Pots Pinched With Love. Each one of these pots is made from the same bit of paper clay and rolled into a small table tennis ball size before being pinched with love and care as a gift to a loved one! I let go of the outcome, embrace the imperfection and enjoy the process of… Continue reading Mindful Making
Phew! 36 degrees in the desert and by some weird quirk of fate NO air conditioning working at home or work! With questions spinning in my head of 'How can that be? and What does it mean? and How will we cope?' I head to the 50 m pool. Aaaaahhhhh the beautiful cool water, the lovely… Continue reading Mindful Swimming
I'd love to say that I haven't written a blog for awhile because I have been so mindful(!) but alas the opposite has been true! However I am learning that even in the tough stressful times we can find things that jerk us back into the present moment, and wake us up either in a pleasant… Continue reading Nature moments that woke me up!
Have you ever found that you mindfully tune into the tension in your body (for me: neck and shoulders) and then NOT so mindfully beat yourself up about it? I do! I attempt to ‘let it go’ and then proceed to subtly (or not so subtly) put more effort and more tension into getting rid… Continue reading Mindful Compassion For Ourselves
This mindful blogging is working! I am definitely feeling more aware and more mindful! It’s so nice to know there are many others out there exploring the same thing too! Thank you! In the past 3 months when I was immersed in a new job and long hours all my resolutions to meditate went out… Continue reading 5 Mindful Minutes
So at the beginning of this ' find more mindful moments' pledge I have just in the last 24 hours focussed on my feet! Whenever I think about it, particularly in an interaction with one of my kids ( that may or may not be slightly tense) I focus on my feet; where are they?,… Continue reading Mindful Feet
I find it is so much easier to be mindful when on holidays but the big question for me is how can I be mindful in day to day living, with 4 kids in a busy household and work and partner and extrended family and friends and other obligations calling? My aim is to keep… Continue reading Why a mindfulness blog?
