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Reflections from the Manse – Sunday 26th July 2020
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Mindfulness and Meditation: Staying on holiday at home
This week we are thinking about holiday season & taking time to relax. There is no associated mindfulness track. This week, Scotland shifted towards re-opening dentists, hairdressers, and cinemas. There are new possibilities for physically-distanced socialising, and staying somewhere overnight. And many of us are thinking: could I…might I…go on Read more
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Reflections from the Manse – Sunday 19th July 2020
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Mindfulness and Meditation: Words to live by
During lockdown, many of us have turned to the written word for solace. Words, written, are tangible. They capture things, and so, if we return to them, we may recapture something we might have lost. And we have lost things, during this time: routines, structures, places; the unremarkable, much-missed fabric Read more
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Reflections from the Manse – Sunday 12th July 2020
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Mindfulness and Meditation: Trouble Sleeping
A King’s College London study finds that two thirds of us have experienced some negative effect on sleep since the pandemic began, with a disproportionate impact on women, young people, and those facing financial difficulties. Intriguingly, though, most of us are sleeping more than we did pre-lockdown. With commuting shelved, Read more
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Mindfulness and Meditation: When Zoom fatigue becomes Zoom burnout
After three months of lockdown, many of us are at the point of digital exhaustion that goes beyond fatigue. People are finding it hard to look at faces on the screen, or struggling to sit still. You may find yourself tapping your feet constantly, or crossing and uncrossing your legs; your mind Read more
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Mindfulness and Meditation Week 13: Recognising Craving and Aversion
During mindfulness practice, we will all recognise the experience of being taken away from the present moment. It’s important to remember that during mindfulness we are not trying to will away our feelings and thoughts by brute force. Instead we want to be able to notice our bodies changing conditions Read more
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Mindfulness and Meditation Week 12: Build me up, Buttercup
After an initial surge of adrenaline to meet the challenges of coronavirus and life under lockdown, we may feel as though we are running on fumes, while also trying to look to the future. Like the summer wildflowers, a wave of adaptation and creativity is now behind us, and we Read more
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Mindfulness and Meditation Week 11: Skin Hunger
‘Skin hunger is the biological need for human touch,’ writes Sirin Kale for Wired. ‘It’s why babies in neonatal intensive care units are placed on their parent’s naked chests. It’s the reason that prisoners in solitary confinement often report craving human contact as ferociously as they desire their liberty.’ It’s also why, two Read more