In this episode, Simon and Mbuyi talk about Mindfulness and Trauma with Paula Ramirez, who has worked in various traumatised communities around the world.

In this episode, “Being Mindful of Loss”, Simon enters a rich conversation with Makgathi Mokwena PhD, a Coach, Teacher and Truth Seeker.

Waking Up in South Africa is an unfolding conversation using the lens of mindfulness to sense into and respond to real world issues that move us. Through deep listening, respectful attention, and kind intention we hope to establish and model the foundational grounds for meaningful exchange – demystifying mindfulness, sharing its value to wider audiences, and locating its relevance in an African context.

One week into lockdown – of being inside – Simon and Yanna discuss the potential of the brain-body link to anchor the wandering mind in the present moment.

At the beginning of South Africa’s 21-day lockdown in the face of Covid-19, a meme reading “If you can’t go outside, go inside” has been doing the rounds. The hosts use the lens of mindfulness to unpack how they are each experiencing “going inside” or resistance thereof.

Reacting is an internal orientation of the mind, brain, body and behaviour. It is based on patterning that we don’t see most of the time. In this Covid-19 crisis the question is – how can mindfulness help us in these times?