"Mr. Duffy lived a short distance from his body.” This is a line from The Dubliners, a novel by celebrated Irish author James Joyce.

What does this mean? While you train hard and try your best to look after yourself, you may not have a full awareness of how everything is interacting. The phrase ‘listen to your body’ is used a lot by me and other coaches, but how many people are doing this very well? A quick observation of life around us would indicate that most people have their focus on their mobile phones or some other gadget. The triathletes I observe tend to get information about their body from their Garmin watch.

In recent months I've spent a lot of time talking about mindfulness, recovery, and self-compassion. I speak enthusiastically about my physio and yoga teacher, Louisa (a.k.a The White Witch). Some of you may have watched my morning mobility video which I combine with a deliberate breathing practice. I've even touched on meditation. But until now, we've never actually had a meditation expert on the show. Today that changes as we welcome mindfulness and self-compassion teacher, Dr. Caroline Hoffman. 

By the end of this conversation, I hope that we can persuade some of you to give meditation or mindfulness a try and experience some of the benefits that we chat about including:

Being in the moment rather than dwelling on the past or dreaming of the future

Mindfulness vs meditation

The deliberate practice of breathing (again)

2 simple steps to getting started with mindfulness practice

How you can live in your body and not a short distance away

Practicing mindfulness and how it can help boost your productivity

Being mindful on the move - how to incorporate this into your own training

To find out more about Dr. Hoffman, please visit these websites:

https://www.oxfordmindfulness.org

https://mindfulselfcompassionuk.com - Video Mindful self-compassion explained

And you can also connect with her on Twitter at Hoffman_dr

 

Upcoming Course - Exploring Mindfulness and Self-Compassion with Dr. Caroline Hoffman - 8-week course on Zoom, 2 hours per week, Sunday evenings 7.30pm - 9.30pm:  October-November 2022 enquiries to [email protected] 

 

Dr. Hoffman also recommended the following book if you are interested in improving your breathing:

Breathing Like a Buddha - Ajahn Sucitto  Amaravari Publications (available as a free eBook)

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