Everyday Mindfulness

I think I would much prefer tai chi to yoga. I've read Alidina's book. It's okay, better than FCL. But he repeats the dots puzzle (without attributing it, which I think is a bit naughty). I DO wish these books wouldn't have fake case studies, though. Particularly when one 'participant' commented tha...

Got Alidina's 'The Mindful Way Through Stress'. Looks accessible, think I will give a it a go as I would benefit from a structured program to encourage discipline. 'Freestyling' my practice it is too easy for my doubting self to say "I haven't got time today, I'll just practice extra-vigilantly...

Thanks, all. It really is a shame that he writes like this because I can see it possibly being the book that people turn to first, due to its longevity and Amazon reviews. I think if it were the first book I ever read on the subject I'd never have persevered any further. I have had practice in learn...

I have tried to like this book. But 600 pages, a lot of which is vague and inaccessible (orthogonal rotations in consciousness?) and makes what can be an esoteric subject to newcomers even more difficult to grasp. But it is seen as the locus classicus of modern, secular meditation. Is it worth just ...

Thanks for the replies, sorry I haven't responded before now, my computer was playing up. JonW - I see your point that all untrained people are at the mercy of their thoughts. But I do still wonder if 'normal' people feel compulsions to remember previous events as vividly as possible and what they d...

Hello all. A sort-of mindfulness question. I have an OCD (diagnosed) where I have to remember events as vividly as I can, where I have to feel as I did at the time the event happened. If, during the course of recalling these events I remember additional details from an earlier point in time, I have ...