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Mindful Swimming

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

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Nature moments that woke me up!

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!

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Mindful Compassion For Ourselves

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