Being with Uncertainty.
We discover through mindfulness and meditation practice that uncertainty need not be a problem, a cause of anxiety or self-doubt. A life...
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Andrew Lewis
Mar 51 min read
Llanhilleth Miners Institute.
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...
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Andrew Lewis
Feb 281 min read
What can we learn from cats?
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...
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Andrew Lewis
Feb 21 min read
Patience and Practice
Sounds old fashioned doesn't it? We live in an age when instant gratification, immediate expression, fast results are required, almost...
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Andrew Lewis
Jan 301 min read
Freedom in Mindfulness
FREEDOM IN MINDFULNESS IS NOT FREEDOM FROM EMOTIONS IT IS FREEDOM FROM COMPLICATING THEM
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Andrew Lewis
Jan 102 min read
What is Interoception?
A very recent New Scientist Publication on 'The Human Mind' features an article on 'Interoception'. It states at the outset, ' How our...
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Andrew Lewis
Dec 10, 20232 min read
Who are you? Who am I ?
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...
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Andrew Lewis
Nov 17, 20231 min read
Monmouthshire Housing Association.
It was a real pleasure to visit MHA again yesterday. This organisation features in a previous Blog posted on February 3rd 2017. There...
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Andrew Lewis
Oct 27, 20231 min read
Ebbw Vale Institute
The regular Monday and Wednesday sessions are open to all. They are not closed groups, or for members only. Anyone can attend, whether...
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Andrew Lewis
Oct 11, 20231 min read
The purpose of kindness
What happens when we pay kind attention to things around us, to other people and to ourselves? This is what happens: We reduce...
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Andrew Lewis
Sep 15, 20232 min read
It makes a practical difference
When people come to Mindfulness/Meditation sessions and start the practice, it is never very long before they report that real change is...
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Andrew Lewis
Aug 31, 20231 min read
GETTING ANGRY.
People and circumstances will often provide you with the opportunity to get angry. They cannot MAKE you angry. Whether you get angry or...
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Andrew Lewis
Aug 25, 20231 min read
How to please your productivity manager by slowing down.
When we broaden our awareness through the practice of meditation, we cultivate a helpful 'slowing down'. This slowing down opens up space...
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Andrew Lewis
Jul 28, 20231 min read
There is no path to happiness
IT'S TOO CLOSE FOR THERE TO BE A PATH.
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Andrew Lewis
Jul 13, 20231 min read
I don't have time to slow down!
One thing that puts people off the idea of meditation is that it seems so impractical. 'I don't have time for all that', they say. ...
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Andrew Lewis
Jun 9, 20232 min read
OPPORTUNITIES TO BE HAPPY
Lots of opportunities to be happy come along in an average day. They arrive without interference, just by chance. HAP means chance. From...
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Andrew Lewis
May 28, 20232 min read
Meditation is being kind to yourself
The very act of engaging in meditation should begin with kindness. We come without judgment, criticism or expectation. We leave all...
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Andrew Lewis
May 7, 20231 min read
Ebbw Vale Institute
The Wednesday evening meditation sessions (5.30-6.30) at EVI have now recommenced and following the Bank Holiday on May 8th, the Monday...
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Andrew Lewis
Mar 31, 20231 min read
LOOKING BACK
'Looking back, what I regret most about the rush is missing so much of my own life. I don't mean missing it now. I mean missing it then,...
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Andrew Lewis
Mar 12, 20231 min read
'The Play's The Thing.......'
Children love to play. They are good at it. Cats and dogs love to play and they are good at it too! We hear a lot in Mindfulness practice...
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