Watching the breath with the seven attitudes of mindfulness Non-judging - The constant liking and disliking that we do keep us in a push and pull relationship with our experience. Instead, we practise watching the objective reality of our experience without judgement. Patience - The wisdom to know that some things need time to unfold on their own. Give yourself time to be where you are. Beginners mind - Experience everything as if it was the first time. Trust - Developing the basic trust in your...
Oct 16, 2020•21 min
"What would you life look like without your feet?"
Oct 09, 2020•23 min
There is a classic story about how to catch a monkey that illustrates the art of letting go, or rather the suffering in holding on. Make a small hole in a coconut. Hide a banana in it and wire the coconut to a tree. The monkey will reach in and grab the banana but the hole is too small to get his hand with the banana out. Now he’s stuck because he refuses to let go of the banana in order to be free. We do the same thing, although not so often with bananas. Instead we hold on to believes, through...
Sep 25, 2020•22 min
Our mind wants to know. But what happens when we step into the Not Knowing? “I don’t know” Just say those words internally and feel how they land. “I don’t know.” Can you allow yourself to not know, just for now? What happens in you when you do? This is what I want to investigate together with you today.
Sep 18, 2020•21 min
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. - Marcus Aurelius
Sep 04, 2020•20 min
We live in two worlds. The Real world, made of what is actually here, felt through our experience in the present moment. And then there is the dream world of thoughts, existing only in our own mind as an abstraction and interpretation of the Real world. Most of the suffering that we experience in life is created out of this dream world. For example when we worry, we imagine a future that we don’t like, this creates unpleasant feelings in our body and then we react to that as if it was real. And ...
Aug 28, 2020•17 min
When I first started on my path of self-exploration I was pretty skeptical of the “listen to your body”-type of messages. To me, my body was there to move me around. If it wasn’t sick and it did what I wanted it to, walk, run, dance, etc, then what more could there possibly be? The fact is that our body is brilliant feedback system that we can use to guide our actions. When we do things that aligns with our needs, the body feels good, when we do the opposite the body feels uncomfortable. For exa...
Aug 21, 2020•24 min
Labelling is a great tool for detaching from our believes, opinions and judgements about our experience and stepping into simply experiencing reality as it is in this moment. Those believes, opinions and judgements is what we call our “story”. We all tell those stories about our experience and ourself. “I should not be feeling this way.” “If only my partner would…” “He is so ignorant” “I must…” So why is this useful to step out of those stories? Because that’s where most of our suffering actuall...
Aug 14, 2020•20 min
Allow your mind to take a rest for a few minutes and come back to the present moment. The only place that actually exists. The place where your whole life is happening.
Aug 07, 2020•17 min
By experiencing everything as if it was the first time, we become more open to new perspectives and receptive to new possibilities. Every moment is unique and from the beginners-mind we treat them as such. A few weeks ago I wrote about a mantra I have; “When the world has stopped being beautiful, it’s because I’ve stopped looking.” This is about beginners-mind. Experiencing nature, the sky, the earth, myself and other people as though it was the first time. Really looking at what is actually the...
Jul 03, 2020•19 min
“Everything that happens, every feeling, every emotion, every thought, it’s all an important part of our learning process in our growth as souls, in the expanding of our beings, because everything is lessons. That’s literally all there is.” This advice was given to me at a point where I was trying to hold on to a past experience of being in connection with my heart. I was desperately trying to re-discover what I thought I’d lost. I’m not sure I buy in 100% to lessons being the only thing that ex...
Jun 26, 2020•21 min
Loving-Kindness meditation is a very powerful way to nurture a more loving and compassionate way to be with ourselves and with others. We find this compassion through recognising that we all share the same desire to be happy and safe.
Jun 12, 2020•16 min
I thought I’d share a mantra that has been with me for the last couple of weeks. “When the world has stopped being beautiful, it’s because I’ve stopped seeing.” I find that when I come back to the here and now something changes about my experience, I start to see beauty and life in the most mundane things and my attention is drawn to the natural world, the trees and the sky. It feels a lot like coming home, a sense of belonging here.
