By Dr. Ron Passfield
Caroline Welch, Co-founder with Dan Siegel of the Mindsight Institute, presented at the Mindfulness at Work Summit on the topic of the 4P’s of mindfulness at work. The 4P’s are covered at length in her book, The Gift of Presence: A Mindfulness Guide for Women, published in 2020. Caroline’s aim with the book is to … Continue reading “The 4P’s of Mindfulness in the Workplace”
David Allan maintains that the best place to meditate is at work. In part, this is because it is often in a work situation that you need to be calm and have a clear mind. The cost of being frazzled at work is not only lost time through inability to focus but also lost creativity … Continue reading “Mindfulness at Work”
Standing and walking meditations have the common aims of helping us to get in touch with our bodies, to become grounded, to slow down the pace of our lives and to clear our minds of constant chatter. I have previously written about mindful walking and here I want to talk about using standing and walking … Continue reading “Standing and Walking Meditation”
Having gratitude in times of difficulty can increase resilience and overcome depression, anxiety and despair. Gratitude changes the quality of life that we are living as we gain better control over our thoughts and feelings and learn to accept what is. As you develop this practice, you start to see things that you had not … Continue reading “Gratitude in Times of Difficulty”
In the previous discussion, I identified ways to access your inner resources to cope with trauma. The problem with trauma, as Tara Brach points out, is that we become cut off from our brain and from our relationships. This separation from ourselves and others impedes our ability to access our inner resources. There are a … Continue reading “Coping with Trauma by Re-Connecting”
In 2015, GOMA (Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland) displayed 200 visual works of David Lynch including lithographs, photos, paintings, video art and photo collages. David epitomises creativity – he is an American filmmaker, artist, actor, musician and photographer and is considered by The Guardian to be “the most important Director of this era”. The creative … Continue reading “Creativity Lies in Stillness and Silence”
In a previous post, I discussed the benefits of being still – stopping the rush of our busy lives. Sometimes, there is beauty before us and we fail to stop and look – we often do not see the sun setting on our day. Each sunset produces an astonishing palette across the sky – a … Continue reading “Do You Ever Stop to Watch the Sunset?”
It is highly unlikely that you see what I see or what other people might see. So much of what we see is filtered by our past experience and our thoughts and emotions generated by those experiences. So, what each of us see when experiencing a scene like the picture in this post of the … Continue reading “Do You See What I See?”
Some environments are conducive to mindfulness because of their natural beauty. Stradbroke Island is one of these locations as the above image illustrates. Stradbroke Island just off Cleveland in Moreton Bay has natural beauty, abundant bird life, large tracts of native trees and endless beaches. Whale viewing from Point Lookout is absorbing and causes you … Continue reading “Some Environments are Conducive to Mindfulness”
So often we walk from place to place, lost in our thoughts, unaware of what surrounds us and the response of our own bodies. Mindful walking is the practice of bringing our attention, in the moment, to some aspect of our walking experience – and doing so for a purpose. This approach to developing mindfulness … Continue reading “Mindful Walking”
