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  • Mind Full of Stuff

    Mind Full of Stuff

    Is your mind full of stuff? Or are you mindful of stuff? Mindfulness is a very well known idea now, but maybe knowing how to really be mindful can still feel a bit elusive. It can be off-putting as an idea because life feels so chaotically full of stuff. How do we go from being Read more

  • Qigong – Enhancing Life

    Qi – pronounced ‘chee’, means vital energy. Gong means accumulating or gathering. A human being essentially lives on qi (energy). Our life and vitality comes from our inner qi. Qigong enhances, improves, strengthens and circulates your qi. There is a Chinese saying which translates as “Medicine is not as good as food, and food is Read more

  • Breathe

    How are you breathing right now? Are you breathing through your mouth or nose? Maybe it’s not something you’ve given much thought to, but how you breathe has a big impact on your health and wellbeing. This has been known for thousands of years; energy giving, mood enhancing, regenerating breathing techniques have been practiced and Read more

  • The Happiest Moments are the Simplest

    I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my feeling that the fundamental, original point of the concept of abundance is being lost in our Western commercialised and consumerist ideologies. Our habit of wanting more and bigger and better is being fed into the business models of many people or companies who are selling self-improvement and Read more

  • Accept Abundance

    Back in early ‘Covidtimes’ as my younger son calls it, a great friend invited me to take part in Deepak Chopra’s 21 Days of Abundance meditation course in a WhatsApp group. It was brilliant, and really got me focussing back into my Buddhist training and thinking of how important it is to share this positive Read more

  • Self-Love isn’t Selfish

    Last week I wrote about self-acceptance and it’s importance when you’re trying to be happier, healthier and more relaxed in your everyday life. For me, that moves on naturally to self-love. Once you’ve got to the point where you can accept what’s great about you as well as everything that you’re not so happy about, Read more