We know instinctively how to use loving eyes when we are falling in love, when we see a new baby or cute animal. Why do we not use loving eyes more often? In this practice we discover that our habitual way of looking at things is not particularly loving. More often than not it can …
Each person is born with an unencumbered spot, free of expectation and regret, free of ambition and embarrassment, free of fear and worry, an umbilical spot of grace where we were each first touched by God. It is this spot of grace that issues peace. Psychologists call this spot the Psyche, Theologists call it the …
The Haven’s Clinical and Research Director, Dr Caroline Hoffman, recently conducted a study on Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). The findings of the extensive research have now been published online by the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The research shows, for the first time, a statistically significant improvement in physical and emotional wellbeing. The results indicate that the …
Jon Kabat-Zinn talking at the Wisdom 2.0 conference in Silicon Valley at the end of February 2012.
This practice is about exploring our psychological attachment to the media that we use on a daily basis.
This practice is about the art of waiting and pausing, checking your internal state and using situations, that in the past you may have found frustrating, to your own best advantage.
This post brings you up-to-date with the latest developments at Embrace Mindfulness. Mindfulness Taster Session Monday 2nd April, 7.00pm-8.15pm For anyone interested in finding out a little bit more about mindfulness and what a full course entails, I will be running a taster session. This will provide you with an opportunity to experience mindful meditation …
Now safely back home in the USA, Goldie Hawn’s high publicity UK mindfulness tour has been on the receiving end of a bit of negative press recently, courtesy of the Daily Mail’s Portrait of a Very Unlikely Parenting Guru. More specifically, the actress has been variously ‘observed’ by the newspaper, for letting her hair down …
In case you missed it, here is the link to the podcast of Goldie Hawn talking about Mindfulness and her new book Ten Mindful Minutes on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. The segment is first up and around 12 minutes long Podcast Woman’s Hour with Goldie Hawn – 6th March 2012 For more information on the …
The Moment of Peace is a free, non-profit, annual international event to promote more peace and happiness in our modern busy lives by sitting silently for one hour. People of all backgrounds, faiths, beliefs, races and religions are invited to celebrate this moment together. It is an ambitious project to get everyone in the world …
This week’s practice is about becoming more aware of how we use the sense of touch in our world