Putting on your oxygen mask – a (timely) guide to “self-care”
The run up to Christmas is often far from peaceful. Perhaps at this busy time of year we can remind ourselves to be kind and generous to ourselves.
The run up to Christmas is often far from peaceful. Perhaps at this busy time of year we can remind ourselves to be kind and generous to ourselves.
“Wow….that has to be the best raisin I’ve ever tasted”, I told my Mindfulness Teacher after experiencing the “raisin meditation” for the first time. The whole idea of this simple “eating meditation” is to show us how much we “miss out on” when we do things without awareness.
The mind is often described as a “cage of chattering monkeys”, generating somewhere between 50,000 and 90,000 thoughts every single day. Many of these thoughts come and go but there are some that take root and form patterns that, unless we’re careful, can lead us into some dark, negative places or become habitual….our “go to” refuge when certain things happen and prevent us from living to our full potential.