Meditation is a practice in which you use a technique to achieve a mentally clear, and emotionally calm and stable state.
I don’t know about you, but I love good theatre and shows… And I’ve been really lucky lately to see some exceptional performances. Last week my husband and I saw Jeff Goldblum (the actor) as a jazz musician. Not acting as a musician, actually being a jazz pianist and singer. Initially we weren’t quite sure […]
All the world’s a stage… Read more »
It’s probably no surprise that we talk about breathing quite a lot in our meditation classes. We use our breath to help bring our attention inwards. To help us find a sense of calm… Help us relax… Steer us away from the ‘fight or flight’ mode… And into our parasympathetic nervous system… or ‘rest and
Every breath you take… Read more »
Slow down, you move too fast… Not words that have really applied to me over the past few years! After three foot surgeries, I haven’t really moved quickly in quite some time… But that’s starting to change. If I’m on flat, even ground I can move at a reasonable pace now… Not so much if
I discovered yet another new word this week… Skychology! Yes, it really is a ‘thing’. It’s the practice of intentionally looking up at the sky for a few minutes each day, to improve mental health. The phrase was first coined by phsychologist and wellbeing coach, Paul Conway, in his 2019 study: Skychology – an interpretative
The sky’s the limit… Read more »
Dr Astha Tomar is a psychiatrist who surprisingly says meditation doesn’t work for her… Well that’s how the story was billed… And it’s more surprising because Dr Tomar is President of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. So surely she should meditate? My husband flicked me the article last week (which I
The many forms of meditation… Read more »
My phone has died… Well the battery anyway. I’d noticed it lifting out of its case slightly, but never really thought anymore about it. Then my husband noticed it and said we should get it checked out. So finally on Saturday, when we were in a local shopping centre, we stopped at a mobile phone
Quite often when we head up the coast, we drop into the Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve. We love the easy 1.7km bushwalk you can do… It’s just a gold coin donation to do the walk and the staff/volunteers in the Discovery Centre are always lovely, chatty and helpful. On our latest drop in I was
Last week I attended a webinar about what’s considered a good ‘daily dose’ of meditation? It’s an interesting idea… A dose of meditation. But the words meditation, medicine and medication all share the same Latin root: medicus. Meaning ‘to cure’ and originally ‘to measure’. If you think about it, both meditation and medication seek to
…but what if you can’t? Walking has always been my go to form of exercise. Since I was a kid I have always loved walking. And – coming from the English countryside – it was nearly always walking in nature. In Australia I love bushwalking (not ridiculously hard walks, just literally walks in the bush).
Whatever the problem, it’s probably solved by walking… Read more »
I seem to be going through an endless stream of scans and health checks at the moment. Not because there’s necessarily anything wrong, more I have an amazing doctor who just wants to rule things out. You know, I’m at that age! I had some blood tests done back in November and everything was pretty
Prevention is better than cure… Read more »
