Tag: mindfulness
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New Year’s resolutions? Give good fortune a helping hand instead.
It’s New Year’s and all the talk is of the opportunity to throw out the old self and design a new and improved version. Markers like New Year are the most effective time to set goals; the brain is ready and open to see the opportunity for change. But resolutions are often underpinned by assumptions…
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Winter Solstice 2023
It was a grey and unspectacular winter solstice . But prettiness and notable photos aren’t the point. In the middle of some difficult stuff it is healthy to touch in with the continuous change happening all around me. The days are starting to get longer, the seasons are moving on regardless. So too my current…
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Happy Christmas. May you be ready for the joy and everything it brings
A month ago there was a beautiful poem being shared a lot around social media. It is called ‘Joy Chose You’ written by Donna Ashworth. You can read it below. I liked it that much I used it as part of a Quiet Tuesday practice. It speaks so well of gratitude and of not letting…
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Why I am writing
My writing is driven by selfish desire to notice better how I am doing and no to much by hoping to enlighten others.
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Mindfulness of Breath
Sometimes you don’t need to read or talk about mindfulness, sometimes you should simply stop and practice it. Here is a simple practice anyone from beginner to long time adherent can use in their lives. Simply find yourself a place to be still. It doesn’t need to be a quiet location but that might help…
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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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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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