Sometimes, we all need a little help.  Mindfulness practices help you to live fully in the moment, to bring awareness to your thoughts, emotions and feelings so you are able to manage your happiness, your relationships and yourself more skillfully.

Jon Kabat Zinn who is thought of as the father of secular modern day mindfulness talks below about what mindfulness is and how it can transform your experience of life.

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Here is a selection of the different programs and workshops we run. Anyone who attends our Mindful Living 101 program is free to come to any future Mindful Living 101 program to refresh your practice or if you weren't able to make all of the program dates.  Check our workshop dates page for dates and times of our upcoming programs & workshops.  

 

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Mindful Living 101 - 

4 Week Program

A beginners program over 4 weeks for 2 hours per week. Learn the what, why and how of mindfulness to start your mindful journey.

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Deepen Mindfulness - 4 Week Program

For those who have completed the 4 week Mindful Living program an opportunity to deepen your practice and understanding of how mindfulness can transform the way you think, feel and respond to life. 

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Befriending Your Mind Workshop

Ever found yourself in a spiral of negative self talk or judgement of others? Don't worry that makes you human like the rest of us. In this workshop learn how to understand, befriend and transform your less useful thought patterns. The program runs over 2 weeks, for 2 hours per session.

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The Compassionate Mind Workshop

In this 2 - part workshop learn how your brain is wired in ways that often don't result in kind or compassionate behaviour to yourself and others. Then learn proven techniques to rewire your brain for kindness, compassion and well-being.

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Mindfulness & Technology - Learning to Switch Off

This one's for everyone who owns a mobile phone and knows their relationship with it is less than healthy. In this 2 hour workshop learn how and why we are addicted to technology and how to get back in control of it for a happier and healthier life.

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Mindful Eating Workshop

Have you ever found yourself snacking mindlessly whilst working, using food to comfort yourself when you are stressed or felt frustration at yourself because of unhelpful eating habits? In this workshop learn how your eating habits, emotions, brain wiring and thought patterns can make it tough to change old eating habits. Then learn how mindful eating and thinking can transform you relationship to food and to yourself.

Often it doesn't matter so much whether we take route A or B. What does matter is whether we take route A or B based on healthy attitudes and mindsets or whether unhelpful or unhealthy attitudes are driving our choices. It can help to ask ourselves, am I making this choice, am I making this decision or acting in this way based on feelings of fear or love? Love or fear for self, love or fear for, or of, others, love or fear of life. Reflecting in this way can help us act from a place of love more often and help us put to the side less constructive attitudes and mindsets that ultimately can make any situation feel challenging. When we are in alignment with the best version of ourselves everything feels good, and healthy, wise actions, thoughts and decisions spring from that. Happy Friday folks. 🤗💚
Are you seeing clearly today or is everything a bit fuzzy? It's ok not to have all the answers, it's ok to let 'not knowing' be part of your experience. This feeling of not knowing is often the precursor to clarity and renewed direction and purpose. Mindfulness helps create the space for knowing and not knowing, allowing them equal space and importance. Mindfulness helps each of us to allow and embrace everything that comes our way.🤗
Being clear on our goals, motivations and values in life is so important if we are to live a life of meaning and purpose. At the same time, life often throws us unexpected curve balls in the form of change and complexity in our work, relationships and other unexpected situation. Things don't always go to plan, people say and do things we don't expect, and sometimes been disappoint ourselves. When this happens our default reaction is to resist what has happened and to struggle. This leads to more suffering and the longer it continues, the more of our valuable energy is taken. What would it be like to allow things to be just as they are, to let go of our ideas of what life should be like and accept how it is right now? 🤗
"Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior's world." - Pema Chödrön.
Where we choose to put our attention impacts our experience of every minute of our life. With mindfulness practice we cultivate the ability to know where our attention is at any point in time and with that, we are then able to direct it in ways that promote our own happiness, health and peace of mind. Nothing could be more important than the skill of being able to manage your mind, and as this lovely quote by Sharon Salzberg says, this can mean the difference between experiencing misery or happiness.
After the Mindful Living Day Program an opportunity to dress up for the @nilayahouse Christmas party.💃 Thanks to Nea and all the team there for creating this special community that we are so happy to be part of. 💗💗💗
Another wonderful Mindful Living Day Program yesterday @nilayahouse . Thank you to all the participants for making it such a fantastic day, we look forward to continuing to work with you over the coming weeks and months. Thank you to Nea @nilayahouse for being such a great partner for these programs. And another thank you to @fruitfuldayuae @nbars_uae and @thesaladjar.me for providing the yummy food. Looking forward to the next one in 2019. 🤗💗
"I shall allow my mind to fade into space." Thupten Jinpa, Mind Training: The Great Collection (Library of Tibetan Classics Book 1)
This urge is so familiar we already have a name for it. It's called the 'must have snack' habit. 🤗 It is an urge so strong that only a healthy, aware and trained mind has any chance of not eating the cookie! We love the cartoons @everydaypeoplecartoons. Thank you for your fabulous creations. Happy Thursday folks. 💆‍♂️🙌💗
Perhaps the greatest gift of mindfulness is that over time, we really can befriend our mind. We get to know it well, we see it clearly, we chip away at the years of conditioning and realise that it's just conditioning. There is nothing to push away, nothing to fear and in this space of allowing, we are able to use the uniqueness of our minds to reach our full potential. It isn't always easy, but it's worth every second of practice. No effort is wasted. Be Happy, get practising and find out for yourself. 🤗💆🏻‍♀️🧠🌍
Are you wearing your love lenses today? Try them on for size. The best thing about compassion is that this lens or mindset fits everyone and benefits everyone. Happy Tuesday. 💗🤗🌍
"You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible." Jack Kornfield Never forget that your own peace of mind is in reach and often easier than you think to access. Take a few long deep breaths, set an intention to let be, to let go and to start again, set an intention to meet your challenges with kindness, and an open mind and heart. Happy Sunday. 🤗💗🌍