I like this guy, he has a fresh realistic approach. Here he is talking about doing what we love to … More
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Weekend Boozy Train-smash
The weekend started fine. On Saturday a beautiful walk and little picnic with a 10 year girl, walking around in the woods up … More
Wise Quote – Jed Mc Kenna
“Why can’t you perceive Truth? Why is it not obvious? Why am I asking these stupid questions? Why is the … More
Slow Motion
I am discovering the joys of going into slow motion for short periods each day. It is an access door, … More
Wise Quote – Thich Nhat Hanh
“ Drink your tea slowly and reverently,as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, … More
Nudges from the Universe
Just back from 48 hours in the Algarve in Portugal. A gorgeous boutique hotel, elegant old architecture was explored, the … More
Soften, soothe, allow
The last few days have been a smooth ride. The weather has taken a turn for the more springlike and I … More
Ecstasy in each Moment?
I wanted to share this little experience I had this morning, which though short, was a profound reminder of the … More
Curiosity and Inspiration
Externally these days life is very stable and lacking in adversity, chaos or drama. This is great! Big changes need time … More
Fear of Freedom
Self sabotage has also been described as the ‘regressive pull’. The little scared self wants to return to familiar territory … More
Fear of Feeling
I am learning to ‘be with myself’ and through this practice, to be at ease. The wise kind parent self, … More
Being a Friend to Myself
I allowed the recent lessons and experiences to settle in yesterday, let the stability arrive in properly. I took the advice of … More
Mr.Self Sabotage – Hello Again
Not by getting drunk and ill with it this time, but I bit a nail right down till it is … More
What is Behind my Self Sabotage?
In response to Tiramit’s question in the comments of a previous post, I will have a closer look at this … More
Damn, did it Again!
Yes self sabotage. I had a particularly good day yesterday, an old friend visited, we walked down to a restaurant … More
Kickback
After that marvellous breakthrough, then came the self sabotage last night. Yesterday I was still highly enjoying an anxiety free, … More
Need to talk more about this!
Now that anxiety’s grip has loosened, I see now how all my responses were severely restricted by it, and how constricted … More
Anxiety came back – Radical Action required!
And I spent days experiencing some level of fear – of nothing in particular, well not that I could identify. … More
A Clearing in the Clouds
I awoke today early, and much to my amazement, after days of seemingly uncontrollable anxiety provoking thoughts, I seemed to … More
Undoing the grip of Anxiety
I have been feeling a lot of anxiety recently so got a bit of a moan today here for you! I … More
City escape
Last night I heard my neighbour downstairs was having a party. I knew I wasn’t going to sit here getting … More
Feels like Groundhog Day here
I am in a energy slump at the moment, not energised or inspired, just getting through each day as best … More
This Process
Of learning to be, in spacious open awareness has a kick back. And it is an intrinsic part of the … More
I forget about Joy
A song came on the radio which I love and I turned it up. Next thing I know, I am … More
Desirelessness and Goals
I just had a dear old friend staying for a couple of days so there was some socialising going on … More
the pillow, the duvet, the tea
My son asked, ‘but do you literally thank the pillow and the duvet?’ ‘Yes I do literally thank them, it … More
Gratitude as a way of life
I put on my fluffy purple dressing gown and thanked it for being so cosy and always being there when … More
Listening to the Force
I sit here waiting for life to start a new flow and rhythm again. It has been some months now, … More
Disappearing Self…
This is another familiar aspect of life I have been saying a goodbye to. Bye bye to my familiar identity and personality. … More
Mindfulness changes Everything
I was describing to a friend yesterday the changes I experienced when I started practising mindfulness regularly about 5 years … More
Wednesday Gratitude
Dawn this morning. I am feeling lucky, blessed and fortunate this week in particular. I have had the luxury of … More
Loss, Gratitude and New Beginnings
Happy New Year to you. This morning in bed I thanked my miraculous body for its service to me. I … More
Awake in the Night
Sometimes when anxiety has taken hold and my mind is busy I have to take steps to get some help … More
Always at Home
I am, whether I realise it or not, always home. I often do not take the time to wean myself … More
This helped this morning
Relinquishing control
I am still feeling low. But once I reached a tipping point in how much I could cope with, and … More
Fed up, sad, lonely, bored
I feel exhausted right now, fed up, lonely, sad and bored. There! Sometimes it just needs to be said if it … More
Stillness in adversity
It has been quite a rough ride this week, mostly for other people around me, but me too. A dear … More
Empathy vs compassion
In the last few days I have visited two beautiful people who are very dear to me who are in … More
Letting the shoots sprout…
…without pulling them prematurely out of the ground. This is a time of taking small steps in a consistent definite … More
Recovering from the ‘back story’
I really pay attention while I am in the swimming pool each morning. It is a period of each day … More
Peace- Conscious Command of Attention is required at times
Like this morning. As I was in bed waking and as I drifted in and out of sleep some thoughts came, … More
Sunday Gratitude List
I have been forgetting again, how very much there is to be thankful for. Time for a little reminder. I … More
Gestating the unexpected
Having reduced my life to its bare minimum these last few years, I have talked a quite a bit about the … More
Intensive (self) Care
I am in a sort of recovery and transitional period right now and I am nursing myself like I am … More
Seeing myself in Donald Trump
It took me by surprise how judgemental, negative, arrogant, dismissive and even hateful some of my thoughts have been recently. Who … More
Grappling
and grappling with such unexpectedly strong feelings as they surge up in response to this week’s vote in the US. Shock, horror, … More
Outside a pub in Chertswell, England
Holding a Nurturing Space
I continue to go through the deeply transformative process of adjusting to being without my beloved dog. It has been a … More
Feeling powerful and vulnerable
I am feeling vulnerable. Feeling alone, not having much direction, and the dog is going to doggy heaven probably this week, or … More
Being with Success
I am learning to be with success. I feel like a child entering a new world for the first time. … More
Consciously disrupting the grip of thought streams
I find myself consciously using disruption to stop myself sinking into an unconscious trance and to keep myself alert and … More
Resisting the present
Swimming along this morning, I had done about 15 lengths before I realised that I was not actually fully in … More
Being with experiences cont.
‘Face the fear of not interpreting and stay with the experience’ an anonymous person in a chat room once said … More
Being with experiences
I found it overwhelming at first, and still do at times, to simply just ‘be’ with what is occurring. This … More
Compassion for us all
I have been pondering recently about the effect on all of us, of the unprecedented amount of news coming our way … More
“There is nothing to practise” Nisargadatta Maharaj
I have been experimenting with not practising anything, no sitting on the mindfulness cushion for half an hour, no trying to get … More
HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche on Dzogchen
“The everyday practice of dzogchen is simply to develop a complete carefree acceptance, an openness to all situations without limit. … More
The Kindness of Strangers
They say Glasgow is the friendliest city in the world and what I have experienced in the first few hours … More
Resting with it all
Being unavailable for a little while regularly is another of my routine practices of self care these days. So today at … More
Learning to Rest with it All 