Category: mindfulness
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What they don’t tell you about mindfulness
“Finding a comfortable position. Sitting in a dignified balanced manner. Bringing the awareness into the body. Noticing your breath.“ your mindfulness teacher Some days I get this type of opening guidance and then immediately, bam! The mind and I are miles away scraping over the past or diving into the future. I am not observing,…
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Sit around the fire
I have quite a bit of Jon Hopkins and of Ram Dass in my life and so for the two to be together in such a beautiful manner is really a blessing. But as Ram Dass says here ‘Don’t worship the gate, go into the inner temple’
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Mindful Moments update
I am intending to keep the mindful moments idea going over the next few weeks at least. However, it would seem to work better over on Instagram. so if you would like to keep a track of my mindful moments please go to @trustingmind on that site. Thank you
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How to Love yourself
By Tchich Nhat Hanh. Wonderful words here. How mindfulness of body and breath can bring you to love yourself and then others as well. A perfect 13 minutes.
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Encouragement
I couldn’t say with any honesty that I enjoy running, but it does give me a sense of satisfaction and, if I am honest, smugness as well. Whilst I was certainly pleased to complete the couch to 5k app a month ago, I feel more gratification that I am running or that I go running,…
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Home Practice Week 5
Home Practice 1/ This week I would like you to alternate the body scan practice with the mindful movement and the sitting practice. Click here to hear the Rebecca Crane body scan one from previous weeks. 2/ The mindful movement practice is from Kate Mitcheom. Click HERE and you will find it at the bottom of the page of her…
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Home Practice Week 4
Home Practice 1/ This week I would like you to alternate the body scan practice with the mindful movement. Click here to hear the Rebecca Crane one from previous weeks. 2/ The mindful movement practice is from Kate Mitcheom. Click HERE and you will find it at the bottom of the page of her guided practices; it is called standing…
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3 minute working from home mindfulness
We didn’t sign up for this when we took the job – laptop on the kitchen table or maybe on a desk in the spare room. Work hours leaking into home time. And the isolation, oh my the isolation. There are many new problems to face right now and no way of knowing when it…