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Mindsprings was set up by Alistair Appleton to explore the benefits of meditation in the modern world. Much clinical research these days concentrates on working with addiction and depression. We’re interested in working with wellness and the promotion of mental health before the illness sets in. HOME What We Do Course Trio CONTACT Mindsprings-Meditation with Alistair Appleton mit Alistair Appleton Put the spring back in your life with therapeutic meditation. Learn to Meditate with Alistair In-Person Retreats Self-Study Courses Live Online Classes GET THE MEDITATION HABIT FOR 2026 Join the Mindsprings Zoom sessions by getting the Mindspringer membership FREE for the first month and then just £10 until June 2026! Use code MEDITATE2026 at the checkout here . What We Do Branding Ich bin ein Absatz. Doppelklicken Sie auf mich oder klicken Sie auf Text bearbeiten, es ist einfach. Lesen Sie mehr > Retreats Whether a city weekend or a glorious weekend in nature. Meditate with Alistair in person. Read More > Classes Join Alistair on Zoom for weekly hour-long sessions. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Read More > Videos Read More > Browse hours of free recordings and teaching. Subscribe for the full amazing library. "Can I trust you? My mind is sore, vulnerable. Sometimes I'd rather not look." You don't have to trust me with your precious human mind. Mindsprings is only here to help in your own exploration and development. Ultimately, you are the sole proprietor of your mind. That said it's good to have someone to hold your hand. I've been meditating for more than 2 decades, teaching for more than 15 years. I'm a qualified psychotherapist with lots of clients. Most importantly, I know first-hand what anxiety and mental anguish feels like. You can experience the relief and liberation of meditation straight away with our powerful self-study courses. Take a look below: Wesen Bringen Sie mit Alistairs grundlegendem Mediationskurs etwas Freude in Ihr ganzes Leben zurück. Weiterlesen Die Monster der Angst meistern Erster Teil des Mindsprings-Kurses Angst. Weiterlesen Anzapfen der Freiheit Entsperren Sie die unbewussten Muster, die Ihr Leben belasten. Weiterlesen Course Trio In Kontakt kommen Wir werden versuchen, uns innerhalb von 24 Stunden bei Ihnen zu melden! einreichen Danke fürs Einsenden! CONTACT

Page Title Thank you! I see that you've enquired about compassionate conversations with me. I know it's never easy to ask for help, so thanks for trusting me thus far. I will read over your message and get back to you within 48 hours with a suggestion of how to proceed, and some proposed dates. I look forward to speaking to you soon! Alistair

Page Title Thank you! You enquired about psychotherapy with me. I know it's never easy to ask for help, so thanks for trusting me thus far. I will read over your message and get back to you within 48 hours with a proposed date for our 20-minute free Zoom assessment. I look forward to speaking to you soon! Alistair

MENTORING As you may know, I've been working as a qualified, UKCP-accredited psychotherapist for more than 8 years and see clients on Zoom for long and short-term work. This is profound work that looks to free up the unhelpful patterns that build up over a lifetime. I use integrative psychotherapy and energy psychology to work with trauma. If you're interested in this psychotherapy work, then you can find out more here . But sometimes that intense, long-term work is not what is needed. And so, from March 2026, I am offering one-to-one mentoring: compassionate conversations where we can discuss single issues in one or two sessions. In a friendly, 45-minute conversation, held in a warm and relational space, we might look at: spiritual issues from any direction where a Buddhist lens might prove inspiring advice and solutions for your therapy work or meditational teaching relational gridlocks where friends, family or partners are causing you anguish blockages and whirlpools at work or in creative endeavours financial, physiological, work-life conundrums the complexities of the LGBTQ+ experience mid-life issues and positioning yourself for new adventures Compassion conversations can bring a fresh set of eyes to any issue where you're stuck. Even a single session might bring solutions and plans that help you move forward. Less intense than therapy, but perhaps the kindly space you need to move things on. Sessions can be one-offs or on a monthly or sporadic rhythm when they are needed and we can agree time-slots to suit your calendar. A 45-minute session costs £40. You can arrange a session by filling in the form below. If you have any further questions, please message me on therapy@mind-springs.org. Don't struggle on your own when a compassionate conversation might set you right. Please note that compassionate conversations are not a substitute for medical care. If you are in serious psychological anguish, then please contact your GP or medical doctor for treatment. I am not an accredited therapy supervisor, so please check before bringing client work. My mentoring work also adheres to the UKCP Counselling and Psychotherapy guidelines, which can be found here . All discussions remain strictly confidential in line with those guidelines. For deeper, prolonged work that involves the treatment of trauma, please read my psychotherapy page here . Request a Mentoring Session Please take a moment to fill out the form. First Name Last Name Email Phone number Give brief outline of what you would like to discuss Submit

