Meditation is mental training that helps you become familiar and comfortable with your own mind. You want that so you can get your mind on your side. And there are really only two ways to get it: the…
This session is an introduction to thought and calming or silencing the mind Meditations are: - The meditation of no meditation for sound - The meditation of the next thought - Counting the breaths -…
In which we investigate the nature of thought, the nature of worry and how they relate.We learn some meditations developed by the great Buddhist Vipassana teacher Mahasi Sayadaw and learn how we can…
What is Happiness? Ask a thousand people and you'll get a thousand answers.In this episode, recorded at the mansion on Saturday 1 December, Robert explains a scientific and spiritual perspective on…
Session 9 of the ‘modern life’ mini-series is on sleep.Most of us are sleep deprived at least some of the time.80% of our #mindfulness course participants sleep better.Listen to this podcast to hear…
When I teach, it is spontaneous. I never know exactly what I'm going to say. I also rely on feedback from my students on the usefulness of what I teach.This is the talk from a session that I taught…
In which Robert explains how to be aware of our minds and how to calm our busy minds by intervening at the level of our physiology, the emotions and the mind.Meditations include: the meditation of no…
In which Robert explains that meditation and mindfulness both consist of learning to focus our awareness. Essentially Presence (mindfulness) is focusing *on* the experience of the sensory present…
In which Robert explains what anxiety is, why we feel anxious and teaches some practices that help us regulate our anxiety, manage our stress and calm our mind. He explains how we can train ourselves…
In which Robert meanders through the concept of connection through meditation while teaching at the mansion in Beckenham Place Park Practices train connection to the present moment, connection to the…
