“Can you help me?” I asked my mother as I stood in the kitchen. I needed to eat but I wasn’t able to make myself a meal. In fact, I wasn’t able to do much at the time and didn’t understand what was happening to me as I felt like I wasn’t able to get […]
Mindfulness Is about Presence and Practice
Meditation offers you a way to deal with the stresses and challenges of everyday life. It facilitates self-awareness and self-acceptance through the mindfulness of feelings, thoughts and emotions. Mindfulness helps you develop a sense of presence and takes you to the root cause of stress, tension and anxiety so you can address it more effectively. […]
To Find Your Way Sometimes You Have to Lose Your Way
A small, peach-coloured poster on the bulletin board jumped out at me as I walked into the Salad Centre, a vegetarian cafe in Bournemouth, England with the best Banoffee pie. The poster had an image of a Hindu deity and advertised energy yoga and meditation classes with a number to call to find out more. […]
What Can Stop You from Being Present
If you’d asked me how I felt when I was in my early 20s I would’ve likely made it up. I was so disoriented that I was frozen and afraid to express myself. It wasn’t easy or natural for me to talk openly or freely about how I felt and share my feelings. There were […]