In today’s distressed world, our happiness and contentment tend to be linked to so many outside factors that we have lost the ability to tune in to our own intrinsic sense of joy and peace. In addition, we have our own inner thoughts to fight with. Most of us have [...]
We very often ignore the signals of our body. How many times were you tired but just went on? Does it happen to you that you have to pee, but don't go straight to the toilet because you want to finish your task first? Do you sometimes feel your stomach [...]
This blog is written by Alex Renfrew, a former participant of the Mindfulness Project from England. He stayed for about three weeks at the project. His experience with meditation before the Project was limited. He thought meditation was something to be practiced in silence and with a still mind. During [...]
In December 2019 a group of thirty people from the Mindfulness Project joined the Dhamma Yatra, a Buddhist pilgrimage. Together with over four hundred Thai people and fifty monks and nuns, we walked eighty kilometers from monastery to monastery for eight days. We are a big, moving community of people [...]
Imagine a beautiful woman is walking on the street. I would dare to bet that you, whether you are male or female, have just pictured her with long hair. It is very interesting how the way we think about beauty is related to hair. At least you did not imagine [...]
Among travelers in South-East Asia Vipassana is probably mostly known as the ten-day meditation retreat at Buddhist monasteries. But Vipassana meditation does not necessarily need to last ten days. At the Mindfulness Project, we often practice Vipassana meditation during our daily meditation session. In the mornings we meditate for about [...]
This week's blog is different than usual. We're sharing a beautiful poem that, in our opinion, tells perfectly what the Mindfulness Project entails and means. It's written by David Clark, who always used to introduce himself as 'David from the Earth' when he had to tell his name and the [...]
This morning I might have had my best yoga practice ever. Not because my body was very flexible and I hold the poses like on an example picture. Not because I was totally focused on myself and forgot everything around me. No, not at all. It was because I felt [...]