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
Mindfulness
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
Looking to feel grounded? Try Mountain Meditation
As you probably know, I’m really into mindfulness practises and advocate them constantly to my clients. Here are a few articles I’ve written on mindfulness and how it can be applied in our everyday round: Being Mindful with Technology Esther Recommends: A Mindful Path Through Anxiety I’ve been … [Read more...] about Looking to feel grounded? Try Mountain Meditation
Esther’s Recommended Reading: Outwitting Your Inner Critic
I recently read a fabulous book I wanted to share with you called, Make Peace With Your Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Your Inner Critic by Mark Coleman, a meditation teacher and therapist. It is easy and fast to read, and gives some wonderful, straightforward tools and practises that … [Read more...] about Esther’s Recommended Reading: Outwitting Your Inner Critic
How to Cultivate Gratitude
If you’ve been reading my blogs of late, you’ll know I’m on a quest to apply mindfulness techniques to our use of technology — and yes, that includes cellphones! I’m guessing a lot of you reading this can relate to using Siri to dictate notes regarding important things you need to remember to do on your … [Read more...] about How to Cultivate Gratitude
Being Mindful with Technology
I thought this topic would be a good way to acknowledge World Mental Health Day-October 10- because I feel that our increasing reliance on technology is affecting our mental health in multiple but disturbing ways. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been in the middle of a yoga class doing my best to balance … [Read more...] about Being Mindful with Technology
No Matter What, Keep Growing
On a sunny spring day recently, I was lost in sea of dark thoughts and feeling stuck emotionally and thought that a nice walk around my neighbourhood would help shift things. As soon as I got out my front door, I was met with the magnificent sight of cherry blossoms from all the gorgeous blooming trees. The … [Read more...] about No Matter What, Keep Growing