Eyes: You can close them if it is comfortable, but that can promote drowsiness or excessive mental activity. It is best to allow your eyelids to relax and half close. You should focus on the ground approximately 4 feet in front of you. Ears: To make sure your head, neck and spine are aligned properly, [...] Read more »
Mindfulness Without Compassion
As I discussed in my last blog entry, this year I am focusing on being nice to people, being kinder and more compassionate to everyone and cultivate Metta (a Pali word for benevolence, friendship, etc often used in Buddhism). When asked by a friend recently why I have decided to spend time practicing being nice [...] Read more »
i-Matter
Staying in the literary theme I started last entry with my celebration of Ulysses, Tracy Sohl, a long time reader of this blog and all round lovely person has written a little book called i-Matter, and she kindly sent me a copy. And I really love it! Lets begin with the title, i-Matter is short [...] Read more »
Other Tricks To Reduce Habituation
In my last post we discussed how meditation can reduce habitation in general, but in particular in the context of “stuff”, the things we covet, buy and own; how we can reduce the neurological process whereby you get bored with what you have and start to yearn for more. In this post I wanted to [...] Read more »
The Mynah Method
In continuation from my last entry, I wanted to go into a bit more detail about how to organise your tasks and time in a way that will fend off the Short Time Mob. I have dubbed this the “Mynah Method” after the mynah birds in Aldous Huxley’s novel Island. I once had a client [...] Read more »
A Pocket Guide For The Flaneur Of Life
So, I accidentally wrote a new book – “A Pocket Guide For The Flaneur of Life”. I have been working on an update to my “Mindfulness Meditation Demystified” Guide when inspiration struck and I wrote this book instead! What Is A Flaneur of Life? The term Flaneur was coined in 19th century Paris, to describe [...] Read more »
In Hibernation
Those of your with keen senses may have noticed this blog has not been updated for some time (even by slowblogging standards). After 4 years of writing I have decided to take a hiatus. Like any good tortoise, it has gone into hibernation for the winter months and will most probably emerge some time in [...] Read more »
Meditation Guide Now Exclusively on Kindle
Don’t Do Something, Just Sit There! A Simple Introductory Guide to Mindfulness Meditation – Now Exclusively on Kindle. Do you want to learn to meditate but don’t know where to start? Click here to buy now: Amazon.co.uk Amazon.com Mindfulness meditation is a powerful tool of personal change. What seems a deceptively simple process has the [...] Read more »
One Minute Meditation
Even if you have have a regular meditation practice (and if you don’t, I highly recommend that you cultivate one), you will find at times, in the hustle and bustle of life, yourself being swept away, distracted, harassed and flustered. At times like this I have developed a “one minute meditation” (although, in reality it [...] Read more »
Simple Ways to Slow Down Daily
Slowing down shouldn’t be a chore, it should be simple, easy, fun and rewarding. If it is a hassle, you are doing it wrong. If it is a hassle, you won’t stick to it. So here are a few simple ways that you can slow down in a day. You don’t need to do all [...] Read more »