PSYCHOTHERAPY Thank you for your interest in my therapy work. Sometimes you might find that patterns from the past have left you 'stuck' in painful and unfulfilling life situations. And no matter how much you try to rescue yourself with your old solutions, things seem to stay stuck or get worse. Working with a trained and kind therapist can really help free up these stuck moments in a human life. Talking, reflecting, seeing things in a new way. Using energy work to unlock trauma patterns and safely dismantle dysfunctional coping strategies from early in life. Being heard. All of these can be gifts to yourself at the crucial pathways of your existence. I've been working as a therapist for more than 12 years now and believe that short, sustained stretches of psychotherapy (12 to 24 weeks) can make a massive difference to your mental health. Here’s a little about my training and how I work: I’m a qualified Psychotherapeutic Counsellor with an MA in Advanced Psychotherapy from Middlesex University. I trained at the Minster Centre with an integrative approach that highlights an awareness of the body and our relationships with one another. I have been a fully accredited member of the UKCP since 2014. My background in somatic meditation informs my work with clients. As a queer man I feel an affinity with the LGBTQ+ community and our mental health I’m also trained as a practitioner in AIT, a form of energy psychology that shows very powerful results in removing the energetic blocks left by the traumas of our past life. I work as a private practitioner in Penzance, Cornwall. Since 2020, most of my practice has been conducted online. We can arrange a free 20-minute consultation on Zoom and then decide if we are a good fit… Sessions are £70 a therapeutic hour (50 mins) and are arranged by private consultation. Please contact me via the form below. Or if you have any further questions, then please email me at therapy@mind-springs.org Request a Psychotherapy Assessment Call Please take a moment to fill out the form. First Name Last Name Email Phone number Give brief outline of the issues you would like to explore Submit

Alistair Appletons Mindsprings Videos VIDEOS Tauchen Sie ein in diese kostenlose Bibliothek mit Videounterricht von Alistair. Diese Videos stammen aus Live-Sessions und beinhalten: geführte Meditationen (normalerweise ca. 30-40 Minuten) Lehre zu verschiedenen Themen: Körperbasierte Meditation, Mitgefühl, innere Familiensysteme und vieles mehr.. Alistairs Antworten an Studenten Wir haben die über 150 Videos in verschiedenen Kanälen und Kategorien organisiert. Klicken Sie unten, um ein Thema zu erkunden, das Sie interessiert. Films and Fun Things Good for Beginners Tips and Talks on How to Meditate Bringing the Body Online Buddhist Dharma Soothing & Centring the Body-MInd Maitri: Loving Your Inner Parts Community Favorites Opening the Heart to Others All the Guided Meditations All the Teaching Untangling Thoughts & Thinking Films and Fun Stuff This is a collection of some short films and documentaries Alistair has made: An Introduction to Holy Island Green Tara Island Thoughts on the Sea Sitting the Downs Video abspielen Video abspielen Kapalabati unpacked Another nuts and bolts explanation of a practice we often do in Mindsprings sessions, Skull Brightening Breath (Kapalabati). This is potential energy clearing breath practice #pranayama #explanation #kapalabti #meditation #short Video abspielen Video abspielen Is meditation in the real world better than meditation at home? Is meditation another thing you do or is it part of your everyday life? From the car park of M25 Services at Cobham, whilst away filming for Escape to the Country, .From the carpark of M25 Services at Cobham, I answer Jane's question about the benefit of formal practice vs. everyday practice. #short #meditation #practice #dzogchen #shamata Video abspielen Video abspielen Images for suffusing awareness As we practice the rising-descending torus meditation, the question of how to describe the process of 'suffusion' in energy leads to discussion of various images #short #imagery #awareness #meditation #suffusion #Pali #Tripitika Video abspielen Video abspielen The purpose is not to be calm Jane speaks about John Kabat-Zinn's refutation of meditation as a 'calming' thing. And I agree... It's much more powerful than that. Video abspielen Video abspielen Intro to the Practice of Five The introduction to my shamata-vipassana meditation called 'The Practice of Five'. This involves an alternating practice of calm abiding and beingful awareness, measured out by the fingers of each hand #explanation #practiceoffive #shamata #vipassana #meditation #teaching Video abspielen Video abspielen Practice of Fives unpacked From the car in Pembrokeshire, I unpack the practice of fives, which combines shamata and vipassana in an alternating sequence. #teaching #shamata #vipassana #explanation #meditation #guide Video abspielen Video abspielen The aerated sense of self Following on from Valerie's description of her experience in the four fields practice, I talk about the 'aerated' sense of self which comes when we learn to see our self as constructed of discrete phenomena. #fourfields #beingfulness #noself #self #teaching Video abspielen Video abspielen The Three Stages of Shamata Following Dameon's question about the shamata / self-soothing practice (without mantra) I go through the three stages of the practice and outline some of the benefits. #teaching #meditation # shamata #soothing Films & Fun Stuff Video abspielen Video abspielen 01:55 Without string a violin is just a box A snippet from our Tuesday evening live sessions where the focus is on stress-reduction and anxiety. This was a wonderful exploration of grief. Come and join us - the first month is completely free : https://www.mind-springs.org/online-live Video abspielen Video abspielen 06:55 The Island For those who have never been to Holy Island, Alistair gives some introductory pointers and a little taste of why it's so magical... Video abspielen Video abspielen 07:32 Green Tara Island Alistair speaks from Holy Island about the need for clean, compassionate action in the world, represented by the Tibetan figure of Green Tara. Video abspielen Video abspielen 07:23 Caves Alistair continues his exploration of Holy Island. In this video he ponders the magic of meditating in caves. Video abspielen Video abspielen 05:40 The Sea! The Sea! Alistair ponders the role of the sea in spiritual practice Video abspielen Video abspielen 23:12 Mindsprings - Sit the Downs Alistair Appleton teaches us how to open to the landscape below us using somatic meditation Video abspielen Video abspielen 07:49 Head-in-the-Sand Land Alistair speaks to the psychological underpinnings of climate change denial. We can find a way of empathising with that desire to dissociate the unthinkable. Beginners Good for Beginners Here are a dozen practices that give you a good taste of embodied meditation. Many of them done standing up: Starting with a lovely set of energy practices, bring energy into the standing body Then moving into the classic Mindsprings relaxation, Polyvagal Tuning . Then a brace of practice looking at tracking the energy around the somatic circuit And three practices working with awareness and stillness: 3 Objects , Mantra and the Practice of Fives Then there are two tasters of Beingfulness and Tonglen Finishing with a recap of the energy workout with my dog, Ben. Video abspielen Video abspielen 39:39 Windhorse Practice I During the Summer 2025 retreat on Holy Island, Alistair introduced a new, short meditation practice that is based on the Tibetan Windhorse practice. This was the first time he taught it to the Zoom community. #windhorse #guided Video abspielen Video abspielen 36:07 GM Windhorse III Video abspielen Video abspielen 36:03 Windhorse Standing and Sitting A 40' guided version of the Windhorse practice - both standing and sitting. A great everyday practice that uses 7x7 breaths. #windhorse #guided Video abspielen Video abspielen 32:06 Fighting Festive Frazzle The Annual Mindsprings session giving some tips and tricks from the world of therapy and meditation to navigate the ups and downs of Christmas #fightingfestivefrazzle #XmasFirstAid #holidaystress Video abspielen Video abspielen 22:09 Festive Do's and Don'ts A list of 10 Dos and Don'ts for getting through Xmas in one piece #FightingFestiveFrazzle Video abspielen Video abspielen 39:37 GM Kaleidoscope Returning to a classic Beingfulness practice, in this Monday session from Spring 2024, we enjoy sitting in the four fields like a child playing with a kaleidoscope. #kaleidoscope #beingfulness #guided Video abspielen Video abspielen 42:23 GM Expanding Through the Senses Video abspielen Video abspielen 39:38 Three Objects 2024 Starting 2024 with the classic meditation for sharpening our experience of awareness and how we have the power to move it at will. A wonderful practice for any occasion. #threeobjects #Beingfulness #Monday #awareness Tips and Talks on How to Meditate After and during many of the live Mindsprings sessions, Alistair talks about some of the misconceptions and common questions arising for meditators. These 13 short talks address a potpourri of subjects: Eyes shut or open during meditation? Not identifying with our thoughts The goal of the 'aerated' self Meditation on the cushion vs. meditation in the 'real' world Not falling into the pitfall of looking for calm Some practical unpacking of practices like kapalabati and the practice of fives How to Meditate Video abspielen Video abspielen Kapalabati unpacked Another nuts and bolts explanation of a practice we often do in Mindsprings sessions, Skull Brightening Breath (Kapalabati). This