Hello!
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 12:07 am
Hello everyone! I first came across Everyday Mindfulness through Twitter. I liked the website, and the content, and then Gareth sent me a tweet asking me to join and introduce myself - so here I am...
I'm a little bit shy and find things like this quite hard but I'm going to do it anyway. That's one of the reasons that I write my blog (mindfulyogamum.blogspot.co.uk) and tweet (@mindfulyogamum) anonymously - so that I can be myself. So that I can be open and honest.
So, a little bit about me and how I came to mindfulness...
I'm the other side of 50, married (my husband works away from home a lot) with two daughters, 22 and 19. I am what is, these days, called a 'homemaker' (housewife is fine by me!). I first started doing yoga about 30 years ago and also did a course in TM which began my meditating journey. It's been more off than on over the years but this year I went to Rishikesh in India and there I discovered Mindfulness.
At the end of August I did an 8 week MBSR (mindfulness based stress relief run by people trained by Jon Kabbat-Zinn) course in London and it really has changed my life. I hope to do another one next year.
I have always suffered from being a frantic, hectic person and mindfulness has grounded me and levelled me out. I meditate every day, not only formally but I try to do it informally too - in the shower, washing up, talking - maybe that's 'just' being mindful! It takes commitment and practise but it's definitely worth it.
I'm looking forward to finding my way round the site and reading other people's stories.
Mym x
I'm a little bit shy and find things like this quite hard but I'm going to do it anyway. That's one of the reasons that I write my blog (mindfulyogamum.blogspot.co.uk) and tweet (@mindfulyogamum) anonymously - so that I can be myself. So that I can be open and honest.
So, a little bit about me and how I came to mindfulness...
I'm the other side of 50, married (my husband works away from home a lot) with two daughters, 22 and 19. I am what is, these days, called a 'homemaker' (housewife is fine by me!). I first started doing yoga about 30 years ago and also did a course in TM which began my meditating journey. It's been more off than on over the years but this year I went to Rishikesh in India and there I discovered Mindfulness.
At the end of August I did an 8 week MBSR (mindfulness based stress relief run by people trained by Jon Kabbat-Zinn) course in London and it really has changed my life. I hope to do another one next year.
I have always suffered from being a frantic, hectic person and mindfulness has grounded me and levelled me out. I meditate every day, not only formally but I try to do it informally too - in the shower, washing up, talking - maybe that's 'just' being mindful! It takes commitment and practise but it's definitely worth it.
I'm looking forward to finding my way round the site and reading other people's stories.
Mym x
