Learning how to transition mindfully from one task to another, or one activity to another can make all the difference when you are strapped for time. Sharing the Transitional Pause with Practice Managers at the Management in Practice 2017 event in London today. The title of the talk was […]
Yearly Archives: 2017
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Sewing and creativity can bring out the perfectionist monkey’s in full force. Any new mums struggling with this can join the FREE mini-retreat this Thursday (Sept 21st), in Highgate, London. Come and try out @sewmindful and say hi to your perfectionist mental monkey! (We have a crèche from 10-3.30pm – […]
Getting ready for the mini-retreat and looking forward to sharing some of the @sewmindful methods. Preparing the creative materials is a key part of this work and @Lizfinegold has the knack of ensuring we have exactly what is needed. Ensuring everything can run as smoothly as possible is one […]
The Mindfulness Centre of Excellence, in conjunction with Cocoon Family Support and Wellcome Trust are planning a wonderful @sewmindful day on Thursday September 21st, 10-3.30 for new mum’s who are experiencing low mood and/or post natal depression. Booking is essential as we have a […]
#whatismindfulness? A very good question and a full audience at Conway Hall yesterday to discuss this very issue. Covering the definitions of mindfulness (there are many and everyone is arguing!), the benefits of mindfulness (clear thinking anyone?), what your brain needs to be doing to engage in any moment […]
Background: Weaving a new Story is a project investigating how mindful textile work can support mothers with postnatal depression. A collaboration between Clinical Psychologist Dr Tamara Russell from King’s College London’s Department of Neuroimaging and textile artist and psychologist Liz Finegold, it is supported by the Cultural Institute at King’s, […]
Mindfulness of sounds is a great exercise. Listening to sounds as they arise and fade away is a way to stay in the present moment. You can’t pay attention to a sound that your heard five minutes ago, or a sound that you will hear in ten minutes time. […]
The Transitional Pause is my most used mindfulness tool. I am using it all day, every day for every type of transition. It helps me to gain knowledge about how the days activities have impacted on my body and mind. It helps me to ground and pause. It helps […]
It’s Time to Celebrate the Amazing Journey of the Weaving a New Story Project. Mixing and blending textiles, neuroscience, compassion, creativity. Giving 100% commitment to embody mindfulness and embrace mindlessness as best we can at all times. Full catastrophe living indeed! Join psychologist and textiles artist Liz Finegold and Dr Tamara Russell […]
STOP THE WORLD I WANT TO GET OFF! We can be quite overwhelmed by all the information that enters our brains at any one time. Check out this video called Digital Junkie which gives some quite alarming stats. The funniest being that most people would rather clean their toilet […]