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
When the phone rings just STOP, PAUSE and BREATHE before responding to the call, using the sound itself as way of bringing yourself back into the present moment.
Since 2005, The Hawn Foundation has been working with schools across the United States to promote children’s academic success through social and emotional learning. At the core of the initiative is the MindUP programme, a social and emotional learning program for primary and secondary school children and is informed by current research in the fields …
The Wisdom 2.0 conference addresses the great challenge of our age: to not only live connected to one another through technology, but to do so in ways that are beneficial to our own well-being, effective in our work, and useful to the world.
We are continuously bathed in sound, even in places we would call quiet. Our ears register all these sounds, but our brain blocks most of them out so we can concentrate on the ones we deem important. This practice is about stopping to listen to things that would normally pass us by, as way of increasing our sense of belonging in the world.
Recent research demonstrates that 40% of our ability to be happy is determined by our intentional activities. One such activity is by deliberately bringing attention to the areas of our life that we can be grateful for.
A mindful quote from Charles Dickens on the occasion of his 200th Birthday. – Happy Birthday Charles!
How often do we notice posture when standing, sitting or lying down. This practice gently asks us to bring some proactive awareness to the positioning of our bodies, as best we can, from moment to moment.
This is a quite mesmerising interview with a Dutch Professor of Vascular Surgery turned mindfulness teacher who conveys with presence and humility his journey and search for meaning. It’s well worth making the time to have look at the video.
This fifth mindfulness practice will take us into the month of February, a time of year that is more often met with a groan of complaint than with a compliment, so what better way to bring joy to others…. Pay someone you know a compliment….how hard can it be?
How often do we really pay attention to what we eat? This practice is about slowing down and honouring the experience of that which sustains our lives.
This post brings you up-to-date with the latest developments at Embrace Mindfulness. • 8-week MBSR courses • Silent All-day Retreats • Monthly Mindfulness Drop-ins • Valentines Mindfulness for Couples
The third practice of 2012 asks us to bring awareness to our speech by noticing those conversational idiosyncrasies that, if attended to, can reveal interesting things about ourselves…
Watch the latest BBC Breakfast News bulletin about Insomnia and find out out Hypnotherapy and Mindfulness Based Approaches can help with sleeping difficulties.
This week’s mindfulness practice is an new slant on the age old adage “Tidy Your Room” . Can you bring the searchlight of your attention to work on some old stuff from the past?
Thoughts and reflections on the first of 52 Mindfulness Practices for 2012 – How can this exercise of Using Our Non-Dominant Hand, bring more presence and awareness into our lives?
Watch the recent BBC videos on the 8 week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Programme and the benefits of mindfulness meditation.
How do we relate to this practice? What do you notice about yourself when you attempt it? What do you enjoy about it? What frustrates you about it? Let me know how you get on and sign up to my blog to get Practice 2 via email next week.
Join me to get your weekly mindfulness practice every Sunday – starting 1st January 2012. Experience some new and creative ways of bringing mindfulness into your daily life.