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Mindfulness Now: 8-Week Overview
Course Features Accredited Teaching → Learn from an experienced mindfulness teacher who understands the challenges and demands of high-pressure environments. 8 Tailored Sessions → Each 75-minute session includes:-Check-in, discussion, and theory (20-30 min) → Introduce key mindfulness concepts, discuss challenges, and explore solutions.-Guided practice (20-25 min) → Meditation and mindfulness exercises tailored to the needs of the group.-Integration & application (20 min) → Practical...
How to Build a Meditation Routine
If you don’t make time for the things that matter to you, you’ll spend your full life chasing your tail and going around in circles. Aren’t you going to take a moment to yourself and find some of life’s deeper meaning and fulfilment? I hope you answer yes because you deserve it as much as the next person. If you want to give yourself a break, you must commit to some form of daily practice. In this case, we’re specifically talking about mindfulness meditation. Some people run or make art,...
Aligning The Mind For Meditation
Most people try to meditate and go straight into mindful observation without any context for their practice. This can be a mistake when they have little experience or a reliable way of transitioning into practice. Such an approach often leads to frustration and can deter people from continuing their practice. Without a clear understanding and a structured foundation, the complexities of meditation become overwhelming. This is why reminding yourself of some core ideas is important to...
How to Cultivate Mindful Awareness
You’ve made the time to meditate. You’ve sat down on the cushion and aligned your mind. Now, it’s time to get to the heart of meditation and cultivate some good old-fashioned mindful awareness. Many meditation practices concentrate on concentrating awareness on breathing, which is effective. The breath is always there and represents all rising and falling phenomena. Sustaining our attention on the breath is more complicated than it sounds. Sure, you can do it for a couple of seconds. But...
How to Overcome Mind-Wandering
Meditation is not an easy practice to take up. Although guided meditations get you into the swing of things, your ability is accelerated when you understand the process and can adapt it to your needs. Despite the plethora of guided resources available, in my early days, I always found it more manageable to have a piece of paper with a few small cues and keywords. This approach allows for a more intuitive, natural approach. No matter what cues and resources you use, you’re still going to have...
An Introduction to Mindful Living
The timer rings, and we spring up from our meditation cushion to get dressed as we plan the day’s events. We all want the same from meditation: to show up, sit down for ten minutes, and let the rest of our lives be transformed. The harsh reality is that we’ll never progress or use meditation effectively if we see it this way. Showing up and doing the practice daily puts you ahead of 99% of people, but it’s still not enough if you want the practice to be transformative. For mindfulness to...
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