Please take the time to support some of the research work taking place at the Mood Disorders Centre, Psychology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Exeter. The Mood Disorders Centre is a partnership between the NHS and the University of Exeter. The centre’s mission is to conduct psychological research and also …
A poignant article exploring the differences between sadness and depression
Most of the time we only look at a narrow wedge of the world. As our eyes are in the front of our head, our visual awareness is usually limited to what is in front of us, a slice from the ground up to about ten feet high. Only when we see or hear something …
This charming video pays tribute to the happy wholesomeness of being alone. Tanya Davis recites her poem about the ways of solitude, gently cataloging all the places where aloneness can bring freedom and healing. Whether at a lunch counter, park bench, mountain trail, or on the edge of a dance floor – all you have …
Suffering is everywhere. We see it in people’s faces, hear it in their voices, see it on the news. As we attempt to pay attention to suffering we can hear it in our own thoughts, feel it in our bodies and see it in the face in the mirror. Often people balk at this practice …
At first sight, this practice is about bringing our attention to the experience of spaciousness within our visual field. It takes effort to shift our attention to the space around us, but when we remember to do so it can become a potent tool of awareness. When we practice this externally, it also becomes possible …
This CBS Miami news clip from 30th May and accompanying editorial on Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction is actually very good. Read the article Secrets to Mindful Meditation here or watch the video below.
A key component of mindfulness is the practice of bringing our awareness into the mundane, so that the stuff of everyday experience which lies between the extremes, becomes transformed by the quality of our attention. When we pause and look deeply enough to notice, the ordinary becomes extraordinary. The video below by Dietrich Ludwig truly …
Despite being pressed into service day in day out, we rarely pay much attention to our feet even when we are using them to carry us from A to B. One reason for this is that the bottoms of our feet are about as far away as we can get from our head, which is …
Given all the hot weather we are having recently may I suggest some of this rather wonderful philosophy courtesy of Dharma Comics……hey, it made me smile! “F*** it! I’m getting in touch with my inner cat: embodied, present, impulsive, playful, emotionally straightforward. Forgive me if I’m slow to respond to email, unlikely to schedule meetings, …