Aug 5
I'm often asked the question 'what is mindfulness?'. I don't believe there is one definitive answer to this question. What you'll find here is just one possible answer, based on the way I have received and share the practices of mindfulness and self-kindness...
Choosing a posture for meditation is in itself an exercise in being mindful. This is because there are no simple, black-and-white, right or wrong answers in this area.
When I embarked on a mindfulness course, dedicating a whole 2 months to something felt like quite a big undertaking. We live in such a quick-fix culture, and with so many approaches that promise instant stress relief, I guess I thought that an 8-week mindfulness course must get me sorted by the end of it, right?
I love my meditation practice. Well I do now. For quite a number of years, I wouldn't have said I enjoyed it, but I certainly got alot out of it. I kept going regardless, because the more I did it, the better I seemed to cope with whatever life was throwing at me.
