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Coming home to myself

Health and wellness are in our hearts and minds right now. Anxiously viewing my friends and family from a distance of 2 metres,  connection feeing much less tangible. So I’d love to share a snippet of my life, with a hope that others will find healthy ways to navigate. I will only share ways which...
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Developing our presence

No-thing, no ingredient… you are.

As we begin to move our practise on from that of healing or softening of our sufferings and more into the shallowness that mindfulness can bring to our lives… (By shallowness I mean, how close can a moment be… depth and mindfulness are two things that can not be. To look deeply into anything is...
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A tough old week… The Paradox of Mindfulness

I often talk about the Paradox of Mindfulness in different types of class settings and this last week, well I got to really experience it. The paradox being: You have to go through difficulty to test your resillience… So all the mindfulness/meditation gets put to the test when these types of situations arise. This week...
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Awareness is the key…

This is an email I share with everyone that completes an Awareful course… I just wanted to share it with everyone.   A wonderful evening to you all,   As we finish our course together, I always reflect back on the course, what was covered, what wasn’t, a real wish that all of you achieve...
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Only truth is truth

We spend so much time getting frustrated by who and why, but not from where within and how it can ease or cease… How these changing states can like Rumi says ‘violently sweep our house empty of its furniture’.   It is right there, that this is a changing state, it isn’t permanent. It is...
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The reality of the ‘At Home Meditator’

I am always getting asked about my own practise. I wanted to offer some thoughts and insight into its reality. The reality of the ‘At Home Meditator’ Questions like, what am I doing, how long, where, when…. The reality of being a father is that I live in a household with 2 kids and a big...
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You Are Enough

A different type of recording… Just felt like putting it out there this morning… Can you recognise you are enough… Rest, rest with me a few moments. You are the true manifest of compassion… Its time for you to awaken from your slumber and shine again. So rest… no more to do… no person to...
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Comm-unity

I can appreciate the need to talk about success and growth, profit and expertise… Comm-unity Sometimes, coming together in a different sense, one of inner growth, inner success and self compassion can be just as important but not so often shared. We dont so often hear, “I had depression for the last 12 years and this...
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As Mental Health Awareness Month draws to a close….

A bit of reflective time that I wanted to share as Mental Health Awareness Month draws to a close…. It was just incredible to see how many companies are realising the importance of mental health. It has been a busy old Mental Health Awareness month for us which is amazing, not for the business, but for...
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