by Clare Myatt | May 12, 2017 | Blog, Service
It may have been a while since you were in a room with others, being guided to breathe-ground-centre. Perhaps b-g-c- is an easy practice for you, readily incorporated into your daily life. How many repetitions have you managed? Well on your way to the three hundred...
by Clare Myatt | May 3, 2017 | Blog, Service
Try this. Fold your arms. Easy, effortless, no thought involved, right? Now try folding them the other way. Most likely unnatural, feels a bit weird and awkward, took some conscious thought and planning. You’ve just had the felt experience of the difference between...
by Clare Myatt | Mar 9, 2017 | Blog, Service
“The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.” Richard Moss, Author Someone I know (let’s call him Oliver) has been practicing slowing down, finding joy in the small things, remembering to take a breath....
by Clare Myatt | Mar 1, 2017 | Blog
When I’m tempted to numb with trash-TV, I’m sometimes able to drag my mind out of the soap opera gutter toward something meaningful, and just today I had such an opportunity. I was lucky enough to come across this engrossing TED-X talk by Laura van Dernoot...
by Clare Myatt | Jun 30, 2016 | Blog, Service
Reading Angela’s piece on The Burden of Being the Feeling Bearer had me pause. For a while now, I’d forgotten this was my role growing up. I’d forgotten – conveniently – what a toll this took. But the reminder has been most timely. Only a week ago I was...
by Clare Myatt | Jun 29, 2016 | Blog
I’m working with someone recovering from a catastrophic medical emergency, veering between the dark days of discouragement and the lighter ones where a glimmer of hope shines through. Looking for inspiration for this person, I found this TED talk by Janine...