by peter | Nov 30, 2017 | Blog, Blog2
Last week we had a meditation on the Appreciation of Life. Well, this week is a mediation with a real twist. Anger toward our enemies can keep us from enjoying life, put stress on our body and keep us from being close to the ones we love. So this is a kind of reverse...
by peter | Nov 28, 2017 | Blog
To live fully and authentically with our values, it sometimes requires us to totally disconnect with our normal world to look within and re-establish what is important to use as well as the direction that we want to head in our life. This can happen in meditation and...
by peter | Nov 23, 2017 | Blog2
Depression and anxiety seem to be endemic to today’s world and yet one could argue that (in the west anyway) we have never been better off. This goes to show that depression is in the mind, and so we can use meditations as tools to counteract these feelings....
by peter | Nov 21, 2017 | Blog
I know this week’s blog will be somewhat hypocritical. That is because although we at Skillful MIND certify our leaders to ensure a minimum level of knowledge, I also think that many of us have gone a little over the top in chasing those bits of paper. When I...
by peter | Oct 11, 2017 | Blog, Blog2
Yesterday I was rejected from a retreat I applied for in the Vipassana tradition. The reason was that I teach meditation. This has made me reflect on how it is important that we all keep our spiritual practice as open as possible. I think it is myopic and not helpful...
