Articles and blog posts written by team members, tutors and supervisors of the Mindfulness Association about how they bring mindfulness into their lives.
Over the last two days I have been doing a training course on the MBI-TAC: Mindfulness Based Interventions – Teaching Assessment Criteria. It was wonderfully facilitated by Rebecca Crane and it was an opportunity to share practice and experience about what it is to be a Mindfulness teacher with other experienced practitioners and teachers. A…
This week many of us are feeling quite fearful at the prospect of a Trump Presidency, another winter of austerity and the uncertainty of Brexit. It is worth reflecting that the earth is populated by the same people this week as it was last week and recognising that the majority of people on this earth…
work in the office is piling up; the clocks have gone back and there is a lot to organise in the family. I think many of us find ourselves tired and over-busy in the run up to Christmas and it is easy to get run down and catch one of the omnipresent cold or flu…
For as long as I remember I have been on a quest to understand my place in life, the universe and everything. This started from an interest in science, space, alien life and the archaeological remains left by ancient peoples. My first degree was in mathematical physics with astrophysics, which I loved, but which I…
I came across this concept at an excellent workshop led by Vidyamala Burch who founded and leads Breathworks, which is a Mindfulness training organisation specialising in healing pain and illness. Vidyamala will be speaking at our conference next year, for more details please click here. The concept of over-efforting, as I understand it, is that due…
Dear all, Choden is out of retreat this month, after one year, and I am very much looking forward to re-connecting with him and finding out about his experience on retreat. Also, I am very much looking forward to working with him again, as I have missed him this year. Choden is the expert behind…
Since we set up the MA, we have been trying to support our course participants in their Mindfulness practice, recognising that only by practicing will we become less neurotic and more able to flourish in our lives. This was our motivation for the membership and I think that particularly the online sits are helping with…
A few weeks ago, I came across some teachings by an ancient Indian Buddhist teacher called Tilopa. It’s a very brief teaching about Mindfulness and quite secular, so I want to share it with you. Tilopa’s 6 words of advice: Don’t recall– let go of what has passed Don’t imagine– let go of the future…
I have had a happy weekend at Samye Ling with our year 2 MSc students who happen to be beginning their Insight module. Coming back together after the summer break feels like a reunion of old and valued friends that are a bit more chilled and happy than when we first met together one year…