is potential energy clearing breath practice #pranayama #explanation #kapalabti #meditation #short Video abspielen Video abspielen Is meditation in the real world better than meditation at home? Is meditation another thing you do or is it part of your everyday life? From the car park of M25 Services at Cobham, whilst away filming for Escape to the Country, .From the carpark of M25 Services at Cobham, I answer Jane's question about the benefit of formal practice vs. everyday practice. #short #meditation #practice #dzogchen #shamata Video abspielen Video abspielen Images for suffusing awareness As we practice the rising-descending torus meditation, the question of how to describe the process of 'suffusion' in energy leads to discussion of various images #short #imagery #awareness #meditation #suffusion #Pali #Tripitika Video abspielen Video abspielen The purpose is not to be calm Jane speaks about John Kabat-Zinn's refutation of meditation as a 'calming' thing. And I agree... It's much more powerful than that. Video abspielen Video abspielen Intro to the Practice of Five The introduction to my shamata-vipassana meditation called 'The Practice of Five'. This involves an alternating practice of calm abiding and beingful awareness, measured out by the fingers of each hand #explanation #practiceoffive #shamata #vipassana #meditation #teaching Video abspielen Video abspielen Practice of Fives unpacked From the car in Pembrokeshire, I unpack the practice of fives, which combines shamata and vipassana in an alternating sequence. #teaching #shamata #vipassana #explanation #meditation #guide Video abspielen Video abspielen The aerated sense of self Following on from Valerie's description of her experience in the four fields practice, I talk about the 'aerated' sense of self which comes when we learn to see our self as constructed of discrete phenomena. #fourfields #beingfulness #noself #self #teaching Video abspielen Video abspielen The Three Stages of Shamata Following Dameon's question about the shamata / self-soothing practice (without mantra) I go through the three stages of the practice and outline some of the benefits. #teaching #meditation # shamata #soothing Maitri How to Meditate Buddhist Dharma Every Thursday, Alistair lets his 'dharma flag fly' and leads the Mindspringers in an exploration of Buddhist teaching (known as dharma). How do the 2,500 years of Buddhist practice and teaching help us suffer less, and how can we apply these amazingly useful skills in our meditation and in our everyday life? Some teachings are arranged in series (Karama, Atisha etc) and some are more diffuse. Please explore! Video abspielen Video abspielen 40:55 Karma 7- The Gap between Affect and Interpretation is the Point of Liberation Still exploring the theme of karma. And the ultimate karmic 'mistake' which is Selfing. Alistair unpacks this and leads us in a meditation to experience it. #karma #discussion #dharma #vipaka #imprint Video abspielen Video abspielen 21:31 Karma 7 Discussion: No-Self is just Chuckling The puzzle of pratitya samutpada or interdependent co-arising. How does that apply to pleasure for example? How pleasure tips into grasping and thence suffering. #karma #discussion #dharma #selfing Video abspielen Video abspielen 40:01 Karma 1 - The Buddha's Radicalism Following Alistair's course in Scarborough in 2025, this is the first of short group of sessions unpacking this central Buddhist theme, and dispelling some of the misconceptions about it. #karma #dharma Video abspielen Video abspielen 41:19 Karma 8 Finale - Don't Take Things So Personally This is the last part of our 8-week series on Karma, ending 2025. We look at the Vajrayana understanding of Karma and the ultimate view of karmic conditioning. Alistair unpacks this and leads us in a meditation to experience it. #karma #discussion #dharma #vajrayana #vajrasattva #tantra Video abspielen Video abspielen 12:41 Karma 2 Discussion: You Can't Control Karma but you Can Influence it Intentionality is central to the Buddhist idea of karma. Meeting the circumstances of life through the framework of intention or cetana. The basic flavour of this framework might be kindness. #karma #discussion #dharma #intentions Video abspielen Video abspielen 14:37 Karma 3 Discussion: Guilt in Buddhism and Dante's Inferno Going deeper into the notions of vipaka and imprints. How does Buddhism think about guilt or shame? If Lucifer is at the bottom of the pit in Christianity, what is at the bottom of Buddhism? We shouldn't be ashamed of correcting our vipakas. #karma #discussion #dharma #intentions Video abspielen Video abspielen 14:06 Karma 8 Discussion: The Vajrasattva Waterfall It's not your fault. The only thing you can do is tend your mind now. You can let go of guilt. Don't take it so personally. Alistair recites the Vajrasattva mantra #karma #discussion #dharma #vajrayana #vajrasattva Video abspielen Video abspielen 10:53 Karma 5 Discussion: The difference between asavas and sankharas Exploring the subtle difference between outflows and constructs. Our intentions are on the same trampoline as all