MEDITATING, WALKING & KNITTING

“I meditate by knitting” or “Walking is my meditation” are assertions I often hear from people. Likewise “running”, “gardening” and a host of other activities. Sometimes these statements are made a little defensively, as...

Meditation in the media

Articles on meditation in newspapers and magazines, by and large, are remarkably superficial and under-researched. But they do seem to be increasing in number. USA online publication the Huffington Post, for example, has been running something of an avalanche of...

The Mind Matters (part 2)

Part 1. of ‘The Mind Matters’ was published here recently. It discussed some examples and ideas about mind being a powerful force in healing, even of physical diseases. The essay continues with Part 2., here: For over 50 years there has been emerging a field of...

The Mind Matters (part 1)

MIND-BODY MEDICINE I have recently written a short chapter for a local author/publisher’s book on health for older adults. My chapter is titled ‘The Mind Matters’, though I believe he will re-title it ‘Mind-Body Medicine’. He is not...