by Cherise Vallet | Sep 14, 2021 | Liberation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness training, Self-awareness
“When walking, walk. When eating, eat.”— Zen proverb I love a good food analogy, so here goes. While you may find your mind is often like Forrest Gump’s proverbial box of chocolates, the process of Mindfulness Meditation is more like a layer cake. Full of...
by Cherise Vallet | Jul 28, 2021 | MBSR Online, Mindfulness, Mindfulness training, Self-awareness
“It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?” —Henry David Thoreau It’s the middle of our SA lockdown, and I’ve got extra energy to burn. So I wash the windows, inside and out. I have a lot of windows,...
by Cherise Vallet | Jul 27, 2021 | MBSR Online, Mindfulness, Self-awareness
I recently read a very thought-provoking article by Shannon Harvey, author of “My Year of Living Mindfully”, about the current ‘epidemic of mental illness’. It’s well worth a read, mainly for the insight that a lot of what we are starting to describe as ‘illness’ is...
by Cherise Vallet | Jul 25, 2021 | MBSR Online, Mindfulness, Self-awareness
A couple of weeks ago I was delivering a presentation on Mindfulness and Its Benefits to a corporate group. At the end of the presentation, as participants came up to me with thanks and many positive comments, I suddenly realised I’d forgotten an important point...
by Cherise Vallet | May 25, 2020 | Mindfulness, Mindfulness training, Self-awareness
A couple of years ago I read Scott Pape’s Barefoot Investor, which is a wonderfully accessible and highly entertaining book on working intelligently and creatively with your money. One thing Scott has emphasised, especially for his younger readers, is the value of...
by Cherise Vallet | May 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
“If you want to tame something,” the fox advises the Little Prince, “sit with it every day at the same time.”– “The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Some of you may have gotten the impression that all I advocate for is slowing down, resting, and doing...
by Cherise Vallet | Jan 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
I’ve recently had a couple of yoga students ask me about establishing a personal yoga and/or meditation practice. In their experience, it has been very difficult to get something steady happening and although they know they feel the benefits when they do their...
by Cherise Vallet | Aug 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
Reflections + Resources Practice Love first by Cherise Vallet | Jan 21, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 CommentsI’ve recently had a couple of yoga students ask me about establishing a personal yoga and/or meditation practice. In their experience, it has been very difficult...
by Cherise Vallet | May 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Reflections + Resources Practice Love first by Cherise Vallet | Jan 21, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 CommentsI’ve recently had a couple of yoga students ask me about establishing a personal yoga and/or meditation practice. In their experience, it has been very difficult...
by Cherise Vallet | Mar 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Without cultivating love for ourselves, regardless of how much discipline we have, regardless of how serious we are about practice, we will still stay stuck in the subtle mercilessness of the mind, listening to the voice that tells us we are basically and...
