A few words from one of our Meditation Leaders
This week one of our wonderful SkillfulMIND Leaders has taken the time to write a short piece for us on how she has been coping with COVID19 and the isolation it has brought. Joanna Mason is from the North East of theĀ United Kingdom and has been continuing to run...
MINUTE MEDITATIONS
Body Sway Meditation Coming to your senses – Hearing Coming to your senses – Feeling Coming to your senses – Sight To get the true benefits of meditation, itās not enough to just treat it as a 10 or 15 minute escape from the world every...
Demons and Dragons
The following story is one of my favorite parables. Itās about a famous Tibetan meditator who lived many hundreds of years ago. He was called Milarepa. Milarepa spent three months every year meditating in a cave in the Himalayan mountains. He was sent up there...
3 FACTORS OF SUCCESS
Are you feeling a sense of discontentment? Many people spend far too much time living without a sense of direction, without knowing where they want their lives to go. It has taken me some time to get myself, and SkillfulMIND to where we are today, but through...
A meditation on Universal Love
Before we begin the meditation, we must consider and resolve two things. The first is, what is the definition of love? Every person has a different answer to this, but for the purposes of this meditation, we will consider love to be the state where we...
SPINNING THE SPINE MEDITATION
The following meditation known as Spinning the Spine is from John Gabrielās book, The Gabriel Method. It is a very effective technique to pacify the nervous system and combat stress instantaneously. All you need for this meditation is one minute of your time....
What’s Missing from Meditation Apps?
Do you currently use or have used in the past, a meditation app? If yes, think back honestly and count the number of times you have actually used the app in the past month. Have you been regular with your use of the app? The reality is that while a lot of...
HUKALAUE FOR STRESS
Do you get anxious about the future or stressed out when things donāt go the way you expected? We all do. Read on to learn a simple and effective trick to help you get out of your head and release stress or anxiety. This technique comes from the Hawaiian...
