“My old friend the Blues” ?

  By the time you read this the media created event known as “Blue Monday” will have passed. My Ipswich-based eight week mindfulness course will have started one week later (Jan 23 – still places, hurry!); I am hopeful that in most cases anyone on my course who might be vulnerable to the winter blues […]

Beyond Language

My friends in the ACT learning community will appreciate this, I think? Finding freedom through thoughts and words Source: Beyond Language

Emotional Alchemy – Lion’s Roar

Here’s a very recent excerpt from a book by a mindfulness informed pychotherapist that explains what a powerful combination mindfulness and psychotherapy makes Tara Bennett-Goleman describes how the transforming power of mindfulness can be applied to our painful emotional patterns. Source: Emotional Alchemy – Lion’s Roar

A Taste of Mindfulness: info/intro to our Jan 17 8 week mindfulness course Tickets, Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite – in Ipswich soon, hope you can make it?

    A free taster event giving offering information, question time and a goodly taste of guided experiential mindfulness practices. Source: A Taste of Mindfulness: info/intro to our Jan 17 8 week mindfulness course Tickets, Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite

Here’s the third article – from a pioneering mindfulness teacher Love and Liberation: An interview with Thich Nhat Hanh – Lion’s Roar

Thich Nhat Hanh on true love, the benefits of suffering, and insight that will set you free. He says he teaches original Buddhism with a Mahayana spirit. Source: Love and Liberation: An interview with Thich Nhat Hanh – Lion’s Roar

Second article – very concise – enjoy!Pema Chödrön on how to enjoy life – Lion’s Roar

A sign in the entrance to Pema Chödrön’s monastery reads “Enjoy Your Life.” We ask her how that could be a spiritual practice. Source: Pema Chödrön on how to enjoy life – Lion’s Roar

The first of a series of three we’re posting today:The Ultimate Happiness: An exclusive interview with the Dalai Lama – Lion’s Roar

In this exclusive conversation, the Dalai Lama talks about human goodness, and how caring for others is the ultimate source of your own happiness. Source: The Ultimate Happiness: An exclusive interview with the Dalai Lama – Lion’s Roar