Vipassana Magic

I recently completed my second 10-day silent vipassana meditation retreat, whereby you sit on the floor and meditate for around 10 hours a day, starting at 4:30am and finishing at 9:30pm. During this time you’re not permitted to speak or have eye-contact or any other kind of interaction with any of the other students, althoughContinueContinue reading “Vipassana Magic”

Mindfulness: why ‘coming back down to earth’ is a good thing

“Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child – our own two eyes. All is a miracle.” Thich Nhat HanhAll too often we live in our heads: in our fantasies of how we would like toContinueContinue reading “Mindfulness: why ‘coming back down to earth’ is a good thing”