Each week for NOVEMBER I will share a guided Mindful Moment Exercise .. an opportunity to: PAUSE and be MINDFUL in the MOMENT These exercises may only take a few minutes .. but by stepping away from the noise and busyness you are truly honouring your own wellbeing, allowing your mind and body to rest and […]
A Mindful Moment (audio)
A few weeks ago I had a local Council contact me, to discuss organising some suitable meditation and mindfulness programs for their staff as part Mental Health Week and their ongoing Mindfulness Month. What a brilliant initiative! Along with a couple of lunchtime workshops (that were a great success) there was a request for some […]
12 Minute Daily Meditation For Improved ...
As part of my studies for the McLean Meditation Teacher Certificate Program I have been voraciously reading and mentally digesting some truly amazing books. One book that I am sure I would never have found (or thought I would enjoy so much), is How God Changes Your Brain by Andrew Newberg, M.D. Mind-blowing (yes, funny […]
Three Good Things Exercise
Are you on our FREE Monday Meditation Musings email list? This is a FREE weekly email designed to provide an inspirational and meditative kick-start to your week .. a little meditative nourishment! You can sign up for Monday Meditation Musings here. Three Good Things I am currently completing some studies in Positive Psychology (The Science […]
Colouring as Meditation
My daughter is currently in the midst of studying for her final senior school exams. It’s a challenging time for her and over the recent holiday period – in amidst the studying – she found herself in a news agents and on a whim purchased a coloring book and pencils. Never did she (or I) […]
Pebble For Your Pocket Meditation
Mindfulness is an ancient practice that simply requires us to attend non-judgmentally to the present moment (rather than bouncing around between past, present and future .. the open space-land of non attention). When we rest our focus in the present moment .. everything seems to slow down, we really ‘see’ what is happening in our […]
Half-Smile Meditation
If you look at a picture or statue of the Buddha .. you are likely to see him holding a small upturning of the mouth, a relaxed and easy half-smile. Smiling has been confirmed by modern psychology as having very positive effects, sending messages to the brain that everything is okay and assisting us to […]
Suspended Breath Exercise
Are you on our FREE Monday Meditation Musing email list? This is a FREE weekly email designed to provide an inspirational (and meditative) kick-start to your week .. a little meditative nourishment! You can sign up for Monday Meditation Musings here. This week .. a brief Meditative Exercise that is deeply relaxing and refreshing for […]