Author: trusting mind
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Practice diary: 22nd September
Over the last month some friends have kindly popped round to see me between finishing at their work and going home. They have all told me how tired they feel. Which is ironic when I am the one off with fatigue. Recuperating at home is not a difficult assignment. “Take it easy and look after…
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Practice diary: 21st September
Once people know I teach mindfulness, their perception of me changes. They expect calmness at all times and in all responses. They are normally disappointed. Now that my hours are less congested with obligations and my body less filled with energy, some space has appeared in the day. Things are certainly a lot quieter for…
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Practice diary: 20th September
What would be healthy is to see this being signed off work as a good thing. To turn toward the opportunity I have been provided. In a mindfulness session the person guiding the practice is likely to say something along the lines of “If you notice your mind has wandered then, without any judgement or…
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Practice diary: 19th September
I am writing primarily for my own good. Firstly, it’s a chance to structure a little more of my day and not let it slide and secondly I hope to stop and reflect more on how my own practice sits at the moment. The reason I am making it public is to give myself the…
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Trying to Start Close In
I have a lot of plans. Most of which will never leave my mind, let alone get spoken out loud or recorded in written word. A multitude of fantastical fantasies, each detailing how my future could unravel itself successfully. So much of my day and my formal meditation time is spent in my head like…
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Slowing down mindfulness
It is difficult to fully understand and accept the idea that there are no intended outcomes from practising mindfulness. It isn’t going to fit on a performance management sheet. It won’t sit easily as part of a self improvement plan. Instead, the invitation is to let go of the idea of not being good enough,…
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The balance of mindfulness
You sit down, get comfortable, straighten your back, allow the attention to rest on the breath and within five seconds bang! away goes the mind. Normally you might either fight these thoughts and feelings or get washed downstream with them. In mindfulness though, the invitation is to notice this pulling away from the present moment…
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