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Living in Africa brings you closer to nature. Along with Mozambique’s 2,500 kms of coastline, there are also vast tracts of bush and woodlands. Even if you are living in a town like us here in Vilanculos, you are never too far away...
As a male mindfulness teacher and practitioner, it seems that I am in the minority. When I was studying my Masters in Mindfulness Teaching at Bangor University, there were only a handful of males taking the course. And as I teach and...
In 2023, Christina and I had the great pleasure of visiting Jampa Ling, the Tibetan Buddhist Centre in County Cavan in Ireland. My great friend Evelyn lives, works and practices there and, through her, I had the honour of corresponding...
How has living in Africa for this length of time helped me as a mindfulness meditation teacher? Have there been any learnings? How have they helped me on my journey in life?
Mistakes and imperfections are part of our ordinary, vulnerable, human lives. Our mindfulness practice can be about celebrating our imperfections and accept ourselves as we are.
It was such a great experience to recently lead a stress reduction mindfulness meditation retreat for humanitarian workers in the northern conflict zone of Cabo Delgado in Mozambique, Africa. This was a 3 Day Retreat for a group of...
"I can't Meditate!" Read here about the five biggest misperceptions about mindful meditation and book yourself a free intro session with me
Us humans have been long conditioned to fear change and everything that it might bring. Our unwillingness to accept change keeps us stuck in reactive and habitual patterns.
This is mindful Mozambique. A place to breathe in the soul of Africa and breathe out and let go of your anxieties, worries and stress. The perfect place to get away from it all, enjoy watching African life pass by, and find time to...
I was never interested in this mindfulness lark. For most of my life, anything to do with meditation, spirituality or yoga was just weird “woo-woo” stuff. I was a practical, but fun-loving, atheist who left the Catholic church of my...
