It’s been a while since I sat, away. In silence. Observing, searching, glimpsing my past and present. I am irritated, not relaxed, my mind isn’t silent or comfortable. I used to see and feel silence much more before I moved. New surroundings are wonderful and difficult all at the same time. It isn’t what I’m…
Tag: Meditation
I quote Saturdays – Being Still
Being still is not an easy feat, the mind wants nothing more than to jump from March to May. To watch, observe and listen, opens the mind to awareness. Awareness leads to less stress, good health and happiness. If we could all just “be,” we would learn the true nature of ourselves. Eckhart Tolle’s books…
Being Present – How it can help
I am doing something different today, I’m shelving my book reviews for a day, I’ve stopped reading for a few hours and I’m trying not to think of Colin Firth’s immense twelve-foot statue, white shirt and all, being unveiled on a lake at Hyde Park – slightly creepy if you ask me, I adore the…
A Month of Strange Happenings..
The last few weeks have made up a bit of a strange month as weird, off-color occurrences have plagued me . Now, in the grand scheme of things it isn’t life altering or devastating so I’m not looking to gripe. The thing is… I haven’t really ‘sat’ with my thoughts and tried to ‘be present,’ in…
Mummy’s busy mind meditates…..
Have you ever sat down with the intent to ‘just be’ and then when you sit with that very intention, you are everywhere but centered?. Hmmm, I did exactly this, last week. Honestly, most days I manage to watch my thoughts, and they are pretty challenging thoughts – but on Thursday my mind was buzzing…
Mummy meditates on the go- um, sometimes…
Due to sheer hubris, I latched on to the idea – sort of like glue – that I knew lots about meditation, no really, I did, and yet, when I sat down to it, I knew nothing. I mean really, absolutely nothing. Eventually, however, that simple act of sitting allowed me a glimpse of how much I…
Meditating Mummy 
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