Two simple techniques for ameliorating negative patterns of thinking.
We all have negative patterns of thinking. These can be short-lived or persistent and dominate our waking and sometimes our subconscious...
Category Mindfulness
Articles on mindfulness
The Relationship Between Happiness and Health; Strategies for the 21st Century.
“Laughter is the Best Medicine” No one would argue that there is some element of truth to the above chiché. When we are happy, in...
Influencing Positive Change Through Negative Emotions – A Meditators Perspective.
It is easy to get carried away with the tide of unrestrained thoughts and negative emotions. positive I am not big on ‘positive...
The Art Of Living by Alan Watts
“This is the real secret of life — to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work,...
Managing Pain with Meditation and Mindfulness – A Surgeon’s Perspective
Introduction Surgeons are in a unique and privileged position. We are permitted, legally permitted, to inflict pain. Our patients ask us...
The Benefits of Meditation for Children
As a meditating surgeon and a single father of a son who is two years away from his first major school examinations, I am aware of the...