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

Self Forgiveness This Weeks Video In The Centre for Western Mindfulness’ Pathways to Mindfulness program we assess people’s current state of awareness regarding who they are physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. There are 15 statements in each of the four elements, which highlights an aspect of that element. One of the spiritual aspects reads - It is easy for me to be self-forgiving. People have three options to indicate how they relate to that statement: Yes, N

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

Judge Not This Weeks Video “Judge not, that ye be not judged.” (1) The word judge as a verb arose from words that typically meant “to form an opinion about”. More broadly speaking it meant to “make a decision, decide, think, suppose”. It can be extrapolated then that this aspect of forgiveness, which is about not judging, means; don’t form an opinion, don’t decide, think, or suppose. You could well be justified in asking, “Well what am I supposed to do?” In short, observe an

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

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 the Covid Freedom Rallies: Civil Resistance Approached with a Love Consciousness This Weeks Video Tomorrow I am going to...

Mindfulness and Homemaking: Approaching Homemaking in a Holistic and Mindful Way This Weeks Video You have heard the old adage,...

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

Mindfulness and the Environment: Developing a Conscious Relationship with Mother Nature This Weeks Video You might recall that the EAP...

Mindfulness and Sexuality: How Our Level of Awareness Impacts on Sexual Intimacy This Weeks Video Mindfulness as it relates to sexuality,...

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...

Mindfulness and Relationship: How to Replace Angst With Love Through Being Mindful This Weeks Video Mindfulness is remembering in each...

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