Am I doing it right? This week at Mindful Therapies we ran a meditation workshop called ‘Am I doing it right?’ This was an opportunity for people with some experience of meditation to discuss their practice with others. Although we meditate in a group, the practice of meditation is quite a solitary experience, in [...]
‘If you can sit quietly after difficult news; if in financial downturns you remain perfectly calm; if you can see your neighbors travel to fantastic places without a twinge of jealousy; if you can happily eat whatever is put on your plate; if you can fall asleep after a day of running around without [...]
Gratitude In Relationships This series of blog posts focuses on some of my reflections on the nine foundational attitudes of mindfulness and how they relate to interpersonal relationships. This week is an exploration of gratitude. For me, gratitude is probably the most significant thing that I have learned since beginning to practice mindfulness. When [...]
Non-Judgement In Relationships This series of blog posts focuses on some of my reflections on the nine foundational attitudes of mindfulness and how they relate to interpersonal relationships. This week is an exploration of non-judgement. As human beings we judge all the time. However, when we feel judged by others it can feel [...]
13th June 2018 was Mindful Therapies’ 5th birthday. It has been an amazing few years. I never expected to set up a business but when I look back it is hard to imagine that I could have done anything else. I set up Mindful Therapies (then known as Mindfulness Based Therapies) in 2013 because [...]
Beginners mind in relationships This series of blog posts focuses on some of my reflections on the nine foundational attitudes of mindfulness and how they relate to interpersonal relationships. This week is an exploration of beginner’s mind. The longer we know somebody, often the less we pay attention. Instead, we rely on our assumptions [...]
Settling Into Our New Home It has now been six months since we moved into the new Mindful Therapies Centre in Carliol Square. And we are now just in a position to stop and catch our breath and reflect on the year that has passed. Back in May 2017, Mindful Therapies was [...]
My mindfulness journey. I’ve taken a while to decide where to start this story. Breaking with tradition I’m beginning in the middle when I went along to an introduction to meditation at Newcastle Buddhist Centre in 2001. I’d just broken up with my partner and had moved back to Tyneside. I was ready for [...]
The 9 Foundational Attitudes of Mindfulness This is the first of a series of blogs looking at the foundational attitudes of sustained and effective mindfulness practice. Intention, practice and attitude There are three elements to living mindfully, intention, practice and the attitude we bring to our practice. These are beautifully summed up in [...]
When I became redundant In the first 30 months of this decade I was fortunate enough to be made redundant not once but twice. Not that it felt in any way positive. The definition of the word itself says it all; Redundant Adjective Not or no longer needed or useful: Superfluous My story Now I [...]