Social isolation of COVID19 as an opportunity
The world has gone into lockdown mode with the spread of coronavirus. This means, for many of us, the inability to go out and carry on as usual. Whether this inability to leave our homes is a burden or not – depends a little on if we can find the silver lining...
THE GREY ZONE
For this week’s blog, I want to talk about the grey zone. What is the grey zone, you ask? Well, to begin with – I want you to imagine the parts of your life where everything is going perfectly as the white zone. And then, when your life totally sucks...
MINDFUL LISTENING
Today’s subject is Mindful Listening, and I particularly want to discuss what happens during an argument. During arguments, we tend to fire back to the other person – sometimes more than we should. Often, the best way to counteract this is to hold...
ACCEPTING MINDFULNESS
Mindfulness is the foundation and the result of all meditation; it is the key to wisdom in that it allows us to understand how our minds work. It’s fundamental in enabling us to dissipate negative thoughts, be at peace with ourselves and the world, and to realise that...
PEACEFUL WEIGHT LOSS
Did you know that our mind can be one of the biggest blockers to achieving weight loss? Most people know what they should be doing, and in fact have used countless methods over many years without achieving any sustainable result, and in fact find that their weight...
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
Merry Christmas from everyone here at SkillfulMind! Around the world Christmas is being celebrated in many countries – even if people are not of Christian or Spiritual traditions. However it is a time for reflection, and spending time with family and relatives whom we...
GIVING AND RECEIVING MEDITATION
The stories around this meditation are profound. People have had miracle cures from all sorts of health issues which they attribute to this meditation. And more than that, this meditation is used by Buddhists to purify their mind in a powerful way. But WARNINGÂ ...
GIVING AND TAKING
The meditation below is a powerful meditation that uses a self sacrificing thought of helping others the engender a sense of compassion in our hearts as well as a reduction in the attachment we have for our precious self. It is used by Buddhist all over the world to...