This post brings you up-to-date with the latest courses and events at Embrace Mindfulness. 8 week MBSR programmes This is the core teaching programme of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). In the course you will become more aware of the unhelpful thought patterns that can trigger and perpetuate stress, anxiety and low moods. With that awareness …
Relationships are hard (and incredibly rewarding). Finally, some relationship advice that’s genuinely helpful! Join this free online summit and learn what top psychologists, relationship experts, and mindfulness teachers have to say about modern relationships, communication, and staying in love. Click HERE to learn more and to register for free! You’ll learn from over 20 renowned …
The Science of Meditation Summit will feature insights from cutting-edge scientific research on meditation, lessons on the traditional practice of meditation, and practical tools to bring the practice and principles of meditation into your daily life. You’ll learn from over 20 of today’s leading researchers, renowned thought leaders, and wisdom holders, including Dr. Matthieu Ricard, …
The Atlas of Emotions is a collaborative project between the affective neuroscience researcher Dr Paul Ekman and the Dalai Lama. Its aim is to develop an interactive map of the human emotional landscape to help people better understand the link between psychology, neuroscience and affective mood states. Exploring the Atlas may increase people’s understanding of …
Some Friday fun courtesy of the Effortless Mindfulness Blog….. and the music is pretty good too. Sky Magic Live at Mt.Fuji : Drone Ballet Show by MicroAd, Inc. from Sky Magic on Vimeo.
I really enjoyed this article for some reason, and I’m not quite sure why. Something to do with its clarity of expression; there is such alot of overclaim and fluff about mindfulness in the press nowadays that it is refreshing to see an an article talking about the endeavour of establishing a practice; an endeavour …
This post brings you up-to-date with the latest developments at Embrace Mindfulness. 8 week MBSR programmes This is the core teaching programme of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). In the course you will become more aware of the unhelpful thought patterns that can trigger and perpetuate stress, anxiety and low moods. With that awareness comes choice …
Mindfulness of Listening A rather beautiful metaphorical description on what it is to listen deeply and with attention to another person and to one´s own, internal landscape. You can access the full article at the Insight Meditation Center website. The great value of mindfulness practice can be found in the ordinary activities of daily life. …
This post brings you up-to-date with the latest courses and events at Embrace Mindfulness. 8 week MBSR programmes This is the core teaching programme of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). In the course you will become more aware of the unhelpful thought patterns that can trigger and perpetuate stress, anxiety and depression. With that awareness comes …
The finale to the Mindfulness Summit, this guided live meditation starts at 9pm this evening UK time. This is a rare and precious occasion where we can all come together as a community for a time of shared presence. It’s also a gesture of our shared intention to create a more kind conscious and connected …
A fascinating, candid and poignant talk from leading educationalist and author, Parker J Palmer, on his experiences of depression over the course of his lifetime. Welcome to the Human Race – A talk on Depression by Parker J Palmer As part of Soundstrue’s Insights at the Edge Programme, Parker also speaks on the modern cultural …
This invitation appeared in my inbox the other day. It is a free online event that starts in October and features a number of highly respected teachers of meditation & mindfulness based approaches, including Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, Jon Kabat- Zinn, Mark Williams, Tara Brach to name but a few. To find out more and …
This post brings you up-to-date with the latest courses and events at Embrace Mindfulness. 8 week MBSR programmes This is the core teaching programme of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). In the course you will become more aware of the unhelpful thought patterns that can trigger and perpetuate stress, anxiety and low moods. With that awareness …
This is a wonderful, deeply wise and erudite talk from Bhikku Bodhi calling for a more considered, engaged and layered view of mindfulness based practice and how we integrate that within a broader and more conscientiously ethical framework amidst our daily lives. Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi is a Theravada Buddhist monk originally from New York City. …
What is Mindful Photography? Mindful Photography is mindfulness applied to the process of creating a photograph. It starts with seeing and extends through the technical and compositional choices towards an encouragement to align one’s eye, one’s mind and one’s heart.There is a lot to unpack in that definition, so let’s start at the beginning. Where …
Another informative and considered piece on the rise of Mindfulness Based Approaches from the BBC courtesy of the BBC World Service. Mindfulness: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times Back in January, BBC Radio 4 released a slightly more critical and searching programme which I posted about and commented on in more detail. You can access that …
Informative article from the Stanford Medicine Blog (SCOPE) covering the the latest developments and research into the the use of mindfulness as a means of ameliorating and treating mood disorders, particularly recurrent depression. An oasis of peace in “the 500 channel universe”: Research on mindfulness and depression has links to the latest thinking in this …
Originally published in the Washington Post on the 5th March this interview with Sharon Salzberg, a New York Times best selling author, teacher of meditation and mindfulness and one of the co-founders of the Insight Meditation Society at Barre, Massachusetts is so elegant in its simplicity that it deserves a repost. The interview is on …
This post brings you up-to-date with the latest developments at Embrace Mindfulness. 8 week MBSR programmes This is the core teaching programme of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). In the course you will become more aware of the unhelpful thought patterns that can trigger and perpetuate stress, anxiety and low moods. With that awareness comes choice …
I came across this rather wistful and wonderfully poignant poem by Charles Bukowski the other day, read beautifully by Sienna Miller courtesy of the BBC’s Something Understood. Bukowski explores a profound human truth, that we are all vulnerable at our core and we often seek to shore up that vulnerability with a whole range of …