What Is RAIN Meditation? I am a huge fan of Tara Brach and my favourite tool I’ve learned from her is the The RAIN mindfulness meditation practise which I use constantly with my clients with great success. In her latest book, Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of … [Read more...] about How to do RAIN Meditation
Meditation
How To Make Meditating Easier
Top Three Reasons it's Hard to Meditate I want to make meditation easier for people. We all know that it is good for our health to meditate yet how many of us actually do so on a regular basis? Here are the top three reasons clients give regarding why they don't meditate: I am too busy to meditate. I … [Read more...] about How To Make Meditating Easier
Box Breathing
In my on-going search for ways to lower anxiety and achieve more inner peace, I keep stumbling upon a concept called Box Breathing. I decided to delve in by learning its purpose, trying the practice and now it is officially my 'go to' when I'm feeling stressed and anxious. It works incredibly well, is easy to … [Read more...] about Box Breathing
Becoming the Ocean
If you don't become the ocean, you'll be seasick every day. --Leonard Cohen In my home growing up, when I needed sage advice from an elder, a Leonard Cohen quote was offered up. My mother still refers to him as "Lenny" as if she had an intimately personal relationship with him. I can totally understand that … [Read more...] about Becoming the Ocean
How to Fit Meditation Into Your Daily Life
If you are my client, I have most likely encouraged you to meditate on a regular basis. Here is a piece I wrote on the best meditation app I've found and use every day myself: https://www.estherkane.com/the-easiest-way-to-start-a-meditation-practise-the-insight-timer-app/ How to Make Meditation Easier and … [Read more...] about How to Fit Meditation Into Your Daily Life
How to Learn Self-Acceptance
If you're my client, you definitely know that I am a huge fan of Tara Brach and have most likely urged you to read her books, listen to her podcast and practise the life-changing RAIN meditation. In this article, I want to introduce you to a concept she calls "the Trance of Unworthiness" which I believe … [Read more...] about How to Learn Self-Acceptance
Turn WHAT IF into WHAT IS
I was recently in session with a highly anxious client who kept saying "What if..." such and such were to happen? As she came up with increasingly scary imagined scenarios, I could sense her anxiety skyrocketing. That's when I decided I had to 'peel her off the ceiling' and work with her to calm herself down. … [Read more...] about Turn WHAT IF into WHAT IS
Rewire Your Brain From Anxious to Calm with These Exercises
As many of you know, I am an anxious person and always have been. Such is often the fate of Highly Sensitive People (or HSPs). I'm always looking to find new and effective tools to both reduce my own anxiety and to pass onto my anxious clients. I've written about this topic previously and you can check them … [Read more...] about Rewire Your Brain From Anxious to Calm with These Exercises