Tag: personal practice

~ Written by Carmelo Di Maria. Carmelo sits on the Mindfulness Network Community Friends (MNCF) Volunteer Committee and offers a regular donation-based specialist interest group for men to connect and practice mindfulness. ~   It was time for our monthly Read more…

~ written by Zoe Shobbrook-Fisher, Supervisor and Compassion Trainer at the Mindfulness Network ~ This blog post was originally shared on gomindfully.org and kindly republished here with Zoe’s permission and additional images.   “MEDITATION IS NOT EVASION. IT IS A SERENE Read more…

~ Written by Nick Hammond, Deputy Chair of Trustees at the Mindfulness Network. This piece was originally posted on The Compassionate Friends Blog – a charitable organisation supporting bereaved parents and their families – and has been republished here with Read more…

~ Written by Bridgette O’Neill, Retreat and Compassion Lead for the Mindfulness Network ~   Practising mindfulness meditation was a mixed bag for me early on. I was drawn to a sense of ease and joy in life that I saw Read more…

~ Written by Jiva Masheder who is one of our registered Mindfulness Network Supervisors and also offers Personal Practice Mentoring. In this blog post, Jiva reflects on her latest research paper about supporting participants’ home practice ~ ‘I don’t have Read more…

– written by Dorothy Dimer This blog is a little bit different to others you may have read on this website. Sometimes, though, difference is a good thing. I am just about to finish my Foundation year for my Master’s Read more…

– by Gerry Rickard “I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.” (John O’Donohue)  I named this blog in reference to a poem by John O’Donohue since my first multi-day silent Read more…

– written by Fr Martin Bennett OFM Capuchin I’ve been practising mindfulness since I did my ten-week course with a local Buddhist centre in 2004. I came to mindfulness because I felt a desire in myself to experience life in Read more…

– written by Gwennie Fraser   The Word Down near the bottom of the crossed-out list of things you have to do today, between “green thread” and “broccoli,” you find that you have pencilled “sunlight.” The opening lines of Tony Read more…

– written by Rosalie Dores (re-published in full with her permission) When we embark on a path of meditative practice and living mindfully, it can feel very personal, and in many ways it is. Our motivation may be rooted in Read more…

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