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This is a the title of an article on The School of Life site. I think the following introduction to this article describes what we were trying to do in this morning’s session: ”Mental well-being is the consequence of what seems like a stupidly simple process but is in fact an enormously and humblingly complicated one. A so-called ‘well-adjusted mind’ is one that can minimise the distance between what feels and what it knows it feels; between emotions that flood it and those that consciousness can register.”

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Just found this posting link . So hi Folks ; some of you are lucky living near ( or even in the same country) as Alastair and Daniel. I’m living in Australia travelling a bit for work as a child Developmental therapist ( just fab , I love it - lots of game playing really ). My first intro into meditation was through a local Quaker group in my teens & then religious retreats then being buddies with canticle hermits. ( wow they are a chatty lot ) A friend wrote ‘The Anchoress’ ( R.Cadwallader)which is an insight into that sort of meditation I’m a fidgeter so need to calm my mind & so happy to have found the gorgeous Alastair, who has a life outside of Escaped . Hope to meet you lot when travelling over sometime xxxx

Inspired by RoseM's delightful knitted lamb, I found this pattern and got crocheting. As all Star Wars fans know, this is the perfect day to post him....... May the fourth be with you !

Hey! Hope you had a nice summer holidays and that you’re thriving. Just put together some pointers for the next few months at Mindsprings so you might like to check those out: https://mind-springs.org/so/f0P6F5IQG

HI guys, hope you all had a wonderful summer. Just a little video update of what's coming up this Autumn. Link for the Gayles retreat: https://www.mind-springs.org/gayles-sept-2023(https://www.mind-springs.org/gayles-sept-2023) Link for Walk the Chalk: https://walkthechalk.org/(https://walkthechalk.org/) Link for the Holy Island October Retreat: https://www.mind-springs.org/hi-retreats/holy-island-october-2023(https://www.mind-springs.org/hi-retreats/holy-island-october-2023) Link for Liberating the Ego Loop Workshop: https://www.mind-springs.org/online-study-day-s/liberating-the-ego-loop-oct-2023(https://www.mind-springs.org/online-study-day-s/liberating-the-ego-loop-oct-2023)

I'm super excited about the upcoming Power of Emotions weekend coming up in a few days. I'm busy putting the finishing touches to my slide shows and trying to get my emotional ducks in a row. I think it will all come together for Saturday! It promises to be a really rich exploration of our emotions. But have not fear (!) it won't be a cry-fest or encounter group. What's exciting is having new ways of understanding affect and emotion and how it unspools in our day-to-day life. Don't be afraid of emotions! They're the powerhouse of a life well-lived. As site members you can still access the Early Bird discount (£50) if you use the code Emote50 at the checkout. Hope to see you on Saturday.

This morning's discussion around dissociation touched on the societal dissociation of death. And @James Tennet kindly gave a free link the the Tukdam movie that @Mechteld-Hanna Derksen recommended in this month's If anyone wants to watch the film for free, you can do so for the next week at this link. But James also suggested making a donation to Mind and Life at the same time.

@Trudy Morrison asked: What's behind the idea of "zipping up" at the end of meditation? In yoga, we tend to drum hands on the floor to reground after practice so I assume it's something similar, but I'm curious as to the "up" rather than the "down". And here's my (not very scientific answer): I know that's not very conclusive. But I am writing a blog about the vayus or the energy winds, so that might flesh out what I'm saying here. Keep your eyes peeled for that. 😚