If you have ever tried to break a ‘bad’ habit you probably know just how hard that can be. Whether it’s trying to reduce how much you are eating or drinking, giving up smoking or reducing how often you check your phone. The urge that grips you can feel very powerful. Instead of fighting the […]
We are all so busy that self-care often goes on the back burner. But if you don’t make self-care a priority then it won’t be long before you become frazzled and exhausted. As the saying goes you can’t pour from an empty cup. Taking care of yourself first enables you to have plenty of reserves […]
Do you find your mind focuses more on what’s negative than positive? It’s not because more bad stuff is happening in your life it’s the brain’s natural tendency to fixate on problems. This tendency is known as the negativity bias. Any of our ancestors that weren’t looking out for potential threats were more likely to […]
Anger comes in many shades from mild frustration to full-blown outbursts. Anger is a way of protecting ourselves when we feel threatened in some way. But when we take a moment to notice the effects of anger on our bodies, sleep, health and relationships we start to see anger differently. We realise that it causes […]
With so many things competing for our attention in the workplace many of us are feeling stressed and overwhelmed. The ‘always on’ culture and the speed and uncertainty of life today affects our ability to stay focused. We end up being pulled from one thing to another. This not only affects how we perform at […]
Would you like to feel calmer, improve your wellbeing and get more out of life? Then why not come along to this 90 minute mindfulness taster and try out a variety of practices and find out more about the 8 week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course. FIND OUT MORE / BOOK NOW
Did you set yourself some New Year’s resolutions? Did you start out with lots of enthusiasm and now find that things have slipped? Then you are not alone. Research shows that very few people achieve their resolutions and most of us give up before the end of January. All too often with goals, we start […]
Our spring offerings at The College Farm in Long Crendon are now open for bookings: Mindfulness Tasters on 24 March and 19 April 8-week course starts on 10 May
There are lots of good reasons for practising mindfulness but don’t take my word for it have a read of what people say at the end of a mindfulness taster: To avoid rushing To feel calmer To look at your life differently To gain an awareness of reality […]
As part of a mindfulness taster, we always do an eating practice. We slow down the whole process of eating and bring in all of our senses…..looking, smelling, touching and tasting? From this simple practice we discover some very useful things: How much we miss when we are in automatic pilot The importance of bringing into […]
