When we manage to shift our attention away from the things that deplete us, those persistent thoughts that cause us stress and worry, we find that we become happier, we sleep better, we smile more, the world becomes somehow friendlier. Mindfulness training helps us to make that shift, towards the good things in life, towards…
Our next Research forum is this Thursday 11 April at 7pm. Join Us! We are excited to announce the launch of our new Mindfulness Research Forum. Each month two of our recent graduates from our MSc Studies in Mindfulness Courses will present their research with us live over zoom. The next presentation will take…
If you are curious about our part-time, online and in person MSc Studies in Mindfulness delivered in collaboration with the University of Aberdeen, then please do join us to meet the staff and to hear about this wonderful, experiential and transformative course. The meeting in online at 7pm on the 9th May. Please email us…
Ease into April this month with our Responding to Stress April Calendar. Sometimes stress has a way of sneaking up on us. Our mindfulness calendar this month gives us an opportunity each day to pay attention, to become present and aware with the habits of our minds and bodies and to notice if we are…
In out-of-the-way places of the heart, Where your thoughts never think to wander, This beginning has been quietly forming, Waiting until you were ready to emerge. -John O’Donohue Spring has sprung! Well, it is springing, at the very least. If you look closely, you might just see some fresh shoots of growth starting to…
February is the month of love! What better way to keep love in our heart than by engaging the practice of Loving Kindness for the entire month? So, what is the practice of Loving Kindness? The practice of Loving Kindness is another name for the Buddhist meditation called Metta Bhavana or the cultivation of unconditional…
Being Mindful in January 2024 Each day our free mindfulness calendar offers you a prompt to contemplate and explore, keeping you connected to what is occurring for you in the present moment. While this month we have our now traditional New Year’s Course – Wonder of the Everyday, with Fay Adams, on a Monday evening.…
Join us this month in noticing. Set an intention this month to use what’s happening around you to connect with what’s happening within. Each day our calendar offers a prompt inviting us to pause to notice how December fills with little changes all around…Christmas trees and decorations, Christmas lights, sights and sounds. It is…
Snuggle down, cosy up, it’s time for some Mindful Hygge! Look after yourself! That’s the theme for this month’s mindful hygge calendar. Hygge is a word used in Norwegian and Danish (pronounced Hoo-guh) which suggests time out, cosy-making and rest, or enjoying times with friends or alone. You can download the calendar to support your…