty. I now know that I have a choice in how I can respond in any given situation ..
‘Mindfulness is about being fully awake in our lives’
Many who start off their journey with mindfulness perceive the practice as a self-regulating tool .. a parachute to help soften the knocks of life. Yet over time, when practiced regularly, mindfulness becomes a way of life ..
‘Life is like the sky .. everything else, it’s just the weather’
Change of any sort, will naturally affect us .. but we can train ourselves to not get caught up in over-worrying, obsessing about things, or getting stuck in a negative thinking loop ..
‘The little moments .. they aren’t little’
We all want to be happy and have a sense of ease in our lives .. yet, it is our human nature to experience distress .. and often it can hit us real hard!
Dissolving the fog
Do you ever get the sense that there is too much noise around .. too many voices in the head .. a sense of being constantly switched on, with too little time for yourself?
End of year reflections
As the end of the year approaches, taking time to reflect on the experiences of the past year ..
A taste of mindfulness
Research has shown again and again how supportive mindfulness is towards nurturing a sense of inner calm and balance. The practice has become so wide-spread in recent times ..
Present or lost in thought?
.. we can train our minds to become more aware of our inner landscape .. when certain thoughts are present, what emotions they trigger and how they are affecting us. We can learn to deal more skilfully with these experiences, and yes.. mindfulness practice can help us do just that.
Sharing the stillness
It is often hard to establish a regular meditation practice .. to a point that it becomes as routined as brushing our teeth. One typically doesn't ask: should I brush my teeth today, or should I not?
Tower of windows
A running theme in the MBSR curriculum relates to how our perception shapes our experience. With which lens we CHOOSE to look at a situation will determine how we experience it.
‘What you resist persists’
When emotions are not acknowledged, they tend to leave their mark in the body. This is because emotions are evolutionary signals that are designed to carry a message, to prompt us to take action.
