Everyday Mindfulness

Thank you both I have taken to the meditation stool more regularly since writing the last post. I am not going to start another course just yet. I am 'striving' to achieve 'non striving' because i understand it to be fundamental to mindfulness and I can see how much misery striving and non acceptanc...

I love mindfulness and it has brought many benefits to my life. I first learnt about the practice with an online course over 3 years ago now. There were some amazing radical shifts. I had the experience of 'no mind' when i meditated. I really saw things for the first time, a blade of grass, or the r...

Stephanie Lowe is a mindful midwife trained by Nancy Bardacke. Stephanie is running a weekend workshop in Manchester on the 9th and 10th of April 2016. My partner and I will be attending and we look forward to a mindful pregnancy and birth! See links below to Stephanie's flyer and the mindful birthi...

There is a problem separating eating and self compassion. Eating lots of junk makes self compassion difficult. It's like self harm. I eat as much junk as I can manage, thinking 'no judgement, it's my choice'. But it's impossible to love myself. Last night I was awake for hours loathing myself. Not h...

Thank you that feedback is really good to read. I always thought that being happy with my body and eating habits was the key to happiness and the source of all my problems. I obsessed over it daily. I have lost significant amounts of weight on a few occasions but never quite reached my goal. Then pu...

You are spot on again, thank you Mick I just did a long sitting meditation. It's how I started, the JKZ ones. They were like toture a year ago. Physically and mentally. The boredom and restlessness but eventually I allowed myself to buy a zafu and once the 8 week course was finished I generally sele...

I am panicked that I am going to lose it completely. That I'll go back to square 1 and it will be a massive struggle again. Shouldn't I push myself to meditate every day? I am scared I am going to sabotage this like I do with everything good that I get. I guess that's because I don't feel any self c...

Thank you, Lovely advice. I don't take any of it as negative criticism. Being present is very new to me. I have spent all my life being totally pre-occupied with what I need to do to make my life ok and lived in a fantasy world most of the time. Dreaming about the future when things will be ok. Tota...

Except I haven't meditated for over a week. Not at all. And now imnsomnia is back. My heart is pounding, am trying to be accepting of not meditating and self sabotaging in that way. Right this moment I regret it though. Wish I could go back in time and take different actions that would haveto encour...

Thank you again, I was a bit overwhelmed with your kindness when first reading the posts. My mind has shifted the last few days. I am eating addictively but am more accepting that this is just how it is right now, in this moment. I am not wishing it was different or regretting it after or feeling as...