An engaging and entertaining TED talk on mindfulness by the irrepressible Andy Puddicombe, a former buddhist monk and the voice of Headspace, an organisation dedicated to demystifying the experience of meditation and getting as many people in the world as possible to take 10 minutes out of their day for the specific purpose of ‘doing nothing’
Traditionalists and meditation aficionados may gnash their teeth, but personally I’m something of a fan and if the prospect of only having to meditate for 10 minutes gets people to explore their inner landscape a little bit then that’s got to be a good thing…..no?
After all the practice of mindfulness is cumulative, so whether you sit for 10 or 40 mins a day it all adds up and in time, much like the water level in a bucket, the benefits of practice begin to spill over and seep into everyday life.
That said and after a little reflection, I think I’d rather be filling my buckets with a hosepipe than with a teaspoon.