other intentions. #karma #discussion #dharma #intentions Bringing the Body Online Bringing the Body Online Mindsprings grounds a lot of the meditation we do in the body and this is a great selection of somatic practices: We start with two simple energy exercises which you can use before any practice session. Then there's little talk on the specific nature of somatic practice. Two practices introduce Alistair's Polyvagal Tuning which is a great somatic practice for bringing us into a positive body-mind state. Then there is a suite of practices introducing the Somatic Circuit - a great way to find your way back into the body. Next, are practices opening up this space: the Somatic Tent . Followed by a more advanced energy practice known as the Torus . Finally, there is the classic practice of Earth Breathing and some somatic practices opening the heart for Compassion work. Video abspielen Video abspielen 39:29 GM Energy Workout & Tune Ups Starting a new sequence of Tuesday teachings looking at energy psychology, Alistair explains the concepts of online/offline and guides us through Donna Eden's energy workout #energypsychology #tapping #online #tuneups #guided Video abspielen Video abspielen 42:07 GM Being with the Body Following the May Cliffhouse retreat with the subject of "Sitting with the Body", this Monday morning session took up the same theme. #4fields #7cycles #body #beingfulness Video abspielen Video abspielen 39:18 GM Earth Breathing & Ego Loop From our Tuesday evening session in late March 2024. Combining the classic earth breathing practice with an exploration of the source of our anxiety - the ego loop. #earthbreathing #egoloop #tuesday #meditation Video abspielen Video abspielen 34:56 GM Voo & The Jellyfish From our Tuesday session in April 2024. This was in 2 parts. The first using the VOO breath to calm the nervous system and then a lying-down practice exploring the vagus nerve. #vagus #nervoussystem #calming #guided #breathing Video abspielen Video abspielen 42:43 GM Shamata on Sounds From our 2024 season looking at Shamata - Vipashyna. This Shamata practice uses sound as the anchor. #shamata #sounds #guided Video abspielen Video abspielen 33:15 GM Polyvagal Tuning The classic stress busting exercise from Mindsprings. Lie down and let the ventral vagal tone take over. #PVT #Stress #guided Video abspielen Video abspielen 33:36 GM The Blind Body From our Monday session in mid June 2023, where we were exploring the body-from-within. #beingfulness #body #somatic #guided Video abspielen Video abspielen 43:12 GM 8 Cycles of the Body From our Monday session on 3rd July 2023, looking at the body field in our exploration of Beingfulness. This is a lying down practice exploring the 8 interlocking and inter-nested cycles of somatic phenomena. #beingfulness #somatic #cycles #guided Thoughts & Thinking Untangling Thoughts & Thinking After and during many of the live Mindsprings sessions, Alistair talks about some of the misconceptions and common questions arising for meditators. These 13 short talks address a potpourri of subjects: Eyes shut or open during meditation? Not identifying with our thoughts The goal of the 'aerated' self Meditation on the cushion vs. meditation in the 'real' world Not falling into the pitfall of looking for calm Some practical unpacking of practices like kapalabati and the practice of fives Soothing & Centring the Body-Mind Central to all meditation is the ability to calm and soothe the body-mind. Without this, all further therapeutic elaborations tend to disappear in a morass of fizzy distraction: The soothing practice of Earth Breathing Shamata or calming practice: the practice of Fives Working with mantra Frond breathing Tonglen and compassion for our own experience Soothing & Centring Maitri: Loving Your Inner Parts Before we can love others we have to be aware of and love the multiplicity of parts within our own psyche. The practice of maitri (of self-compassion) explores this with the help of Richard Schwartz' Internal Family Systems. Beginning with a short overview, we dive into the crucial experience of the 'backspace which gives us the somatic field of loving-kindness into which our parts can peep. we can explore the parts that Schwartz identifies as firefighters, managers and exiles in our practice and bring some kindness and clarity to them. These parts often manifest in specific somatic ways as explored in the teaching around cylinders Two more talks about the wider ramifications of this work in our lives. Maitri Opening the Heart to Others Ultimately all our practice comes back to how we relate to others. The cast-iron patterns of selfishness are hard to soften. But therapeutic meditation turns a lot to Buddhist practice here: Guided practices to feel the embodied 'backspace' essential for compassion practice Embodied versions of the Buddhist practice of tonglen Explorations of the awakened heart or bodhicitta Discussing the practical challenges of loving others Compassion All the Guided Practices The Mindsprings Video library contains more than 50 guided meditations ranging from 10 to 50 minutes. Please use the search function to pinpoint the practice you want or look through the categories to find inspiration. All GMs All the Teaching The Mindsprings Video library contains more than 100 recorded teachings. Some are short answers to questions Alistair gave during sessions. Some are longer teaching on meditation, therapy or Buddhism. Please use the search function to pinpoint the practice you want or look through the categories to find inspiration. All Teaching

