Category: Mindfulness

  • Inspire Wellness Talks

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    Inspire Wellness is a 6 part series of lectures exploring the effects of lifestyle on our health

  • My upcoming Events in Central Hong Kong

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    Check out the upcoming events for ambitious people with limited time.  FOCUS TRAINING AND ATTENTION GYM Increases attention and awareness helps us to be the way we want to be at work and with close ones. The focus training is 3-hr workshop to introduce you to simple practices and give answers to the most common…

  • How you can benefit from mindfulness

    How you can benefit from mindfulness

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    Mindfulness is becoming aware of what is going on in your mind or paying attention to the present moment on purpose and in a non-judging way.

  • The second thing is a SECOND thing

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    Another thing my clients learn is how to keep and maintain their focus of attention. Let’s say you need to look up an email on your phone. You push the home button to switch on the screen and key in your security code or use you fingerprint login. The next thing you see is the landing…

  • MINDFUL SELF-HELP

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    Here is a list of international publications on mindful ways to enhance your life in many different but very mindful ways. Each of these sources looks into typical issues of our modern lifestyle: the need to DO, electronic distractions, attention deficit, multitasking and many more. You will also find mental strategies and tips to change…

  • The working harder trap

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    Many people working in the services industries on Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Territories are chronically or temporarily overwhelmed – yeah swamped – with work. Facing an avalanche of tasks, to dos and deadlines often leads to the belief, that working a bit harder for a while will calm the monster. What might seem…

  • Mini Retreat for Maximum Silence

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    Can you be silent for one day? ONE DAY OF SILENCE Introduction to Qi Gong, Tai Chi & mindfulness practices Sunday 1st march 2015 9am – 3pm Imagine a day without emails, phone calls, computer screens and social media. Not even talking. Instead you will be walking, sitting, standing, resting and eating with yourself and in…

  • The Conveyor Belt

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    You arrived. Physically. Sweat runs down your neck, because you had to be first at immigration. Well done! Now you have to wait. Endlessly. Uselessly. You need to get out. You must get the train. The bus. Taxi? Forget it. What needs to be done next? What was good and what was bad about the…

  • SHORT SILENT RETREAT

    SHORT SILENT RETREAT

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    Dipabhavan Meditation Centre, Koh Samui, Thailand You might be interested in silent retreats to deepen and broaden your practice of mindfulness meditation, but can’t seem to push yourself for the usual routine. 10-Day retreats seems to be the standard lengths in buddhist terms with lots of temples and centers for example in Thailand offering exactly…

  • Mindfulness for Hong Kongers

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    A selection of useful English-speaking information online and in Hong Kong Free Reading and listening – online Mindfulness in plain English (PDF) http://mindfulnessworks.co.nz http://www.urbandharma.org buddhistgeeks.com – great talks as text, audio and video (very helpful podcast) soundstrue.com – lots of information, free interviews with experts and a radio Where to find formal training in Hong…