Sleep scored an ‘excellent’ 92/100 by the Fitbit last night. Early to sleep and early to awake at 6am. This … More
Category: relaxing in nature
What was your worry three worries ago?
Asks Dan Siegel We can’t usually remember, they come and go and usually nothing bad happens other than a bunch … More
Brain Fog
First social outing yesterday in a few weeks and it was most highly enjoyable. We saw the otter again in … More
Learning to Rest in Awareness
Being awake in bed and just being for a while. Not doing anything. Not picking up the iPad. No rush … More
Back Here
My 3 months of this long job is drawing to a close. It has been a joy not to have … More
Allowing Well-being
Sun shining on the trees out the windows this morning, and all is well. Allowing well-being to shine too, and … More
Gayatri Mantra
Still reciting the Gayatri out loud quietly and inside a lot. I haven’t much experience with mantra based meditation but … More
Procrastination Part 2 and Resistance to Happiness
Coming here and writing was a big help yesterday. It is often helpful for clarifying and clearing the mind, and … More
Testing back into Unchanging Stillness
I have two clients to see this morning. It is always a great way to start the day, being useful. … More
Facing the Disturbing Stuff
Thought it’s about time I just allow the noises from upstairs to take place without putting music on every time … More
Airy Fairyland
Quite enjoyed the MRI scan, even all the loud strange sounds. An hour of imposed meditation. And to be in … More
Day to day Life
May Day public holiday so the whole team is off. A beautiful atmosphere comes over the city on these public … More
Into and Through Suffering
Yesterday turned out to be unexpectedly social. I was glad for the company on what was an odd, out of … More
Sunday Morning
The rest of the day yesterday was spent deeply absorbed in a spaciousness with very few self referential thoughts appearing. … More
Becoming Everything
Reading a post this morning was realising that when the ‘I’ disappears, there’s no place to take a position from, … More
Grounding
I write this down after reading a couple of posts on a forum on “Awakening’ on Facebook. It made me … More
Asking for Help
4 hours in the sunshine and birdsong at the allotment yesterday. Was good to do some physical work and have … More
A Day in the Life – Wednesday
Not sure what this recording of daily detail is about here. Other than I feel chatty sometimes and I also … More
Savouring
Really savouring the good times when they arise, communicates the message that it is allowed, it is welcome and it … More
Lost at Sea
Yes that’s a perfect description for my felt experience at the moment. After weeks of family visits and dinners I’m … More
An Awake Day
A whole day nearly of being wide open and wide awake. The thought, ‘this is what enlightenment feels like’ arrived … More
Taking Refuge
I had 10 enquiries overnight for counselling and have just answered each one. Many will be in the park – … More
Life Update in the Here and Now
Steeped in the practice of being.right.here.in.this.moment.every moment as often as I remember which is a lot more often now. I … More
Seeking Refuge
Life continues to teach me about the futility of seeking refuge where there is none to be found. In material … More
Mindfulness and Surprising Spontaneity
Dropping each thought as I notice them and trusting over and over here. Drop and trust drop and trust. Through … More
A few Positives to this Pandemic
Call me a ‘Pollyanna ’ but I find myself saying yes to a lot of what is happening. Of course … More
Wendell Berry Poem
“When despair for the world grows in meand I wake in the night at the least soundin fear of what … More
Returning to the Seat of Self
Whew, I got lost there for a couple of days in angst, bargaining with reality and rumination. My mind couldn’t … More
Surrender Experiment Day 11
Now firmly in the swing of surrendering when the annoyance from hearing banging and creaking upstairs appears. I notice occasionally … More
Sitting with Successes
And after the initial feeling of the win, now sitting less than comfortably. I was going to wait till I’d … More
Gratitude
Tempering the mind’s tendency to look for problems here at the moment. Regular gratitude check-ins help to ground me in … More
Caterpillars
They have been a source of joy recently, on discovering huge amounts of Peacock butterfly caterpillars on a nettle patch … More
Covid Introversion Pressure Cooker
This isolation. The deaths. It’s a shock. Many of us are in shock from what I can see. Life has … More
Diary entry on boredom
A friend says ‘if you have two arms and two legs you have no right to be bored’. I get … More
Learning to Rest with it All 