Japanese Water Garden
Clear your mind and focus on the photo for 5 minutes. First, concentrate on your breathing until your mind is only filled with the sensation of your chest and stomach moving in and out. Secondly, allow your breathing to continue whilst you foresincally look into the picture. Notice all the details and colours. After doing [...]
Paint Flows
Clear your mind and focus on the photo for 5 minutes. First, concentrate on your breathing until your mind is only filled with the sensation of your chest and stomach moving in and out. Secondly, allow your breathing to continue whilst you foresincally look into the picture. Notice all the details and colours. After doing [...]
Mindfulness in the Workplace
Artificial lighting, open-plan layouts, windows that don’t open… modern day offices are far from a haven for mental and physical wellbeing. I’ve spent most of my working life in less-than-ideal work environments that have had a significant impact on both my mood and productivity. Thankfully, more and more companies are starting to realise the link [...]
The Power of Touch
Most of us will be familiar with various forms of non-verbal communication. Reading people’s body language and facial expressions are key to interpreting a person’s mood, helping us to know how to interact with them. Touch is another form of non-verbal communication that has often been overlooked. Maybe it’s because more typically reserved societies like [...]
Embracing Flow
Have you ever felt capable of anything at a given moment in your life? Ever experienced a clarity in your resolve that you thought was never humanly possible? If your answer to any of these questions is “yes”, then you probably lived through a Flow experience. According to Hungarian psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the concept of [...]
A Silent Meditation Retreat: Is It Worth It?
Last week I wrote about trying to meditate every day with my boyfriend (it didn’t go well!). This week I want to share with you my experience of attending a 10-day silence meditation retreat in Yangon, Myanmar. For many, the scary part of that sentence is: SILENT. And by silent, I mean no talking, no [...]