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Skillful Mind Learn and Teach Meditation. Awaken the mind. Our vision is a qualified meditation teacher in every town and suburb in the world

We would love to see everyone learn the art of mental stillness. Only then can the world be truly at peace.

05/10/2026

Setting an intention for your meditation is a good thing. Just keep it to about 20 seconds. Almost like a little prayer.

Then let it go and start. If you keep thinking about your intention, the thinking takes over the sit.

From our Sunday morning group. The full guided meditation:
https://youtu.be/3ILHJ8hWu2w

Join us free on Zoom, Sundays 9am Adelaide time.
skillfulmind.net/zoom

My first question on retreat is a rhetorical one. "As you packed your bag, did you remember to leave your worries behind...
05/10/2026

My first question on retreat is a rhetorical one.

"As you packed your bag, did you remember to leave your worries behind?"

It is rhetorical - because I know that is impossible. As humans we all walk around with a ruck stack or worries, emotions and negative belief slung over our shoulder weighing us down.

And the point of the retreat is to learn how to unpack and put down this load once and for all.

"I tried meditation and I'm too anxious for it" is usually the opposite of true.What's actually happening is that sittin...
04/10/2026

"I tried meditation and I'm too anxious for it" is usually the opposite of true.

What's actually happening is that sitting still removes the distractions that were covering the anxiety, so you meet it head on and conclude that meditation made it worse. It didn't. It showed you the level it was already running at.

The fix isn't to stop. Start much shorter, keep your eyes open, and keep some movement in it until sitting still feels safe.

We nearly didn't run retreats at all.The first one happened largely because a handful of people kept asking, and I assum...
03/10/2026

We nearly didn't run retreats at all.

The first one happened largely because a handful of people kept asking, and I assumed it would be a one-off that lost money. It did lose money. We ran the second one anyway, because the feedback from the first was unlike anything we'd had from a weekly class.

Years on it's the part of the work that changes people the most, and it started as a favour.

Meditation tomorrow morning. Online. Free. 9am Adelaide time.Clocks go forward tonight, so check the time before you set...
02/10/2026

Meditation tomorrow morning. Online. Free. 9am Adelaide time.

Clocks go forward tonight, so check the time before you settle in.

skillfulmind.net/zoom

01/10/2026

A friend of mine in Thailand found it hard to meditate in silence. So he'd go and sit by a loud waterfall.

You don't need silence to meditate well. Noise is fine. It's people talking that pulls the mind in.

From our Sunday morning group. The full guided meditation:
https://youtu.be/3ILHJ8hWu2w

Join us free on Zoom, Sundays 9am Adelaide time.
skillfulmind.net/zoom

01/10/2026

You can't get into pure awareness while the mind is going dippity-dippity-dubbity, talking away.

So first you settle it on one object. The breath, or a mantra. Once the mind goes still, awareness opens up much more powerfully than before.

From our Sunday morning group. The full guided meditation:
https://youtu.be/3ILHJ8hWu2w

Join us free on Zoom, Sundays 9am Adelaide time.
skillfulmind.net/zoom

Ten minutes a day beats sixty minutes once a week, every time. Not because more minutes don't help — they do — but becau...
30/09/2026

Ten minutes a day beats sixty minutes once a week, every time. Not because more minutes don't help — they do — but because consistency is what actually rewires the habit loop. A missed day matters far less than most people think. Two missed days in a row is the number worth watching.

Our November retreat at Glenbarr is open, and it's the deep one.Friday 13 to Sunday 15 November, at the Glenbarr Retreat...
29/09/2026

Our November retreat at Glenbarr is open, and it's the deep one.

Friday 13 to Sunday 15 November, at the Glenbarr Retreat Centre in Strathalbyn. It carries on from the earlier teaching and goes into how the mind manufactures the problems it then spends all day solving. Long sits, simple food, real quiet.

It's aimed at people who already sit regularly rather than at beginners.

skillfulmind.com.au/events/insight-retreat-glenbarr-november-2026/

27/09/2026

Your attention can rest on the breath while awareness takes in everything else. The birds outside. The chair under you. The air on your skin.

Thoughts move like a train, one carriage after the next. Awareness is everything at once.

From our Sunday morning group. The full guided meditation:
https://youtu.be/3ILHJ8hWu2w

Join us free on Zoom, Sundays 9am Adelaide time.
skillfulmind.net/zoom

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