Jun 05, 2020•16 min
One of the seven pillars of mindfulness is Trust. In this case trusting yourself and your emotions. By practicing staying connected to your lived experience moment to moment and being more attuned to what is going on inside, you will develop your emotional compass that guides you towards what you want and need in life. Truthfully answering questions like “How am I really feeling today?“, “What are my needs right now?“, “Does this make me happy?” also helps getting more in touch with yourself.
May 29, 2020•17 min
Today we reconnect to the present moment using our breath. Sometimes the breath feels comfortable, sometimes not. No matter what it feels like we can always use it to return to what _is_.
May 15, 2020•18 min
Today I thought we’d use sound as our object of meditation, with inspiration from Alan Watts. If you don’t know about him, I thoroughly recommend listening to some of his talks (just search on youtube).
Apr 24, 2020•16 min
Love is the absence of judgement - Dalai Lama When we watch our experience without judging it, that is love in practise. By allowing ourselves to have the experience we are having without judging it we allow ourselves to be as we are in the present moment. That is self love.
Apr 17, 2020•17 min
Today I want to focus on the practise of letting go. We live in a constant stream of change where nothing ever remains how it is right now. Our bodies change, our mind picks up new preferences, our friends and family gradually become new people, our ice cream melts away in the sun that is soon replaced by rain and wind and then sun again. We know this to be true, and yet we cling to the things as if we could keep them forever. We erupt in emotional chaos when our vacation plans are changed and w...
Apr 03, 2020•19 min
We will appreciate the body for all of the things it does for us and exercise our mindfulness muscles by accepting whatever our experience is, without judgement.
Mar 27, 2020•27 min
Today's session we focus on loving-kindness. Practising compassion for ourselves and others It think can be of great help in these challenging times. Remember that we are all connected, we all need each other and we all share the same yearning to be happy and loved for who we are
Mar 20, 2020•20 min
Over the last couple of days with intense Coronavirus reports I’ve fallen into the fear trapp over and over again and it’s taken many forms; “Why is the government so weak?!“, “This is nothing to worry about, it’s fine.“, “People are so stupid, they don’t understand how serious this is.“, “How will this affect the world economy?“. “Am I in danger?“, “Are my loved once in danger?” Images of overcrowded hospitals, empty streets and sitting at home without any food to eat pop up. Reality starts to ...
Mar 13, 2020•26 min
We all have unconscious patterns that guide our actions, often backed up by fears telling us that we're enough, we're not loveable, we're not worthy. The more we become conscious of those hidden patterns and fears and the more we can face them, the more freedom we get in our lives. A common way of expressing this is "to shine the light of consciousness on..." whatever it is we want to see. With mindfulness, we increase the intensity of this light and practice directing it.
Mar 06, 2020•16 min
Behind the persona that we present to the world lies our true self, our essence, a bright light of love and compassion. By listening inwards in silence we strengthen our connection with this essence and it becomes easier and easier to come back to ourselves. Don’t believe this! It is only my experience. Instead, I invite you to investigate it for yourself. An experience belonging to someone else is merely a story to you, your direct experience is your reality.
Feb 28, 2020•17 min
Today we’ll try a new meditation technique that I just call “labelling”. I hope you’ll like! 🕉❤️
Feb 21, 2020•15 min
Today we are watching our thoughts, trying to become more aware about how they come and go.
Feb 14, 2020•14 min
Being mindful about what is going on in you makes it easier to stop projecting your reactions and issues onto others. This is a super valuable skill to have when trying to support your loved once. Watching the breath is a great way to practise this skill.
Feb 07, 2020•15 min
Today we'll focus on diving into our experience of being inside this human body that we're driving around in the word. Connecting with your body is a great way to connect to the present moment and can often give you clues about your current needs and desires ❤️
Jan 31, 2020•18 min
Observing the breath with acceptance. We accept reality as it present itself to us in this moment. We don’t have to like it, but we say “ok” anyway, “ok, this is what is.” In this open space of acceptance you have the opportunity to act rather than react. You are no longer a victim of your circumstances, instead you become free to choose your action consciously. You are in charge of your life!
Jan 24, 2020•15 min
Settling into the world of sounds. Listening beyond labels and judgements.
Nov 07, 2019•11 min
Give your body some love and compassion with a soft body scan.
Nov 07, 2019•16 min
