It has to be one of my all time favourite Poems . So much relevance! Rumi – The Guest House This being human is a guest house. Rumi – The Guest House Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all!...Read More

Why Practice Mindfulness? (Taken from Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education) Studies have shown that practicing mindfulness, even for just a few weeks, can bring a variety of physical, psychological, and social benefits. Here are some of these benefits, which extend across many different settings. Mindfulness is good for our bodies: A seminal study...Read More

Hello and welcome, Please take a few minutes to watch the attached video, and I look forward to speaking to you again on Monday. Please, just as a reminder, email me confirmation you received the email. With much mindfulness DanRead More

What I have learned about Mindfulness… Recently I was asked to put together a short video on Mindfulness, whilst I had my own understanding on what mindfulness is, I wanted to research what some of the leading experts, aside from Jon Kabat-Zinn, had to say about this incredible practise and get their views on what...Read More

Calming your crazy mind  Even now, with a daily meditation and mindfulness practise I go through periods where my mind switches on this crazy switch and I seem to go into thought overload. Calming your crazy mind Whether it is fear based, desire based, jealousy based, dragging old, like childhood old stories into my day to...Read More

6 MINDFULNESS EXERCISES TO HELP WITH YOUR BUSY-NESS One of the biggest hurdles new practitioners face is the busy-ness of life. We all have the most wonderful intentions when we start out, we just forget that life at the moment is already pretty full…. Mingyur Rinpoche in his Youtube clip on Meditation highlights that we...Read More

I had the wonderful opportunity of being able to see Ruby Wax (thank you Phil) at her best on Tuesday night, and it was incredibly interesting to hear her take on being Frazzled and Mindfulness. I love her ability to take what often is seen as a verious serious subject and throw some much needed...Read More

Kensho from Aaron Paradox If you haven’t seen this yet, please spend a few moments watching and more importantly listening to Alan Watts and his beautiful piece of Dharma. Kensho from Aaron Paradox “If you waken from this illusion and you realise that self implies other, and death implies life you can feel yourself, not as...Read More

FALLING INTO THE MEDICATION TRAP? Over the last 3 months I have had more and more past attendees come and sit for some 1 to 1 time to undertsand a little bit more about what is going on with their practise and their inability to work with anxiety and stress as they had been able to...Read More

So, today is the day… #RandomActOfKindnessDay What will you choose to do as your Random Act of Kindess? It doesn’t have to be massive, it can be as small as picking up someone elses rubbish for them, the important thing is to do it with compassion rather than resentment. A Few Quotes of Kindness: “Kindness...Read More