Gatha is a sanskrit word for 'song' or 'verse', and is a meditative poem or verse used in contemporary mindfulness practice. It has its...

"Can this thing called fear be ended immediately?" This is part of a set of questions or koans that was given to me some years ago, (see...

Last week I came across a (by now a bit tatty) piece of paper that was given to me years ago, at a meditation retreat. When we arrived,...

In his book, "Zen Mind, Beginners Mind", Shunryu Suzuki talks about Mindfulness and how our mind and our thinking is made complicated by...

I have a fondness for distressed objects. Weathered, worn or rusted, a chip or a crack in a thing has never bothered me much and, to me,...

I have an immense appreciation of mindfulness meditation because it gives me the ability to focus on what's happening right in front of...