Everyday Mindfulness

I think for me I realised that I was sometimes using my periods of formal practice with a planned outcome of feeling calm, if that makes sense…. it helped me realise that sometimes when I was meditating I was actually just focusing on being calm rather than what my true inner experience was. Exactl...

I had a period a while back where there was a change in my external circumstances. It felt like someone had ripped my mindfulness from beneath me. My mind was constantly going to the future, filled with anxious thoughts. It was so strange after a really long period of extreme peacefulness that this...

Hi Jon, many thanks for your response - an online course is a great idea, why didn't I think of that? Also maybe some new reading material to bring me back to basics - any suggestions?

I began mindfulness meditation over two years ago when I was going through a really dark place in my life. The worst aspect of this time was waking every morning with dread and anxiety in my stomach. Absolutely nothing I tried helped pull me out of this place until I began following the 8-week cours...

Jeff - thank you. That has given me some good perspective today - that the challenges we face are all part of the practice - as I am dealing with some intense emotions/physical sensations. I have been trying to 'lean in' to the feelings, but this is so very hard to do when it is only human to feel g...

Hi Jon and Feehutch, Thank you for responding! And yes, you are entirely right, I have been striving for perfection and perhaps using meditation as a 'band-aid' lately, thinking, "Oh as long as I sit every day, nothing 'bad' will happen", as if meditation is a cure-all and will ward off al...

Hi All, I have been practicing mindfulness for over a year and a half. It was severe, chronic anxiety that led me to it, and it was the best thing to happen to me - in fact it changed my life! Up until four days ago. I have had a relapse, which has taken me by surprise, and feels all the more awful ...