#Mindfulness

Does Mindfulness really help us to feel calmer?

I have a friend who lives near Newcastle airport. We teach Mindfulness together, and when we can we like to sit together in her back...

It came as a surprise to me initially that the ongoing work we do in mindfulness training involved so much bodywork or embodiment (why is...

For most of my career I have worked as a Clinical Psychologist in Pain Management, trying to help people with long term pain to respond...

Star Trek and mindfulness? Is that really logical? A few nights ago, I was flicking restlessly through the Freeview channels on my TV...

As exam season approaches it's natural to feel anxious. Exams, or other forms of stress can have a real impact on health and wellbeing....

Life might be busy and vibrant with its usual ups and downs but how does our world feel from the inside? Maybe a little grey and...

It wasn't what I had expected, and at this stage I wasn't overly impressed. In my case I was pretty sure that he was wrong. I had come on...

I recently read a blog post which made some interesting points about back pain. The argument presented was that back pain is not caused...

Last summer I attended a conference at Samye Ling Buddhist Monastary and retreat centre which was run by the Mindfulness Association in...

Last month, after 16 years in a job that I was comfortable in, good at and well paid for I moved on to a new and different challenge. To...