Tag: Thich Nhat Hanh

‘Walk With Me’ – A Film Review

Can a film be a meditation? An image of a majestic stag standing in a harsh winter landscape. Ladybirds scurrying around a wooden window frame. Ants beavering away on a verandah. The sound of raindrops. My senses came alive from the cinema seat.

‘Walk With Me’ is a documentary following the Buddhist monastery, Plum Village, in rural France. The film was three years in the making and eagerly awaited for by mindfulness practitioners around the world. British film makers Marc Francis and Max Pugh gained unprecedented access to the community, describing the making of the film as a mindfulness practice in itself.Read More

Hope

‘Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully each moment, and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.’ I’ve recently found myself waking up with this Gatha by Thich Nhat Hanh. As I start the day it reminds me that each hour is full of possibility, opportunity and hope.Read More

A Morning of Mindfulness

www.liveconsciouslyconnected.com A Morning of Mindfulness

“Waking up this morning, I smile.
Twenty-four brand new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully each moment
and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.”
(‘Peace is Every Breath’ – Thich Nhat Hanh)

In mindfulness training we often talk about formal and informal practice.  Formal practice involves sitting for an allotted time, using an audio or self-guiding your way through a meditation, for example a breathing anchor or body scan exercise.  It is when key techniques and concepts are learnt and experienced as a mindful way of being is nurtured.  Informal practice takes place in ‘real life’.  It involves bringing mindful awareness, developed in the formal practice, into the activities of everyday living.  It is no less essential than the formal practice and is often where the magic happens.  I frequently experience ‘a-ha’ moments at this time, perhaps when a seed I planted in my formal training comes to fruition in my day to day life.Read More