Everyone who takes time to explore meditative practice becomes aware of the central importance of compassion in the relief of suffering,...

Delighted to be offering regular sessions at this lovely location. Let's navigate our way through the coming winter months by cultivating...

Nonreactivity is cultivated in mindfulness practice. How is this done and why is it useful? Let's catch up on some recent research, then...

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...

'THE BUTTERFLY DOES NOT COUNT YEARS BUT MOMENTS AND THEREFORE HAS ENOUGH TIME' Rabindranath Tagore

Those who have seen my previous blogs on Dalit children will know that all who attend my mindfulness and meditation sessions will be...

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...

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...

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...

We have just completed the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course (6 weeks) at Blackwood Wellbeing Centre. This was the first time the...

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...

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...

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...

In 'The Old Curiosity Shop' (chapter XXX1X) Charles Dickens writes '........all happiness has an end - hence the chief pleasure of its...

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...

EQUANIMITY is delighted to be supporting this charity. The plight of Dalit and Devadasi children in India needs much greater exposure...

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...

THOUGHTS ARE WHAT YOU HAVE, NOT WHAT YOU ARE.

Throughout the world recent events have left us feeling unsafe and unsure. Every day we are reminded that we are living in uncertain and...

We are sometimes told that meditation is about staying with the breath and 'emptying the mind of thoughts'. Staying with the breath and...