Everyday Mindfulness

Thanks Jon, will Check that out, and likewise if you are ever around Portsmouth, give me a shout.

Thanks Jon, any tips on getting the ball rolling. I suppose the motivation for me is that I would love to be able to discuss the practice and learn from others, it can be a bit of a reclusive activity otherwise.

Hi wondered if anyone from the portsmouth area is interested in meeting up regularly to discuss mindfulness and share experiences?

Thanks for your reply Jon, very helpful. You are right I tend to use the present to ground me. For example, kids are screaming at me and I’m late for work. I just stop, think about this exact moment warts and all. For some reason I feel a release in my legs and stomach, I notice my breath a little b...

Hi would be interested to hear people's views on the book power of now, by tolle. I have been meditating on and off for some time but to be honest I've found the methods taught by the 8 week course are not as useful as they were when I originally started. This book has really kicked started things f...

hi all, thanks for your feedback. Also for anyone interested I'm currently reading mindful parenting by jon kabat zinn and one of the chapters deals with this problem. thanks again.

She is 18 months, and when she was newborn in some ways it was easier because like you say I could practice during her first nap.

Will consider getting up early but as she still wakes up in the night, I think that might be a bit too much at the moment.

Hi wondered if I could get some advice on how to find a good time of day to meditate. Before the arrival of my daughter I easily managed to find at least 20 mins every day and I really saw the benefit. I achieved this by making sure I practiced at the same time every day. This seems to be the best a...

thanks steve, that has really helped me.

i can definitely recognise this, but I'm unsure what to do about it too. I feel like I've learned and assimilated the basics of mindfulness and I feel like I practice it on a day to day basis. But it seems to me that the whole thing needs another dimension to it, to keep it interesting. Rather than ...