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Category Archives: mindfulness
Garden Prayer Walk – 2 – Olive Tree
Continuing my Garden Prayer Walk – the Olive Tree: This reminds me of the Garden of Gethsemane at the foot of the Mount of Olives. Gethsemane always speaks to me of Jesus’ humanity. He really would rather not have gone … Continue reading
Mindfulness on BBC Breakfast TV
Mindfulness was featured on BBC Breakfast TV here in the UK. Reporter David Sillito investigates – sceptical at first, he noticed the benefits in just a few weeks, and his friend Fiona found help with coping with the pain of … Continue reading
Christian Mindfulness
Here is a link to a series of articles on mindfulness from a Christian perspective: http://www.mindandsoul.info/Groups/171284/Mind_and_Soul/Resources/Hot_topics/Mindfulness/Mindfulness.aspx
Mindfulness and Christianity
This is the first post on mindfulness and Christianity. Some Christians shy away from mindfulness because of it’s links with Buddhism, but mindfulness is similar to Christian contemplative practices. See the comments for interesting takes on Christians using mindfulness.
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Tagged Christian mindfulness, Christianity and Buddhism, mindfulness
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re-blog Christian Mindfulness-Lectio Divina
This is a really good example of biblical meditation – also gives a good idea of how to use Shaun Lambert’s ‘Book of Sparks’
Forgiveness – what to do when we have been hurt
How to Forgive when the Knife Thrower has Sneezed – Barry Pearman has written a 3-part series on Forgiveness. In part 2 he describes a three part cycle for dealing with hurts. The first step is to embrace the pain … Continue reading
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Tagged dealing with pain, emotional pain, forgiveness, forgiving ourselves, grace, mental health, mindfulness, past hurts
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Mindfulness exercises – Free podcasts
Want some help with getting started on mindfulness? Here’s a link to some free podcasts talking you through some simple mindfulness exercises – being mindful of your breath, your body as you sit in a chair. You are reminded that … Continue reading
reblog – redeeming the ordinary
road sign that inspired a Haiku Though autumn wind blows/spring lake in me is greening/fear not winter snows This is a Haiku inspired by a road sign. Frank Cottrell Boyce is a children’s writer who said this in an article…
Ruby Wax on mindfulness: How our brains drive us mad
Originally posted on Hannah Jane Thompson:
Ruby Wax on mindfulness, Conway Hall, London (sorry for the rubbish quality, it was pretty dark where I was sitting for some reason, and my phone couldn’t cope) So-called ‘poster girl for mental health’,…
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Tagged depression, mindfulness, Ruby Wax, thoughts
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50 Shades of Mindfulness – Christian contemplative practices
Here’s a link to an article about the widespread interest in mindfulness: http://www.eauk.org/culture/friday-night-theology/50-shades-of-mindfulness.cfm Mindfulness is said to have it’s roots in Buddhism, but Christian contemplative practices also lead to mindfulness, with the added benefit that we can be mindful of … Continue reading