Posts tagged with 'mindfulness'
Personal ‘retreat’: sixth reflection – let's lose our heads & come to our senses
25th February 2016
I have already written a series of posts about this stay down at the Krishnamurti Study Centre in Hampshire - see for example the first one "Setting the scene" or the most recent (before this one) "Being, flow & 'pure driving'". Yesterday I took an ‘idle & blessed’ day. This …
Personal ‘retreat’: fifth reflection – being, flow & ‘pure driving’
24th February 2016
Yesterday I wrote a post on "Our sense of self". Today the theme is more “Being & doing”. My life at home is very busy. I welcome this … and have made it happen … with work I love … living richly … but full of “doing”. On this fourth …
Personal ‘retreat’: fourth reflection – our sense of self
23rd February 2016
I wrote a post yesterday on "Quietening down ... and do we need time to change". Now it's the fourth morning … I have some sense of my inner world rearranging itself, like shifting icebergs. That description overplays what feels to be going on … but changes there certainly are, …
Personal ‘retreat’: third reflection – quietening down ... and do we need time to change?
22nd February 2016
I've already written a couple of blog posts during my "retreat" at this Study Centre - "Setting the scene" and "Settling & questioning". Now it's the start of the third day … yesterday was a strange mix of tastes. Out on a couple of walks … for over three hours …
Personal ‘retreat’: second reflection – settling & questioning
21st February 2016
I wrote a post yesterday about arriving here at the Krishnamurti Study Centre. Now it's early on the second morning – how was the first full day? It was fine. I wrote, thought, read, went on a two-hour walk (boots repeatedly clogging with the Hampshire clay), practised yoga, meditated, and …
Personal ‘retreat’: first reflection – setting the scene
20th February 2016
So here I am bright & early on the first full day of a ten-day personal retreat at the Krishnamurti Study Centre in Hampshire. Why? Well I was conscious of three intertwining reasons when I booked this time away several months ago. One is about doing & being, another about …
Recent research: articles from winter 2015/16 journals
17th February 2016
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - Endnote - which currently contains nearly 23,000 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant icon …
Recent research: articles from late summer 2015 journals
10th November 2015
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - Endnote - which currently contains well over 22,500 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant …
Recent research: articles from summer 2015 journals
29th August 2015
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - Endnote - which currently contains well over 22,000 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant …
Warwick BABCP conference: 3rd day - what personal qualities distinguish more & less effective therapists? (6th post)
26th July 2015
I have already written a blog post ... "Warwick BABCP conference: 3rd day - even more evidence that therapists themselves are central to improving outcome (5th post)" ... about the great last morning symposium "The singer and not the song? Evidencing therapist effects across the IAPT stepped care model". I …