You Do You – The Practice Of Self-Care

Tasha DavidsonBe Yourself, Guest Posts, How To Practice Mindfulness, Ideas For Your Mind, Mindfulness

The practice of self-care. We get really focused on what it is that our neighbor is or isn’t doing. What our friends, or worse yet – our enemies, have going on or don’t have going on. How we get so focused on everything and everyone around us and we spend little time attending to our own backyard. It’s easier to acknowledge … Read More

Don’t Forget You’re Human – Are You Willing To Mindfully Embrace Your Peculiarities?

Tasha DavidsonBe Yourself, Guest Posts, How To Practice Mindfulness, Ideas For Your Mind, Managing Thoughts & Emotions, Mindfulness

Are You Willing To Mindfully Embrace Your Peculiarities? I called my Mum the other day and I asked her if she ever tired of her own idiosyncrasies (that is, her own mode of behavior or her perculiarities). You know those funny little quirks and components of your personality that are so uniquely yours… that make you who you are but … Read More

What Gets In The Way Of Mindfulness?

Kaspa ThompsonGuest Posts, How To Practice Mindfulness, Ideas For Your Mind, Managing Thoughts & Emotions, Mindfulness

What gets in the way of mindfulness? Picking and choosing… I’ve recently started referring to an ancient Chinese poem in some of my mindfulness meditation classes.  In the first couple of lines it speaks of the wisdom of not picking and choosing. What does this mean? Surely we make choices every day? How does picking and choosing get in the … Read More