Category Archives: Mindfulness

Travel diary #1. Sunset at Ainsdale Beach.

Highlanders who like beach We always considered ourselves as a mountain lovers. That does not mean we spend free time only in the mountains. We love nature, at any location. We are fortunate enough to live close to mountainous areas as well as close to the seaside. From time to time everybody needs some change. […]
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My Journey, My Learning, My Life.

As an active parent of child with special needs I often attend to a courses, meetings or training organised by different organisations. Last few Fridays I have attended to a course organised by Caroline Tomlinson, CEO My-Life, a charity which helps mainly people with special needs and their families. It is actually very interesting and […]
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Mindful breathing with Hurricane

The title of this post is actually a huge exaggeration! MASSIVE! Try to make our Hurricane to sit still for longer than one minute! Just TRY! You will have all sorts of cheeky faces, gestures and loud noises thrown onto yourself. She will not sit still without doing something. Do not make me wrong! She […]
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8-weeks MBSR course: reflection.

This week is the last week of mine 8-week MBSR course. I have completed it online, with British Mindfulness Institute. This particular Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course is advertised as the one specifically designed for Health and Social Care Professionals. “After all I am an Nurse!”, I thought when I came across it during internet […]
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How to find time for nourishing yourself?

By no means I would call myself an expert in above topic. I want to exercise, I want to meditate, do yoga, read the book/magazine or simply spend a time with my family. But as many, I do struggle to find time for everything I want to do. I work, thankfully not full time, but […]
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‘Fight or flight’ and bit of a neuro-science.

My daughter told me a story about boy who has escaped the her school. During play time he has managed to sneak out from playground, jump over the fence and run away outside the school ground. Thankfully, teachers managed to catch him and brought him back to school. Our Hurricane was in a bit of […]
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Why mindfulness?

I can’t exactly remember when was the first time I have came across the concept of mindfulness. I guess it has happened quite naturally as this topic is quite trendy now. It’s present in all social media and all big corporations implementing mindfulness related strategies in order to improve employees satisfaction. Similar scenario happened in […]
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