In a recent newsletter from Bodhipaksa, WildMind, he talks about meditation and the mind being 'like a cat'. He talks about the mind's...

How do we simplify our lives using meditation and mindfulness? One of the things we practice in mindfulness meditation is to stay in the...

(Notes on Vipassana sitting Monday 7th May) Simplicity and Renunciation. Challenging words. Difficult, in a world where upsized is...

(Introduction to Mindfulness – class 1) What is mindfulness? Mindfulness is the ability to experience and be present in the moment. It...

(Inspired by an article by Alan Lokos, Meditation teacher) Some time ago, in our Monday morning meditation classes, we talked a lot about...

In Traditional Chinese culture, the Late Summer season and the transition into Autumn is a time of moving away from the Yang; the...

Excerpt from "The Book of Joy", His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams. Two spiritual giants, seven...

Continuing from last week's 'becoming happier by learning to suffer better', the book 'The Science of Meditation', opens a chapter with...

In recent times, when we don’t feel happy, we have various cures available to us to increase our happiness. Professional health services...

What is equanimity? Equanimity is a quality of the mind and the heart that is impartiality. Equanimity is the quality of mind that...

(for more background on equanimity, see here) To meditate and generate the wonderful quality of equanimity .... First we sit comfortably...

Bodhicitta: Compassion, altruism. What is compassion? If you search the word 'compassion', one of the descriptions that comes up is: ...

I recently collaborated with someone to teach a Mindfulness meditation class at an event - and some parts of the presentation led me,...

"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,...