Mental Imagery As we know, experience is constantly changing, always new and therefore a little unpredictable. To to try to pin it down, the mind can conjure up a mental image or inner picture of experience in our imagination, e.g. of the breath or body, that we end up confusing with the experience itself. Confusing …
Perhaps the first major step of mindfulness practice is just to ‘feel’ our experience, to make direct contact with experience, without merely thinking about it. Although this might sound straightforward it really isn’t. Just ‘feeling’, being aware, or making direct contact with our experience puts us in a vulnerable position that can often be painful, …
One of the most common questions meditators just starting out ask is: “How do I allow my experience just to be as it is, without meeting it with struggle or resistance, especially when it is unpleasant?” Here are two responses: 1. Compassion. Acknowledge that you are in pain, that you are finding it hard, and …
This article is an explanation and comparison of the two best (in our opinion) strategies for how to start and maintain a meditation practice. After reading this article we hope you will feel a little more confident and self-assured about getting started. The tantalising benefits! There is now a wealth of scientific literature documenting a …