Everyday Mindfulness

I am loving this week. My experience is: the 'neutral' (started with a typo there & wrote 'neural' :-D) act of noticing itself is transformational. And, of course, it's not neutral; the very act of noticing, of holding an experience in spacious awareness, of steadying the focus, etc, is already ...

Well, regarding the cue sheets, I don't think I've made good use of the first one! I found myself ticking boxes or giving one or two word entries. I'm guessing that I'll get more value from the exercise by taking more care to reflect on how I've brought the exercise to bear on my day's experience &a...

Yes, I'd had a similar reflection to Maggie; I think an important step is to "Be mindful of what it feels like in your body to be on your own side. Open to and encourage that feeling as much as possible. Notice any resistance to it and try to let it go." For me, in my fledgling journey int...

Hi Steve I'm not sure about an Android app - I'm on iPhone at the moment. Re 'backlash', oh, this is sooo timely for me at the moment! My goal for 2014 is to start living authentically, which perfectly marries with being on my side. I also schooled myself, as a child, in keeping quiet and avoiding c...

I like Betty's idea of using the different chapter titles, perhaps prefaced with "JOT"... Incidentally, Hanson has a "Buddha's Brain" app, which has - what seems to be - some complementary topics, including some audio (the first is "Be on Your Own Side"). In Chapter One...

I've just ordered the book. I read Buddha's Brain earlier this year and it was excellent.