Take Ten by Carolyn Baynes

Take Ten, Working With Tiredness by Carolyn Baynes

Take Ten, Noticing The Breath With Curiosity by Carolyn Baynes

This is a much loved Advice and Query which can lead to a deep exploration of how we experience God in our day to day lives.

Sounds can be triggering as sometimes we have very little control over the soundscape in our environment. In this meditation we can learn to allow the sounds while staying in a refuge of calm, non-reactivity.

Using the acronym RAIN we can learn to relate to our emotions with greater wisdom: R stands for Recognise how we are feeling. A stands for Allow the feeling to be there with a kind attention. I stands for Investigate; What am I believing about this situation? and N stands for Nurture; warmly appreciating our ability to be with the whole range of human experience as much as we can.

Sometimes offering ourselves kindness can be hard. This practice has so many benefits for our well being: as we cultivate a loving heart to ourselves this impacts on everyone around us too.

"Do you work gladly" is the first query of this passage. In this meditation we explore how our thoughts and beliefs about our work; whether paid or unpaid, can colour our feelings and influence our approach to our work

Our thoughts can have a powerful impact on our mood and our bodies. Being mindful of our thinking can give us the freedom to choose whether we should believe our thoughts quite so much, as Thich Naht Han said: "Our thoughts don't always have our best interests at heart."

Soothing The Body With The Breath by Carolyn Baynes