What exactly is meditation? What’s mindfulness? And what’s the difference?
Are meditation and mindfulness the same? How is mindfulness different to other types of meditation? And who practices it? Find out here.
Continue reading →Are meditation and mindfulness the same? How is mindfulness different to other types of meditation? And who practices it? Find out here.
Continue reading →My first residential meditation retreat was held by Aruna Giri at Maitripa Centre in Healesville, Victoria in June 2019. Three days without talking, texting and Netflix! Here’s what went down.
Continue reading →If you’ve ever uttered the words, “I can’t meditate, my mind is too busy” – you’re not alone. Try this reframe instead.
Continue reading →If your nervous system’s as jacked up as the Griswold’s Christmas tree right now… you’re not alone. Try these simple, self-soothing techniques.
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Continue reading →Anxiety gets the blame for many emotional states including anger, shame and panic. Find out what anxiety actually is and ways to find relief.
Continue reading →A beginner’s guide to emotions, so that we may stop feeling at their mercy, and start to have a more harmonious relationship with ourselves and with others.
Continue reading →In the black smoke-white light meditation technique we visualise breathing in a beautiful white light and breathing out a thick black smoke – all as a way to invite positive energy in and release negative energy out.
Continue reading →Stress is a normal part of life but unchecked stress can make us sick. Here’s how to invoke the relaxation response and give our nervous system a break.
Continue reading →In the grips of intense anxiety, mindfulness meditation may seem like it’s not bringing relief, and so what’s the point? Plenty, actually.
Continue reading →I was in the middle of a rip-roaring anxiety attack and yet 72 hours earlier, I was free. How could it have all changed so quickly?
Continue reading →When you think of meditation, what comes to mind? This confession of an imperfect meditator might leave you inspired to loosen up a little.
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