Alistair Appletons Mindsprings Videos VIDEOS Tauchen Sie ein in diese kostenlose Bibliothek mit Videounterricht von Alistair. Diese Videos stammen aus Live-Sessions und beinhalten: geführte Meditationen (normalerweise ca. 30-40 Minuten) Lehre zu verschiedenen Themen: Körperbasierte Meditation, Mitgefühl, innere Familiensysteme und vieles mehr.. Alistairs Antworten an Studenten Wir haben die über 150 Videos in verschiedenen Kanälen und Kategorien organisiert. Klicken Sie unten, um ein Thema zu erkunden, das Sie interessiert. Good for Beginners Tips and Talks on How to Meditate Bringing the Body Online Untangling Thoughts & Thinking Soothing & Centring the Body-MInd Maitri: Loving Your Inner Parts Opening the Heart to Others All the Guided Meditations All the Teaching Community Favorites Beginners Good for Beginners Here are a dozen practices that give you a good taste of embodied meditation. Many of them done standing up: Starting with a lovely set of energy practices, bring energy into the standing body Then moving into the classic Mindsprings relaxation, Polyvagal Tuning . Then a brace of practice looking at tracking the energy around the somatic circuit And three practices working with awareness and stillness: 3 Objects , Mantra and the Practice of Fives Then there are two tasters of Beingfulness and Tonglen Finishing with a recap of the energy workout with my dog, Ben. Video abspielen Video abspielen 39:39 Windhorse Practice I During the Summer 2025 retreat on Holy Island, Alistair introduced a new, short meditation practice that is based on the Tibetan Windhorse practice. This was the first time he taught it to the Zoom community. #windhorse #guided Video abspielen Video abspielen 36:07 GM Windhorse III Video abspielen Video abspielen 36:03 Windhorse Standing and Sitting A 40' guided version of the Windhorse practice - both standing and sitting. A great everyday practice that uses 7x7 breaths. #windhorse #guided Video abspielen Video abspielen 32:06 Fighting Festive Frazzle The Annual Mindsprings session giving some tips and tricks from the world of therapy and meditation to navigate the ups and downs of Christmas #fightingfestivefrazzle #XmasFirstAid #holidaystress Video abspielen Video abspielen 22:09 Festive Do's and Don'ts A list of 10 Dos and Don'ts for getting through Xmas in one piece #FightingFestiveFrazzle Video abspielen Video abspielen 39:37 GM Kaleidoscope Returning to a classic Beingfulness practice, in this Monday session from Spring 2024, we enjoy sitting in the four fields like a child playing with a kaleidoscope. #kaleidoscope #beingfulness #guided Video abspielen Video abspielen 42:23 GM Expanding Through the Senses Video abspielen Video abspielen 39:38 Three Objects 2024 Starting 2024 with the classic meditation for sharpening our experience of awareness and how we have the power to move it at will. A wonderful practice for any occasion. #threeobjects #Beingfulness #Monday #awareness Tips and Talks on How to Meditate After and during many of the live Mindsprings sessions, Alistair talks about some of the misconceptions and common questions arising for meditators. These 13 short talks address a potpourri of subjects: Eyes shut or open during meditation? Not identifying with our thoughts The goal of the 'aerated' self Meditation on the cushion vs. meditation in the 'real' world Not falling into the pitfall of looking for calm Some practical unpacking of practices like kapalabati and the practice of fives How to Meditate Video abspielen Video abspielen Kapalabati unpacked Another nuts and bolts explanation of a practice we often do in Mindsprings sessions, Skull Brightening Breath (Kapalabati). This is potential energy clearing breath practice #pranayama #explanation #kapalabti #meditation #short Video abspielen Video abspielen Is meditation in the real world better than meditation at home? Is meditation another thing you do or is it part of your everyday life? From the car park of M25 Services at Cobham, whilst away filming for Escape to the Country, .From the carpark of M25 Services at Cobham, I answer Jane's question about the benefit of formal practice vs. everyday practice. #short #meditation #practice #dzogchen #shamata Video abspielen Video abspielen Images for suffusing awareness As we practice the rising-descending torus meditation, the question of how to describe the process of 'suffusion' in energy leads to discussion of various images #short #imagery #awareness #meditation #suffusion #Pali #Tripitika Video abspielen Video abspielen The purpose is not to be calm Jane speaks about John Kabat-Zinn's refutation of meditation as a 'calming' thing. And