E - Easy Option This Weeks Video This fourth aspect of HALE - E, the EASY OPTION is a paradox, in that it is the easiest of the four...

L - Loving Alternative This Weeks Video This is Part 3 in the blog series on HALE, one of the key mindfulness tools taught in The Centre...

A - After Effect This Weeks Video In Part 1 of HALE- A Mindful Intervention, I explored the H in HALE, which was the first of a four-...

H - Halt! This Weeks Video At The Centre for Western Mindfulness we subscribe to several tools that can be used to sustain mindfulness as...

Establishing Forgiveness as a Habit This Weeks Video Applying forgiveness to any situation that requires it, can be quite challenging. So, is it possible to have a consciousness of forgiveness that naturally, and easily flows when the circumstances demand it? Can conscious forgiveness become a habit? To form a habit, we have to regularly repeat in action, and/or thought, the thing we want to be habitual. To do that we first have to be motivated to want to do that. The regular

Pardon Wrong Doers This Weeks Video Come on! As if loving your enemies, blessing those who curse you, and doing good to those who hate you aren’t tough enough. Now I’m expected to pardon those who do me wrong? You’ve got to be kidding!! It seems that the world is full of people who are doing ‘wrong’. Mass shootings, war, environmental abuse, sexual abuse, and the list goes on. So this facet of forgiveness expects me to pardon these people? Really? Well, yes if you are wanting

Turn the Other Cheek This Weeks Video The very first of the situations proposed in the Sermon on the Mount for not resisting evil was “…whosoever will smite you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.” (1) The obvious conclusion is that when you turn the other cheek you are prepared to be struck a second time. That action almost seems to perpetuate violence. Obviously, these is a difference when the motive for turning the cheek is insolent in nature, or true humilit

Bless Those Who Curse You This Weeks Video …and do good to them that hate you! This is the loving approach to life that was taught in the Sermon on the Mount, not an approach that endorsed crusades, the inquisitions, or the genocide of heretics. The patron saint of Lucca, in Italy, is Saint Zita. The story goes that at the age of twelve, Zita became a servant to the Fatinelli, a noble family of Lucca. In spite of many years of serious abuse by her ‘noble’ employers, as well a

Love Your Enemies This Weeks Video There is a saying that declares, “What you resist persists”. A resistive consciousness gives permission for what we resist to perpetuate. Mahatma Gandhi championed what he called satyagraha, what the West called passive resistance. Gandhi insisted it was more about love and firmness (non-violent) serving as a “synonym for force”. Inspired by Tolstoy’s The Kingdom of God is Within You , Gandhi became an advocate for using non-resistance to o

If peace is your priority, then forgiveness will be your only function. This Weeks Video I know this may seem too simple, but the key to forgiveness is to fully understand that all human motive for how one thinks, behaves, and emotes is either driven by the desire to extend love, or is a call for help. That’s it! Just two core motives. When perceived from that context, there are only two responses to these two motives; gratitude for the love extended, or compassion for the su

Mindfulness and Ageing: How to Mindfully Engage Getting Old This Weeks Video A book entitled Trionfi was written by Petrarch, an Italian...

Mindfulness and Parenting: How Natural Justice and Mindfulness Interplay This Weeks Video One of my earliest recollections of becoming...

Mindfulness and Food: Breaking Free From Your Habitual Behaviour with Food This Weeks Video It’s obvious that the apostle Paul wasn’t...

The Practical Application of Mindfulness in "Real-Life" This Weeks Video During 2021 I will be doing a series of blogs on the practical...

Step 4: How to SUSTAIN the Changes In Step 3 of this series I looked at how to integrate change into your life. In this step, I am going...

Step 2: LEARN More About the Pros and Cons In ignorance, most people aren’t aware of any better serving alternatives for how they live...

The 5 Principles of EAP Principle 2 – You Can't Change What You Can't See The word confess originally meant to acknowledge. This process...

The 5 Principles of EAP Principle 1 – Your Body is a Symbol of Consciousness Being conscious means to be mindful. At EAP mindfulness is...

Using the 5 Senses The Western tradition behind mindfulness asks you to consider in each moment that there is a more self-honouring,...

S I L O - A Four Step Strategy When I was trying to get on top of my weight issue, typical of many people I regularly tried dieting,...