In any given moment, our body receives a multitude of information through its senses. Mindfulness is knowing what is happening while it is happening. How we sense the natural world can help support our practice and understanding of mindfulness. The start of spring offers a range of opportunities to engage our sense and orient to mindful presence…
The value of mindfulness and self-compassion practices is often recognised, but it can be challenging to integrate these into a busy life. Even if motivated to do so, time is often a constraint. Recent research has begun exploring whether very brief practices, woven into everyday life, might still offer benefit…
People often ask what mindfulness is. I think Jon Kabat-Zinn provides a really clear outline, defining it as “the awareness that arises by paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally”. Meditation teacher Rob Nairn’s definition has also stayed with me over the years: mindfulness is “knowing what is happening while it is happening, no matter what it is”…