An informative article from the Harvard Business Review about the latest devlopments and research into the associative link between meditation and changes in brain structure (neuroplasticity). Mindfulness can Literally Change Your Brain is co-authored by Britta K. Hölzel & Sara W. Lazar, who are well known for their own work in this field from 2011.‘This …
A thought provoking piece from Radio 4 on the relentless march of the ‘ Mindfulness Industry’; from its Buddhist origins, via the secular therapeutic interventions of MBSR & MBCT as a way of reducing stress and depression, to its increasing popularity within corporations and the military as a means of improving employee resilience. The programme …
Lovely article on resistance by Peter Russell that appeared in my inbox courtesy of the team at Awakin.org. So good and clear in fact, that I thought I’d repost it here. The building where I used to run a meditation group was on the same street as a fire station; one could almost guarantee that …
There has been alot of comment on the Mindfulness segment aired on 60 minutes this last week. Some of it positive 60 Minutes’ Anderson Cooper Tries Mindfulness and some of it less so 60 Minutes Does Mindfulness You can make your own mind up by watching the film which I’ve posted below. Even more interesting …
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 …
Everyday millions of people leave their doctor’s surgeries with a diagnosis of a chronic illness. Tests are ordered, drugs or surgeries are prescribed; but often little is offered by way of explanation or cure. The Connection is a film about how frontier research is proving that there is a direct connection between our mind and …
With the shocking events being reported at stores across the country today, Tesco’s ‘Black Friday’ TV campaign is a seriously irresponsible piece of ‘advertising’ and the company should be penalised accordingly. Particularly in the light of the fact that exactly the same thing happened at the same time last year: 2013 Black Friday bargain hunting …
This documentary from Jon Kabat- Zinn, the creator of the 8 week Mindfulness Based Stress reduction (MBSR) programme, was made in 1999 to commemorate 20 years of work done at the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Centre. Some 15 years later, the Stress Reduction Clinic has grown and expanded into the …
As Hafiz says, “First, The fish needs to say, “Something ain’t right about this Camel ride – And I’m Feeling so damn Thirsty.” Most of us come to practice meditation for exactly what Hafiz points to in this poem. We get an inkling that something just isn’t right about our lives. We cannot exactly say …
“I’m bored.” Schoolchildren can be afflicted with it by the second day of summer; workers by the sixth month on the job; spouses by the seventh year of marriage; and readers by the tenth paragraph. Or before. Are you bored yet? Nowadays, boredom is considered a scourge. We blame boredom for the death of curiosity, …