A Daily Habit

The daily habit of these outrageously successful people - top people use meditation in their daily lives.  Full story here.

Anxiety & Stress

The Telegraph on-line health section reports today that, according to a Government survey, one in three absences at work are due to anxiety and stress.  The cost to industry is staggering, as is the cost to the NHS in treating those who are finding life a little too tough to cope with.

Isn't it now time to start advocating taking a little more control of our lives and learn how to help ourselves without the need of medication?

Meditation can help us do just that.  By learning to quieten the mind we give ourselves periods of peace and calm from our otherwise hectic lifestyles.  The body responds - blood pressure lowers, heart rate falls and we start to regain some balance in our lives.  We start to feel much better, much more in control and more able to cope with stressful situations.

Surely it is much better to be given a prescription for meditation rather than medication. 

Mindfulness for combat-related post-traumatic stress syndrome

A new study has found that Mindfulness might help serviceman suffering combat-related post-traumatic stress syndrome.  Although this study was carried out in the USA, it will obviously be entirely appropriate for our own troops arriving home from war zones.

Maybe it's time to start thinking about setting up some kind of programme at the Como Centre whereby we could do more to help.

Click here to read the full story.

Meditation & Mindfulness Course

A new Meditation & Mindfulness course starts this Wednesday, 19th June at the Como Centre in South Oxfordshire.

Learn to meditate and take control of your life.  Whether you want to learn to meditate for health and well-being, to help to control the stresses and strains of every day life, for total relaxation or to help to underpin your own spiritual development journey, then do come along to our course.

Spaces are still available.

Can Compassion Beat Botox in the Anti-Ageing Stakes?

'Compassion is not religious business, it is human business.  It is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability.  It is essential for human survival.'  HH The Dalai Lama

So what if be more compassionate could really help us to stay younger?  This article "Can Compassion Beat Botox in the Anti-Ageing Stakes?" by Dr David Hamilton is really worth reading.

Reasons to Meditate

Love this - I found it on Facebook and was shared by Soul Guidance; hope they don't mind my sharing it with you.

Mindfulness: The Basics

How to get to grips with Mindfulness - click here and have a read of this article.

Remember, if you want to benefit from meditation, including mindfulness, the Como Centre runs courses that can help you.