Hello! This Tuesday 6pm UK session is a chance to plug into the Mindsprings methods for soothing the nervous system and unpicking the mechanisms of anxiety. We'll be practicing body-based techniques, breathworks and energy psychology each week. There'll be clear instruction each session so anyone can join - even (or especially) complete beginners. We practice for about 30 minutes and then have some time to talk and discuss what's going on. Many people find sharing their anxiety a great boon. Come along and finally do something about your shredded nerves.

A 45-minute conversation with Alistair to explore new aspects of a problem or issue that has been snaring you.

Hi everyone! Make a date to practice with the Mindsprings gang every Monday morning at 8am UK time. This is a chance to use the mind-cleaning Beingfulness practice to steady our awareness, see all the phenomena that are making up our experience and learn to love them! There'll be clear instruction each session so anyone can join - even (or especially) complete beginners. We practice for about 30 minutes and then have some time to talk and discuss what's going on. It's a lovely communal way to start the week.

Are you battling with high levels of stress and anxiety? Alistair's online course Mastering the Monsters of Anxiety might be the way to tackle your anxiety in 2025. It's a self-paced online course you can work through from the comfort of your own home. And find the body-based solutions that can reduce those horrible sensations of panic and fear. Click through to access the course for just £50 this year. Use code MMA25 to get that discount. https://mypersonal.mind-springs.org/courses/mastering-the-monsters-of-anxiety-selfstudy

Guilty Feelings - a Community Enquiry by Alistair/ Mindsprings Guilt is one of those feelings that almost everyone recognises but very few people examine closely. But it can be corrosive, eating away at our well being and resisting analysis. I've been thinking about guilt a lot recently, and I suspect it's more complex — and more varied — than it first appears. I'd love your help exploring it. This isn't a formal survey — it's an invitation to look honestly at your experience of 'guilt-ish' feelings, and your answers will genuinely shape how I teach and write about this. There are no right answers. Take as much space as you need. And thank you in advance! Your name (optional) Email (optional — only if you'd like to hear what we find) Part One: The raw experience 1. When do you tend to feel guilty? Are there particular relationships, situations, or times that bring it up? Try to be specific — a particular person, a recurring situation, a time of day or week. 2. How does guilt show up for you — in the body, in the mind, in your behaviour? Is it a thought, a physical sensation, something you notice in how you act? Or something harder to locate? 3. How long does it tend to last, and what — if anything — makes it shift? Does it pass on its own? Does doing something help? Or does it tend to linger regardless? 4. Who is it usually directed toward? A particular person or group? Yourself? Something more diffuse — a sense of having let life, or your own values, down? Part Two: Looking more closely The next questions invite a little more reflection. You might find that guilt isn't one single thing — that there are different flavours of it, or that some instances feel quite different from others. 5. Have you ever felt a guilt that seemed entirely appropriate — where you'd genuinely done something wrong, felt bad about it, and found a way to make amends or repair the relationship? What was that like, and how did it resolve? 6. Have you noticed a guilt that persisted long after any reasonable amends had been made? Something that felt more like a permanent condition than a response to a specific event — and that no apology in the present could quite reach? 7. Have you ever felt exposed or unmasked — caught being less than the person you thought you were? Not 'I did something wrong' but 'something about me has been revealed'. This might show up as an urge to explain, defend, or deflect — or a hot feeling of wanting to disappear. Part Three: Language and nuance 8. When you use the word 'guilt', what do you actually mean? Does it capture one feeling, or several that got the same name? Are there other words that feel more precise — shame, remorse, regret, embarrassment? Do these feel meaningfully different, or roughly interchangeable? 9. How much does guilt — in whatever form — affect your daily life? (1 = barely at all, 5 = a significant and persistent presence) Anything you'd want to add about that rating? Finally: Is there anything about guilt, shame, or remorse that these questions didn't quite reach — something that feels important to you that you'd want to say? Thank you! I really appreciate you taking the time to probe this sensitive subject here. I hope that our mutual exploration will be of benefit to beings. All best, Alistair Share your reflections

Mindsprings is a project set up by Alistair Appleton in 2005 to explore the uses and benefits of meditation in the modern world. Mindsprings vision Mindsprings är ett projekt som startades av Alistair Appleton 2005 för att utforska användningen och fördelarna med meditation i den moderna världen. Mycket klinisk forskning kring meditation koncentreras nuförtiden på att arbeta med missbruk och depression. Men på Mindsprings är vi lika intresserade av att arbeta med välbefinnande och främjande av mental hälsa innan "sjukdomen" och patologin satte in. Minska stressen genom att förstå hur hjärnan fungerar Alistair kombinerar sin utbildning som psykoterapeut med mer än ett decenniums studier och praktik i den buddhistiska meditationstraditionen, för att maximera hur meditationsövning verkligen kan hjälpa. Inte bara genom att minska stress eller ta oss till förändrade tillstånd utan också genom att förstå hur den mänskliga hjärnan fungerar i världen. Hur vi förhåller oss till varandra och hur problematiska mönster förankras. Mindsprings kurser skiljer sig ofta från traditionella meditationsretreater. Vi sitter inte på golvet, eller i total tystnad eller total stillhet. Det finns utrymme för diskussion, feedback, en-till-en-stöd. Det är ofta ganska mycket skratt och chansen till känslomässigt arbete. Hur kan vi sluta lida och maximera lyckan? Vi är också intresserade av att skräddarsy mindfulness till olika upplevelser och hitta nya sätt att närma oss den urgamla frågan: "hur kan vi sluta lida och maximera lyckan?" Ofta kommer kurserna att ta upp ett särskilt tema – till exempel ångest eller relationer eller sexualitet. Och vi letar alltid efter att utforska nya områden, samarbeta och arbeta med olika grupper. Så vänligen kommunicera med oss om den här sidan eller alla frågor du har om mindfulness eller det arbete vi utför. En säker och progressiv plats för människor att dela Människor av någon religiös övertygelse eller ingen, vilken politisk sort som helst eller ingen är mycket välkomna till våra kurser. Men vi är stolta över att vara en säker och progressiv plats för människor att dela med sig av sina erfarenheter. Vi välkomnar homosexuella, lesbiska, transpersoner och personer med funktionsnedsättning. Vi gör en speciell plats för flyktingar, äldre och de av oss som lider av psykiska svårigheter. Alla som har det svårt ekonomiskt kan skriva för att få hjälp att delta. Vi kommer aldrig att tolerera främlingsfientlighet, rasism eller sexism. Varför lära sig online? Alistair har undervisat i ett stort antal olika kurser under de senaste 15 åren. Han har undervisat om ångest, stress, tidsskräck, hbt-skam och trauma. Mindfulness, 'beingfulness', förkroppsligad meditation, tapping och energipsykologi. Inre familjesystem, buddhistisk medkänsla, koncentration och sittövningar. Jordning och kurser om dissociation. Det är svårt för människor runt om i världen att komma åt dessa olika kurser, så de blir tillgängliga på Mindsprings skola. Kolla in en kurs för att arbeta med din ångest, för att använda knackning för att ta bort blockeringar i din meditationsövning och mycket mer. E-post mail@mind-springs.org Följ

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