West London Buddhist Centre Blog
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Mindfulness Tips from Vajradaka: Layers of Intention
This week Vajradaka offers mindfulness tips on how we can develop layers of intentions which support each other in what you are doing. Having an intention period at the start…
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Mindfulness Notes: Befriending
Awareness in mindfulness is not the cool, detached impersonal emotionless state of an observer. When you bring awareness to bear on yourself you are aiming to have the underlying emotional…
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Mindfulness and Resilience continued
In last week’s Mindfulness Notes, Vajradaka introduced three qualities which are very useful when you feel some sort of physical pain or a difficult situation: expansiveness, relaxation and confidence. Today…
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Mindfulness and Resilience
Resilience An aspect of intentionality is that you can decide to bring certain qualities into your awareness. There are three qualities which are very useful when you feel some sort…
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Is the Dharma moving?
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Mental Health week special
The ‘can-do’ attitude There is a collection of attitudes, qualities and skills which mindfulness helps to develop which contributes to maintaining and developing mental and physical well-being. Behind them all is…
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Everyday Mindfulness
Having a clear area of engagement Having a clear area of engagement is part of the primary structure and principle of mindfulness meditation. In the meditation on the body and…
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Reflection on Well-being
Find a quiet time and place to reflect: 1. First anchor attention onto the body and breath and clear random thoughts with the directives ‘not now’ and then ‘settle on…
