Grief and Climate Change
In our Buddhist community, at the invitation of our local XR group, we dedicate one practice session each month to the living earth. In our most recent session ...
Category: musings
One thing you can do to improve your mental health
This is a piece about songlines, and about maps, and about one thing you can do to improve your mental health. A couple of weeks ago I was walking through a val...
Surviving Christmas and the New Year
We are moving through the longest nights. What happens at this time of year? In the run up to the longest night we put up our decorations and lights, go to part...
Autumn and Winter Well-being
This month I was asked to write about coping with the disappearing sun, for our local magazine All About Malvern. This is the article I wrote: Worcester ...
Letting go, unravelling and something new
There is a time and a place for most things. When I started teaching mindfulness classes when we moved to Malvern I was excited to offer them, and I’ve always e...
What about desire?
I’ve just returned from a weekend of silent walking on the Malvern Hills. We walked nine miles south, and camped overnight, and nine miles back the next day. It...
When things are out of control
Remember when it snowed in February? The temperature dived below zero. On the Wednesday evening of the cold weather the temperature inside the temple started t...
Great Gratitude – Great Peace
A few days ago my thoughts were wondering all over the place. I was remembering things to do, making lists and composing emails. I was in the middle of walking ...
The Importance of Being Yourself
You can hear a lot about selflessness in psychological and spiritual circles “just do what is needed for the other person” or “selflessness means putting your o...
To more creative living
This year I have been noticing when and how I keep myself from the world. I bury my head in a science fiction novel, or binge watch Marvel series on Netflix. I ...