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How can 3 breaths make such a difference?

August 27, 2014 By Shakya Kumara

Man stretching and breathing deeply in forest

The simplest and quickest way I know to get a bit of relief from stress goes like this: Take 3 deep breaths. Each time, breathe in deeply (without forcing it), then breathe out slowly and smoothly. How can this be so effective? Well, it’s having a direct effect on two parts of the brain

Why cavemen didn’t need mindfulness

July 1, 2014 By Shakya Kumara

The human brain evolved in stressful conditions – avoiding Sabre-Tooth Tigers, hunting just to eat, and lots of hard physical graft. And yet it’s now, in times of great luxury and abundance, that we need mindfulness. What’s going on? Well, our brains evolved some fantastic mechanisms to handle those tough conditions: A fight/flight system to […]

Don’t Forget to Thank Your Mind

June 17, 2014 By Shakya Kumara

Sunset on Coldhams Common

I was just out for a walk on the common. I’ve been working hard all week on a big project, and I’ve still got lots more to do. I was rather hoping to enjoy the sunset. But my mind had other ideas – it kept on thinking about the project. I kept saying “no” to those […]

The “Negativity Bias” – and how to overcome it

June 3, 2014 By Shakya Kumara

Human brains have a built in “negativity bias” – the brain pays more attention to bad news than good news. How come? Well, it’s a brilliant mechanism for survival situations. Think of it like this – if the good news is a particularly delicious pineapple, and the bad news is an approaching tiger, you really […]

The mindfulness mistake almost everyone makes – and the magic answer!

March 20, 2014 By Shakya Kumara

Magic

Say you’re meditating on your breath.  Then you realise that your mind is on something else. How do you respond? Almost everyone thinks they’ve failed, many people think they’re bad at mediation, some people even think there’s something wrong with them as a human being. None of this is true! To understand this, let’s take a […]

When are you most alive?

March 5, 2014 By Shakya Kumara

Mindfulness is about coming alive in the moment.  To get a feel for what mindfulness is like, think about times when you already feel really alive, when you’ve experienced a really vivid and vibrant quality to life. For example, one of the things I like to do is to take photographs of beautiful landscapes.  I […]

Listening to Life

February 27, 2014 By Shakya Kumara

Hare Sculpture

Have you ever been talking to someone, and had the experience that they’re not really listening to you? Maybe they’re busy thinking their own thoughts, or distracted and daydreaming. How do you feel when that happens? The weird thing is, we do this to ourselves all the time. We’re doing one thing, but thinking of […]

Two Types of Relaxation

February 7, 2014 By Shakya Kumara

We normally think of relaxing by getting out of the situation – taking time out, chilling out, getting out of the country for a wonderfully relaxing holiday. That’s very important. We need it – and most of us need more of it. Time doing nothing is a valuable activity! But there’s another way: relaxing into activity. We do it naturally […]

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