What mindfulness course is right for you?
There is a dazzling array of mindfulness offerings around lately, so how to choose? Here is a chart that maps out different kinds of training - from the most accessible and…
This Incredible Brain and Mindfulness
Our brains are an incredible, complex and magnificent network of connected superhighways, powering our body and mind 24/7.
Death and presence - Thank you dear Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver died on the 17th January, 2019. We are a long time dead.
All parts are welcome ~ Loosening our identification in mindfulness meditation practice
Our fears are like dragons guarding our most precious treasures – Rilke Most of us come to mindfulness practice to deal with something we don’t want.
Six things to expect from an MBSR course - and they may surprise you.
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is different from many other contemporary mindfulness offerings in four ways: it is evidence-based it’s not a quick fix you will actually practice the training exercises that make…
Tenderness in our practice and our relationships
A few years back I went to a one day seminar with a remarkable person - Kent Hoffman. He is a long term meditation dude in the Zen tradition, and also the founder of a profound parenting program - the Circle of Security which is grounded in the latest science about how kids and parents thrive. He had some interesting things to say about life, love and stress - the foundation being:
Practice as resting (in the flow of our inner life)
We work so hard at everything. And anything can become one more task to do – including our mindfulness practice.
Mindfulness and climate change: are we paying attention to the things that matter?
Dear friends, I don’t usually write emails through Openground that are directed specifically to our governance as a community, but I think now is the time.
