MEDITATION MONDAY AT EBBW VALE INSTITUTE
What a lovely group we have here in the welcoming surroundings of EVI. Every Monday morning is a real pleasure. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE...
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Andrew Lewis
- Oct 25, 2022
- 1 min
Compassion Meditation.
Everyone who takes time to explore meditative practice becomes aware of the central importance of compassion in the relief of suffering,...
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Andrew Lewis
- Sep 2, 2022
- 1 min
EBBW VALE INSTITUTE
Delighted to be offering regular sessions at this lovely location. Let's navigate our way through the coming winter months by cultivating...
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Andrew Lewis
- Aug 22, 2022
- 3 min
NONREACTIVITY
Nonreactivity is cultivated in mindfulness practice. How is this done and why is it useful? Let's catch up on some recent research, then...
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Andrew Lewis
- Aug 2, 2022
- 1 min
EBBW VALE INSTITUTE
It is good to see Ebbw Vale Institute back in action! Equanimity is delighted to be part of the Open Week activities. If you are near...
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Andrew Lewis
- Jun 25, 2022
- 1 min
THE BUTTERFLY
'THE BUTTERFLY DOES NOT COUNT YEARS BUT MOMENTS AND THEREFORE HAS ENOUGH TIME' Rabindranath Tagore
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Andrew Lewis
- Jun 19, 2022
- 1 min
DALIT CHILDREN
Those who have seen my previous blogs on Dalit children will know that all who attend my mindfulness and meditation sessions will be...
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Andrew Lewis
- Jun 19, 2022
- 3 min
THE MONOPOLY CHAMPION.
Some time ago I came across this: 'The story is told of a highly skilled Monopoly player who once drew a comparison between the game and...
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Andrew Lewis
- May 11, 2022
- 1 min
WHEN THINKING GETS IN THE WAY.
It is now common knowledge that what is going on in our conscious mind, what we are aware of, is the tip of a very large iceberg. It may...
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Andrew Lewis
- Nov 24, 2021
- 2 min
THE JOY OF WATCHING.
It is often asked, 'What do we do in meditation?' Do we work with the mind? Is it some sort of thinking about thinking? If so, is that...
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Andrew Lewis
- Aug 23, 2021
- 1 min
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction.
We have just completed the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course (6 weeks) at Blackwood Wellbeing Centre. This was the first time the...
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Andrew Lewis
- Jan 15, 2021
- 4 min
HELPLESS VICTIMS ?
If stress has become a problem for you, you may feel helpless to do anything about it. You may have found some things that give short...
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Andrew Lewis
- Sep 28, 2020
- 3 min
HOW TO BUILD A BOAT
When times are difficult and challenging, and not the way we would like them to be, our bodies move into 'high alert'. Our threat systems...
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Andrew Lewis
- Aug 23, 2020
- 4 min
IS MEDITATION, LIKE ART, QUITE USELESS ?
In his preface to 'The Picture of Dorian Gray', Oscar Wilde made the striking statement, 'All art is quite useless'. He meant this as the...
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Andrew Lewis
- Jul 19, 2020
- 2 min
THE CURIOSITY OF HAPPINESS.
In 'The Old Curiosity Shop' (chapter XXX1X) Charles Dickens writes '........all happiness has an end - hence the chief pleasure of its...
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Andrew Lewis
- Jul 10, 2020
- 1 min
DIAMONDS WAITING TO SHINE
These children have nothing. They live on the street. There are many like them. Many don't have names, don't know their date of birth; no...
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Andrew Lewis
- Jul 8, 2020
- 1 min
REACHING OUT
EQUANIMITY is delighted to be supporting this charity. The plight of Dalit and Devadasi children in India needs much greater exposure...
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Andrew Lewis
- May 30, 2020
- 2 min
TWO BIRDS IN ONE TREE
Within the context of the Upanishads and Vedic thought in general, we are prompted to consider that there are not two birds in the tree...
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Andrew Lewis
- Apr 29, 2020
- 1 min
LOOK AT ALL THESE THOUGHTS!
THOUGHTS ARE WHAT YOU HAVE, NOT WHAT YOU ARE.
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Andrew Lewis
- Apr 18, 2020
- 2 min
THOUGHTS ON DIFFICULT TIMES
Throughout the world recent events have left us feeling unsafe and unsure. Every day we are reminded that we are living in uncertain and...
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