Meditation

Open monitoring meditation is a versatile technique that I’ve personally found extremely useful.

Click here to learn what it is and how to use it.

Mindfulness in sport is an increasingly common technique used by the world’s premiere athletes.

Click here to learn how it works and enhance your own sporting endeavours.

Does meditation work for everyone?

Click here to read my thoughts, especially if you’re struggling with your mindfulness practice.

Want to become more mindful?

In this article we consider what goes into creating a meditation space to get the most from your practice

I wake up feeling underprepared and overwhelmed.

It’s a busy day ahead and the psychological cogs are already in cranking away.

For many, this is a regular and debilitating event…

Sitting in a room with just your own thoughts for company is an activity seldom performed in our hyperconnected reality.

However, the benefits of simply downing our mental tools and disconnecting daily can’t be underestimated.

Let’s investigate what you can expect when you begin this practice.

When I worked as a physiotherapist I treated many patients with chronic pain.

Bad backs and knees were particularly common complaints, often limiting certain movements and positions.

This article investigates how meditation is affected.

It’s a hectic morning.

Client work multiplies exponentially as I rush to complete daily tasks and hit deadlines.

By mid-afternoon, stressed and overwhelmed, I retreat to a dark room to in search of mindful respite…

“Give me your passport,” demanded the leader of the rabble.

I glanced warily at the group of Bolivian Campesinos holding cheap rifles, blocking our path.

Then I looked at my recent Bolivian acquaintance, who nodded imperceptibly.

I was running desperately late, working as a private physiotherapist in an exclusive clinic.

A patient had come to see me with agonising low back pain and by the time they were well enough to walk out, I was hopelessly behind schedule.

Not only were my next patients incredibly angry, but I was majorly stressed.