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Category Archives: Growing mindful
Cultivating decisiveness
You may have heard of the old idiom ‘live horse, get grass’ meaning if you can only hang on, what you desperately need may come your way – but hanging on may be too long a wait. I prefer ‘live … Continue reading
How to be still.
Stillness in a physical sense is as important a function of tension release and self-nourishment as any quietening of the mind may be. It is the letting go of endeavour, the ceasing of striving, the release into a grounded serenity. … Continue reading
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Tagged mindful gardening, non striving, peace, self care, serenity, stillness, therapeutic gardening, time out
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The oldest preoccupations.
Don’t fear your fear, it is nothing but a long evolved chemical reaction. You don’t have to kneejerk to it or stay in it, just see it for what it is – a true warning sign or just a miss-ping … Continue reading
The garden as therapeutic space.
In the field of social and therapeutic horticulture, many people come to gardening as a break from stress, anxiety and fear, to break from those harmful preoccupations by participation with a more natural engagement. Gardening is the perfect distraction, the … Continue reading
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Tagged happyout, mental wellbeing, mindfulness, resilience gardening, therapeutic gardening, timeout
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the nature of things
“Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn (American professor emeritus of medicine and mindfulness advocate.) Sure, mindfulness can be a relaxation technique – a way to attune to … Continue reading
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Tagged mindful gardening, mindfulness, original mind, the nature of things, zen in the garden
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The solace of solitude.
“Solitude is an essential experience for the mind to organize its own processes and create an internal state of resonance. In such a state, the self is able to alter its constraints by directly reducing the input from interactions with … Continue reading
The way to be can be to do.
Lao Tzu, the Chinese Taoist philosopher (circa the 5th Century BC) is believed to have decreed that “The way to do is to be” – well the way to be can also be to do. I am a fan of … Continue reading
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Tagged circadian rhythm, mindful gardening, mindfulness, sacred space, seeds of mindfulness, zen raking
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Mindful Gardening can cultivate calm and resilience in any crisis.
Amidst the current corona virus crisis, we are being urged to limit our circle and maintain social distance and that includes in the great outdoors. Recent weeks have seen the easily bored as well as the genuinely cabin-fevered flocking to … Continue reading
sowing some positive intent
In times of doubt and fear, the best antidote is a positive mindset. We gardeners know all about meeting uncertainty and getting on with it anyway – every plant planted, every seed sown is a risk, one we nurture out … Continue reading
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Tagged fortitude, joy, mindful gardening, positive intent, resilience, seeds of mindfulness, sowing
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the garden is therapy
You may think of gardening as your therapy or just as your pleasant pastime – but even passing time in pleasantness is restorative of mental health and prompting of a physical sense of wellbeing. The word therapy comes from the … Continue reading