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...
A complete mess and nothing wrong
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...
Safe?
When we practise lovingkindness we wish for ourselves and others to be safe. Often in everyday life we would like ourselves and our nearest
Why we might want to become more embodied, and 5 ways to help us do it.
When we are embodied, we have an awareness of our body as a whole, including sensations strong and subtle. This awareness is highly adaptiv
Fanning the Flames
I'm driving into work. As the traffic slows approaching a junction, a car pulls suddenly into my lane in front of me, requiring me to...
As You Like It.
I was recently leading a mindfulness session on the beach in my local town of Whitley Bay. As we walked and moved mindfully we were...
Calm down!
Do you remember when somebody last told you to calm down? Chances are it didn't help. We often feel that we, or others need to calm...