I agree... It's much more powerful than that. Video abspielen Video abspielen Intro to the Practice of Five The introduction to my shamata-vipassana meditation called 'The Practice of Five'. This involves an alternating practice of calm abiding and beingful awareness, measured out by the fingers of each hand #explanation #practiceoffive #shamata #vipassana #meditation #teaching Video abspielen Video abspielen Practice of Fives unpacked From the car in Pembrokeshire, I unpack the practice of fives, which combines shamata and vipassana in an alternating sequence. #teaching #shamata #vipassana #explanation #meditation #guide Video abspielen Video abspielen The aerated sense of self Following on from Valerie's description of her experience in the four fields practice, I talk about the 'aerated' sense of self which comes when we learn to see our self as constructed of discrete phenomena. #fourfields #beingfulness #noself #self #teaching Video abspielen Video abspielen The Three Stages of Shamata Following Dameon's question about the shamata / self-soothing practice (without mantra) I go through the three stages of the practice and outline some of the benefits. #teaching #meditation # shamata #soothing Bringing the Body Online Bringing the Body Online Mindsprings grounds a lot of the meditation we do in the body and this is a great selection of somatic practices: We start with two simple energy exercises which you can use before any practice session. Then there's little talk on the specific nature of somatic practice. Two practices introduce Alistair's Polyvagal Tuning which is a great somatic practice for bringing us into a positive body-mind state. Then there is a suite of practices introducing the Somatic Circuit - a great way to find your way back into the body. Next, are practices opening up this space: the Somatic Tent . Followed by a more advanced energy practice known as the Torus . Finally, there is the classic practice of Earth Breathing and some somatic practices opening the heart for Compassion work. Video abspielen Video abspielen 39:29 GM Energy Workout & Tune Ups Starting a new sequence of Tuesday teachings looking at energy psychology, Alistair explains the concepts of online/offline and guides us through Donna Eden's energy workout #energypsychology #tapping #online #tuneups #guided Video abspielen Video abspielen 42:07 GM Being with the Body Following the May Cliffhouse retreat with the subject of "Sitting with the Body", this Monday morning session took up the same theme. #4fields #7cycles #body #beingfulness Video abspielen Video abspielen 39:18 GM Earth Breathing & Ego Loop From our Tuesday evening session in late March 2024. Combining the classic earth breathing practice with an exploration of the source of our anxiety - the ego loop. #earthbreathing #egoloop #tuesday #meditation Video abspielen Video abspielen 34:56 GM Voo & The Jellyfish From our Tuesday session in April 2024. This was in 2 parts. The first using the VOO breath to calm the nervous system and then a lying-down practice exploring the vagus nerve. #vagus #nervoussystem #calming #guided #breathing Video abspielen Video abspielen 42:43 GM Shamata on Sounds From our 2024 season looking at Shamata - Vipashyna. This Shamata practice uses sound as the anchor. #shamata #sounds #guided Video abspielen Video abspielen 33:15 GM Polyvagal Tuning The classic stress busting exercise from Mindsprings. Lie down and let the ventral vagal tone take over. #PVT #Stress #guided Video abspielen Video abspielen 33:36 GM The Blind Body From our Monday session in mid June 2023, where we were exploring the body-from-within. #beingfulness #body #somatic #guided Video abspielen Video abspielen 43:12 GM 8 Cycles of the Body From our Monday session on 3rd July 2023, looking at the body field in our exploration of Beingfulness. This is a lying down practice exploring the 8 interlocking and inter-nested cycles of somatic phenomena. #beingfulness #somatic #cycles #guided Thoughts & Thinking Untangling Thoughts & Thinking After and during many of the live Mindsprings sessions, Alistair talks about some of the misconceptions and common questions arising for meditators. These 13 short talks address a potpourri of subjects: Eyes shut or open during meditation? Not identifying with our thoughts The goal of the 'aerated' self Meditation on the cushion vs. meditation in the 'real' world Not falling into the pitfall of looking for calm Some practical unpacking of practices like kapalabati and the practice of fives Soothing & Centring the Body-Mind Central to all meditation is the ability to calm and soothe the body-mind. Without this, all further therapeutic elaborations tend to disappear in a morass of fizzy distraction: The soothing practice of Earth Breathing Shamata or calming practice: the practice of Fives Working with mantra Frond breathing Tonglen and compassion for our own experience Soothing & Centring Maitri: Loving Your Inner Parts Before we can love others we have to be aware of and love the multiplicity of parts within our own psyche. The practice of maitri (of