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 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...
