Developing a Mindfulness Practice I have been practicing meditation on and off for over half my life. And my routine has changed and developed over the years. Recently I have realized that my mindfulness practice was starting to get a little stale – although I was teaching a lot of meditation, I wasn’t giving [...]
Can Mindfulness replace going to a football match? ‘The problem with mindfulness for men is that the practice of it asks us to look toward and open up to vulnerability because that is where the gold is.’ - Elisha Goldstein This weekend was the 4th round of the FA Cup, and as usual, [...]
The Senses We experience the world in two main ways – through our minds and through our senses. When we experience the world through the mind we are often stuck in fantasy, or we are stuck in memories about the past or worries about the future. When we experience the world through our senses we [...]
In the lead-up to Valentine’s Day I have been thinking a lot about relationships. Not about the chocolates and greetings cards mushy stuff that often gets attention on Valentine’s - but proper real relationships. So I wanted to take an opportunity to celebrate relationships in all their forms - whether we are single or [...]
Rachel Jones-Wild Mindful Therapies Sleep and the Mindfulness Paradox Often when we are struggling to sleep we do whatever we can to try to fall asleep. We end up clock-watching, thinking about how little time we have left before the alarm is due to go off. We worry about whether we will sleep [...]
My Mindfulness Journey About a million moons ago, I was asked to write a blog entitled 'My Mindful(ness) Journey'....The fact that I am only now coming up with the goods, is a fairly clear indication that I am still a 'work in progress'. As we all are of course! However for many of us [...]
