You know that moment when you have an urge to show some love; when you’re consumed by feelings of kindness, compassion and empathy and want to do something selfless. We all feel it occasionally. It swells from somewhere deep inside and compels us to reach out and take positive action for the greater good. There doesn’t have…Read More
How to Quit and Still Win Comfortably
We’ve all been there. In fact, most of us go there at least once a week. You find yourself knee-deep and stressed in work you wish you’d never taken on. Whether it’s a project or task you’ve been given at the office, or whether you’ve promised someone you’d do something for them and don’t want…Read More
Why You Should Meditate – And a Breathing Meditation to Get You Started
If you aren’t a meditator, you probably think, “why bother?” And you probably don’t have time, right? Which makes you a perfect candidate for meditation, so do read on… And if you are a part-time meditator, or someone who dabbles occasionally when encouraged by a post like this, at times you probably find yourself questioning…Read More
How Self-Help Prevents You Finding True Happiness [& What to do About It]
The self-help world can be a deceptive and contradictory landscape, one that purposely pulls your mind from pillar to post, promising that the next method will be better than the last, and deceiving you into believing that your lack of progress is due to not “manifesting” or “visualising” enough. The rinse and repeat approach to…Read More
8-Steps To Mindful Eating – The Best Meal You’ve Had In Years
Eating is intimately connected to mindfulness, well at least eating natural foods is, anyway. This is because vegetables, plants, fruits and animals are part of the same interdependent cycle of life that we belong to. We, like every other living organism, are part of this beautifully interconnected earth, and eating is an opportunity to reconnect with Mother…Read More
How I Enhanced My Walking Meditation by Going Barefoot [Well, Almost]
The intention of walking meditation is to purposely focus on walking; to use each step as a way of bringing the mind into the present and centering attention and awareness. Historically, walking meditation was done barefoot, without shoes, or socks for that matter. And that’s still applicable if you’re walking on the grass in your garden or perhaps…Read More
Why it’s Perfectly Okay to Have Regrets
I wish I’d…I mean, I don’t regret it, but… I hate saying I regret things, but it would have been nice to… How many times have you said, or heard someone say, something along those lines? We have a hard time dealing with regret because it’s almost like admitting failure. It’s like almost admitting we…Read More
How To Escape The Vacuous Trappings Of Desire & Still Get What You Want In Life
My mobile phone is four years old. It’s at that age where it gets funny looks from other phone users, and phones, for that matter. “Wow, you still got one of those”? The thing is, my phone still does all I need it to do. It’s a Blackberry, which means it has a Qwerty keyboard,…Read More
21 Mindful Habits You Can Adopt Today
Mindfulness is a state of purposeful attention in the present. When you are mindful, you observe your thoughts and feelings without judging them as good or bad. Mindfulness is to step into the moment, the here and now, to cultivate a pure awareness of the true nature of things; unspoiled by the mind’s persistent evaluation and…Read More
The Beginner’s Pathway to Successful Meditation [in 5 Conscious Steps]
If you’re reading this, then you’re probably interested in meditation, and have probably heard lots of good things about the benefits. But you’ve also probably wondered how monks manage to sit still for so long during meditation. Hours on end, day after day, year after year. Don’t they get bored, don’t they think about that…Read More