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mindfulness
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Unlearning
Much of meditation is not learning but unlearning. How we suppress our connection to the body, why that makes sitting still difficult, and why we always begin with the breath.
Pure Awareness
Insights on awareness for meditators: the three levels of awareness, the rock in the stream, the surfer at the break, and why awareness is standard human equipment.
Learning to See Life Through a New Lens
How meditation shifts perspective: the evidence for equanimity, a sunk cost experiment, and the changes you only notice looking back.
Walking with Nature, a Path to Presence
Mindful walking, walking meditation and forest bathing: a practical guide to bringing presence into everyday life.
Two Meditation Frameworks That Actually Work in the Real World
About my two main meditation frameworks
The Law of Reverse Effect
How your mind works against you and what to do about it
Mantra for an Unruly Mind
An article from a talk I gave in a meditation class on Tuesday, 5 May 2026
Relaxation, Focus and Calmness
This is from the transcript of the last class in a mini-series I taught on Relaxation, Focus, and Calmness in The Meditation Course.
How to Break the Autopilot Habit with Mindfulness
Learn how mindfulness meditation helps break the autopilot habit by training the Moment of Recognition — the instant you notice your mind has wandered and regain the power to choose. This post explores how small practices, visual cues and breath awareness can help you step out of old patterns and return to the present moment.
Learning to Unlearn
How to retrain your mind and responses to work with you, not against you.
What Is Mindfulness-Based Resilience?
Inside the training that can help to transform your resilience
Silent Meditation vs Background Music: Which is Best?
Why listening to music while meditating is comfortable but not beneficial for developing mindfulness -- and what to do instead.
The Three Good Things Exercise: How a Simple Daily Practice Can Change Your Life
A gratitude exercise I've taught for ten years that changes how we see the world -- write down three new things you appreciate each day.
The Fisherman's Parable
A timeless story about a Mexican fisherman and an American banker that asks what we're really working towards.