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Such a useful article about how to live with the inner critic, so that it doesn't play havoc with our sense of peace and contentment.

Can the Inner Critic ever be a help? A mindfulness teacher’s perspective – The Mindfulness Network Can the Inner Critic ever be a help? A mindfulness teacher’s perspective Posted on March 5, 2018March 6, 2018 by Halley Cohen – written by Trish Bartley I was driving up the dual carriageway, in the dark, on my way home. I had just finished teaching a mindfulness class at the local hospital and ...

Some excellent tips on how to maintain our practices. Something we all struggle with from time to time!

3 Ways to Build a Sustainable Meditation Practice Meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein and Dan Harris of 10% Happier discuss how to establish the habit of sitting for daily meditation practice.

Our feelings of unworthiness get in the way of us living a full and happy life.

From Self-Hate to Compassion - Jack Kornfield From Self-Hate to Compassion   In 1989, at one of the first international Buddhist teacher meetings, we Western teachers brought up the enormous problem of unworthiness and self-criticism, shame and self-hatred, and how frequently they arose in Western students’ practice. The Asian teachers were ...

9 minutes of beautifully explored settling the mind. Thank you Mindfulness in Schools Project

.b Playing Attention by MiSP Have a go at this practice to see for yourself how mindfulness works. Learn how kindness and patience are needed to train the mind. Playing Attention is the ...

Article outlining the changes to our brains when practicing meditation. Some new material.

A mindful approach to the year: will your brain thank you for it? Now that the champagne has long gone flat and New Year’s celebrations are a distant memory, it is time to turn your thoughts to the months…

This is a fascinating article. Even if you don't struggle with the black dog of depression, there is much here to reflect on.

Is everything you think you know about depression wrong? In this extract from his new book, Johann Hari, who took antidepressants for 14 years, calls for a new approach

https://youtu.be/vzKryaN44ss The Two Wolves. Like it :)

How Mindfulness Empowers Us: An Animation Narrated by Sharon Salzberg Mindfulness allows us to see our thoughts and feelings as they really are, freeing us from old ways of thinking. Want to give it a try? Download our iPhone o...

A useful acronym. Take a look.

This is a lovely story about how mindfulness changed Julie's life, moving her away from anxiety to being able to live a full life. Worth reading.

Julie Myerson: how mindfulness based cognitive therapy changed my life After a lifetime spent suffering from anxiety, a GP's recommendation of a six-week mindfulness course changed everything – at last I made peace with the workings of my mind, writes Julie Myerson

And here's a great article on how mindfulness benefits the ageing brain

Meditators Have Younger Brains Researchers at UCLA found that the brains of long-time meditators are almost a decade younger than non-meditators by the time people reach their mid 50s.