Every time I teach Mind Calm, whether in a group or one-to-one, in person or via Skype, I talk first of all about the tiredness that will come up. I…
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I haven’t written about losing my father in July and I am not going to now, as the story is not just mine. I have, however, been reflecting on what…
Today I’ve been on a Magical Memory Tour. I had an appointment at Newnham College, Cambridge, to finalise details for the venue for the Mind Calm workshop on 21st November….
It’s natural to be nervous when you are trying something different. There are all sorts of preconceptions attached to the idea of meditation and as a result the thought of…
Last week I posted this on my Facebook page: Loving yourself is not conditional; it doesn’t need you to be good enough, for you to like or approve of yourself….
I have an odd working life. My professional job is in the criminal justice system, and means that I am almost constantly on call to go out to police stations…
My brother sent me this video and I found it so enjoyable and inspiring that I wanted to share it with you. It’s long, but if you only have two…
Today I am letting my own video speak for me. Just over a week ago, Adrian Birtwell from Standout Videos and I clambered over the marshes near the Sailing Club…
I didn’t realise how tired I was this morning until my Mind Calm Sitting. Being still in awareness, I saw how my racing thoughts, my eagerness to ‘get everything sorted,’…
There is a blank space on this page. And here is an invitation: see if you can rest with the blankness for a while. Don’t try, don’t resist. Just see…
Yesterday I came home from running my Mind Calm Meditation workshop to go straight into a 24 hour period of being on call for my job in the criminal justice…
This morning my alarm sounded at 5.30. I needed time to meditate before getting ready and setting off for the Mind Calm Meditation workshop I was running in Colchester. It’s…