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Is Getting Your Way the Path to Happiness?

By |2020-04-22T21:06:06+02:00March 16th, 2019|Mindfulness|

We all like to be in control, and in recent decades we've come to believe that life is all about getting your way. We're convinced that happiness lies at the end of that set of tracks. Mindfulness shows you that you can be happy now.  WHEN YOU learn mindfulness, you'll

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Being Aware: The Doorway to Mindful Living

By |2020-04-22T21:05:46+02:00February 16th, 2019|Mindfulness|

Being aware is the first step you'll take on the path of mindfulness. It's also the doorway to mindful living.  THERE IS a humorous quote that goes like this: “I was watching the frisbee, wondering why it was getting bigger and bigger, and then it hit me.” Get it? Things

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The Three Key Elements of Mindfulness

By |2020-05-14T09:28:16+02:00December 11th, 2018|Mindfulness|

In order to simplify the learning and application of mindfulness, we've identified three key elements: Being Aware, Being Nonjudgmental; Being Nonreactive. To equate these to bicycle riding, they'd be: balance, movement, and knowing how to stop! IF YOU do some research into mindfulness you’ll come across a great many definitions,

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Vipassana: Why Mindfulness is Not for Sissies

By |2020-04-22T21:14:48+02:00November 15th, 2018|Mindfulness|

The practice of mindfulness has become associated with improving your day-to-day level of presence and reducing stress. While those are useful and important, it offers a lot more than that. Taken to its logical conclusion, it has the power to transform your experience of life.  VIPASSANA MEDITATION is an important

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Book Review: The Science of Meditation

By |2020-04-22T20:45:35+02:00October 20th, 2018|Mindfulness|

There have been many claims about the efficacy of mindfulness and meditation. Naturally, these need to be treated with due scepticism. A definitive book on this subject was released in 2017: The Science of Meditation by Daniel Goleman (he of Emotional Intelligence fame) and Richard J. Davidson. Brainwave EEG

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