This evening at Ebbw Vale Institute we are going to do a body scan. This is a core part of mindfulness practice and something that many...

Don't take yourself too seriously! Don't assume that everything has to be the way you want it to be (we often don't know what's best for...

The philosopher John Gray wrote this: 'If you think of your life as a story, you will be tempted to write it to the end. But you do not...

There is a story told of Socrates the ancient Greek philosopher wandering through the busy marketplace at Athens looking at the vast...

The man had been sitting in the bus station for a long time. A friendly stranger asked him what bus he was waiting for. 'I'm not waiting...

We all do it now and again. We all run ahead of ourselves sometimes. When we notice this, we can bring ourselves back. Life is lived in...

We habitually justify our emotions instead of exploring them with care and recognising that they are inconstant, impermanent and often...

If we always allow how we feel to determine how we act, we lose sight of the liberating understanding that how we choose to act can...

My thoughts are not much to do with me. How I deal with them is everything to do with me.

' Maybe what you want isn't what you want, you just enjoy wanting.' Charles Bukowski

All this stuff about happiness can really get you down! People will tell you there's something wrong with you if you're not happy. EAT...

We discover through mindfulness and meditation practice that uncertainty need not be a problem, a cause of anxiety or self-doubt. A life...

Thanks to all who attended our session at this venue today. It was a pleasure to meet such lovely people at this impressive site. The...

It is often said that there is something zen-like about cats. What does this mean? How can cats teach us something about our meditation...

Sounds old fashioned doesn't it? We live in an age when instant gratification, immediate expression, fast results are required, almost...

FREEDOM IN MINDFULNESS IS NOT FREEDOM FROM EMOTIONS IT IS FREEDOM FROM COMPLICATING THEM

A very recent New Scientist Publication on 'The Human Mind' features an article on 'Interoception'. It states at the outset, ' How our...

Chances are, we are not what we instinctively think we are. Can you describe yourself in one short sentence? Is it the whole of what you...

It was a real pleasure to visit MHA again yesterday. This organisation features in a previous Blog posted on February 3rd 2017. There...