Everyday Mindfulness

Great post, I can identify with what you say. I also find it interesting that I have tried like yourself to have the same goals. The one difference or change I have made is to be both a little looser with the goals e.g to practice meditation 5 out of 7 days per week. And also to be more compassionat...

I too am relatively inexperienced in the mindfulness journey. But I am not sure that there is anything wrong with people charging and making money from teaching mindfulness as long as its fair. Yes I appreciated thats a judgement and opinion on whats fair. Headspace is around £50 per year, that does...

Hi there

I started with the headspace website, if you pay the subscription there is a 365 day programme. A guided meditation every day, put together into a programme.

Worth a look.

Thanks, I do like the idea of saying in and out I will give that a go this weekend. Catching thoughts in a none judgemental way, I think takes time. Its effectivly unlearing a lifetime of "oh no not those thoughts, why cant i make them stop". So occasionally i still end up doint that, but ...

Cheesus - that sounds very similar to me. I have only recently been diagnosed with OCD, it was a bit of a shock. My family and friends just said we could have told you that......... So I looked back and realized this had been a cycle my whole life, from around 11 to where I am now at 44. There are t...

Hi there..... Out of curiosity, how much does peoples minds wander during meditation ? I have done a couple of sessions in the past week where my mind wandered so much I don't think I ever counted the breaths to 10 once. My take has always been this is normal its what the mind does, the key is when ...

Hi all, I have been very lucky we have a Yoga centre 5 minutes round the corner from me http://universalyoga.co.uk/ and its fantastic the 6 session beginners course is very tailored towards the requiremetns of the individuals, you aren't pushed further than you can go. It is very calming and relaxin...

Hi all, I have suffered anxiety issues all my life, but only realised around 6 years ago when I had a major problem to an extent where the past, present and future effectivly merged which was very scarey. I recovered largly with medication, but i have always had a level of background anxiety. I had ...

I started yoga as a 6 session course the same time as I started to study mindfulness using headspace. The yoga we do is all based on mindfulness, with poses, breathing and meditation. I have to say I wish I took kit up years ago. I only have a couple of weeks left and then I will have to practice at...

Hello, I have just joined. I came to mindfulness around 10 weeks ago. My story is probably similar to others. I am a relatively successful person, I have a good job, a lovely wife and family but at times I suffer from very bad anxiety. It is something I appear to have lived with since I was about 10...