Would you like to learn about Mindfulness or expand your current knowledge and Mindfulness practices? Do you like the idea of helping others to learn and practice Mindfulness? Is becoming a Certified Mindfulness Teacher something that could enhance your life, personally and in business? In the age of the internet and social media, there are many Continue Reading
Mindfulness is Everywhere!
Seems everywhere you turn these days there’s another article about the practice of Mindfulness. There’s more and more teachers popping up, more YouTube vids, countless people claiming it’s changed their lives and it’s even being taught in (some) schools. There’s much evidence demonstrating how and why it’s become so popular. But I can only write from my Continue Reading
Ahhhh……….quietness…….
Isn’t it interesting how proud people can appear to be about having a busy life? People seem to wear their busy-ness as some kind of badge of honour. It’s almost as if we’re not seen to be busy, we’re being unproductive and therefore not worthwhile and certainly unworthy of people’s attention and approval. Busy-ness suggests we’re having a fabulously Continue Reading
Blame, Blame, Blame.
Have you noticed how often people blame other people? Seems like it's always someone else's fault. I constantly hear folks blaming their partners, their ex, their kids, their siblings, their parents, teachers, the Government and so on................. Now I'm not saying that people don't behave in ways that are anything from irritating to downright Continue Reading
What’s Really Important To Enjoy a Happy New Year?
My number ONE tip would be - Calm Down. Not just think about it, but really, consciously practice calming down. Each and every day, take notice of your 'rush' habits and set about changing them, one at a time. Begin your day, the minute you wake, with a few slow, deep breaths and remind yourself to start each day minus the rushing. It's just a habit Continue Reading
Right, or at Peace?
I've observed that most people live their lives trying hard to get everything right, which, if you think about it, isn't possible. Why isn't that possible? Well, who's the judge of what's right? You? Your partner? Your parents? Your siblings? Your friends? Your work colleagues? Your peers? Society? Communities? Cultures? Religions? Put a Continue Reading
Death and Saying Goodbye.
A dear friend of mine died last week. She had reached the age of 83 years and we'd been close friends for over 30 years. It was a beautiful, enriching and loving friendship for us both. I miss her and I'm finding there's times when it's hard to accept she's gone from this physical life. Of course, as it always does, saying farewell to a loved one brought Continue Reading
Do You Make Up Stories?
There's many different types of stories and some are interesting, wonderfully creative and great fun to tell or read but they're not the stories I want to talk about here. I'm talking about the stories about ourselves and others we make up in our thinking. The insurance expired on our home recently and as I'm in the process of changing suppliers, I was Continue Reading
Why Mindfulness Matters
In my Stress Management practice, which I ran for over 20 years, I taught predominately meditation techniques based on the traditional Indian practices. There were no qualifications or accreditations available to attain back then (it was Australia in the early 80's) so I embarked on several years of learning, testing and trying every method of meditation I Continue Reading