self-compassion) explores this with the help of Richard Schwartz' Internal Family Systems. Beginning with a short overview, we dive into the crucial experience of the 'backspace which gives us the somatic field of loving-kindness into which our parts can peep. we can explore the parts that Schwartz identifies as firefighters, managers and exiles in our practice and bring some kindness and clarity to them. These parts often manifest in specific somatic ways as explored in the teaching around cylinders Two more talks about the wider ramifications of this work in our lives. Maitri Opening the Heart to Others Ultimately all our practice comes back to how we relate to others. The cast-iron patterns of selfishness are hard to soften. But therapeutic meditation turns a lot to Buddhist practice here: Guided practices to feel the embodied 'backspace' essential for compassion practice Embodied versions of the Buddhist practice of tonglen Explorations of the awakened heart or bodhicitta Discussing the practical challenges of loving others Compassion All the Guided Practices The Mindsprings Video library contains more than 50 guided meditations ranging from 10 to 50 minutes. Please use the search function to pinpoint the practice you want or look through the categories to find inspiration. All GMs All the Teaching The Mindsprings Video library contains more than 100 recorded teachings. Some are short answers to questions Alistair gave during sessions. Some are longer teaching on meditation, therapy or Buddhism. Please use the search function to pinpoint the practice you want or look through the categories to find inspiration. All Teaching

Alistair Appletons Mindsprings Forum COMMUNITY Um zu sehen wie dies funktioniert, öffne deine veröffentlichte Website. Kategorien Alle Beiträge Meine Beiträge Neuen Beitrag erstellen Sharing Space Abonnieren Aufrufe Beiträge 182 A place to share pictures, momentary flashes of inspiration, books, films, music. Share away! Meet the Gang! Abonnieren Aufrufe Beiträge 62 Please say hello! Post a picture of yourself and some words of introduction. It's a friendly space and nice to be known! Let's Remember Abonnieren Aufrufe Beiträge 13 The space to remember anyone we know who is dying, or sick. Or who needs our thoughts right now. Can be you as well! Questions & Answers Abonnieren Aufrufe Beiträge 27 Ask Alistair and the Mindsprings community questions you have about meditation, self-care or anything at all! Alistair Clips Abonnieren Aufrufe Beiträge 39 This is the space where Alistair posts his musings, his spontaneous videos and various other bits and pieces. Neue Beiträge Moira Sutherland 13. Okt. 2025 Tuesday session 14 October 2025 Sharing Space Hi everyone. Just got usual reminder about Tuesday session tomorrow. I thought Alistair said there wasn't a session this week as he was doing his last week of filming ? I could be wrong, we have just had our first snowfall here so early snow might have affected my memory☃️❄️☃️❄️ Thanks Moira x Gefällt mir 1 5 patti G MeditUnedit Star Strich · 20. Sept. 2025 Absent Sharing Space I have attended almost every meditation session for many years now but health issues prevented me from joining the last two Zoom sessions. Even though I've booked, I have not received a recording. This is unusual .Any ideas why? Gefällt mir 1 7 Moira Sutherland 20. Aug. 2025 Positive thoughts please Sharing Space Hi Mindspringers Please send prayers and positive thoughts for our little town and community here in the Rocky Mountains. We have a wildfire less than 4 miles away from our town which has spread from 10 to over 2000 acres this last week, although now at just 8% containment. Too close for comfort to our town, the community have been incredible helping ranchers evacuate livestock and helping the firefighters put out hot spots, not to mention the planes dipping the lakes for water to suppress the flames continuously every day. We'd definitely appreciate positive thoughts, personally I'm relying on all the meditation I've done over theyears to ensure my anxiety levels remain low. Thank you all. Moira x Gefällt mir 2 6 Forum - Frameless

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Resources for LGBTQ+ and Allies in the Legal Profession This is a collection of resources and guided practices following Alistair's presentation 'Rainbows Brighten the Workplace'. Please feel free to browse and do get in touch in you have any questions. Excellent Online Resources https://pinktherapy.com/resources/ https://genderedintelligence.co.uk/ https://switchboard.lgbt/ https://www.consortium.lgbt/about-us/ https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/tips-for-everyday-living/lgbtqia-mental-health/useful-contacts/ https://www.lawcare.org.uk/get-information/articles/lgbtq-lawyers/#links Four Exercises to Break the Stress Spiral THE DECOMPRESSION BREATH THE EYE STRETCH THE CALM POINT THE HA! Principles of Allyship don’t be prejudiced take action against discrimination have humility re. LGBTQ+ issues Four Thoughts Your Human Life is Precious It is Also Fleeting What You Do Matters Place Your Energy Wisely