Author: trusting mind
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Mindfulness and ChatGPT
I don’t think AI will be leading mindfulness groups and courses quite yet….. but having said that you can see a lot of sensible guidance here. What do you think? So out of curiosity I put the following instruction to chat GPT. “Give some mindfulness instructions to someone who is feeling anxious.” This was the…
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One thing leads to another
Sometimes practicing mindfulness can help us see how nothing really stands clearly on its own and apart. And all things including us are more interconnected and lighter than they first appear. This is a verse taken from another poem in ‘The First Free Women’.
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New Year – Mindful Resolution
This David Whyte poem is spot on for new beginnings new years and New Year’s resolutions. Actually it is spot in if you don’t do New Year’s resolutions. To me it talks of drawing attention in to what is happening now that n order to make changes for the future. So less of a whole…
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Quiet Tuesday
If you want some easy to follow no frills mindfulness then this is for you. I guide a weekly 30 minute session each Tuesday at 19:30. You can try it for free. If you like it then there is one off £40 fee with no further payments at all. Please contact me philip@trustingmind.co.uk, comment below…
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I hear you Mittakali, I hear you
The woman who wrote this lived about 2600 years ago. But she described her practice as though it were mine “I watched my thoughts/ piling themselves up/ all around me/…. Soon it was a whole city.” And now I am sitting here reassured in the knowledge that my situation is normal, probably common. There are…
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Owning Up
The goodbye speeches have been made and applauded. I have a couple of cards, with some beautifully written words in them and just the present I needed. I’ve hugged people I haven’t even touched in years of working with them and I put a box of photos and other memories in a box and driven…
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Don’t be yourself
You’re apprehensive and uncertain. Are you good enough for this? Can you handle the situation? Win the day? Stare down the threat? Fortunately, your good friend is with you, calmly looks you in the eyes and whispers forcefully “You’ve got this. Just be yourself.” And you are reassured. Their kindness in the moment gives you…
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Playing attention
This is a short practice for children to follow to help them practice noticing how their attention can come and go.
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Home Practice Week 5
Here is the hand out from this week’s session. Please do take the time to rea it through. Home Practice 1/ This week I would like you to alternate the body scan practice with the mindful movement/ mindful walking and the sitting practice. Click here to hear the Rebecca Crane body scan one from previous weeks. 2/ The mindful movement…
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