In this week's episode of Mindful Life, I look at some of the difficulties you might encounter when you start to meditate, how to overcome them and how to build your daily practice.

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Last week, I spoke to Sharon Salzberg, one of my all-time favourite mindfulness teachers and authors. As many of you may know, Sharon has a no-nonsense, practical, and relatable style of explaining mindfulness. She's a pioneer in the field of meditation, a world-renowned teacher, and the New York Times bestselling author of Real Happiness and other books. She's played a pivotal role in bringing meditation and mindfulness into mainstream American culture since the 1970s, including co-founding the Insight Meditation Society with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein in 1975. I had the pleasure of talking to Sharon last month about about mindfulness, her Thirteenth book, "Finding Your Way", how she came to the practice and some of her inspirations.

You can listen to the interview on the Mindful Life podcast on Spotify, Apple, or here. 

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Find out more about mindfulness here: www.gillianhiggins.co.uk

Read my book, Mindfulness at Work and Home: ...

My new Podcast is all about minduflness, what it means, how to begin and what benefits you might reap along the way if you start to practise. So why not join me and find out more about how to reduce the impact of stress, improve focus, feel calmer and sleep better. Let's Get Started!

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This week, tune in to a short Tibetan Singing Bowl meditation on the new Mindful Life podcast, hosted on Spotify.

This meditation introduces the resonant sound of a Tibetan singing bowl which is used as an anchor to the present moment. Click here to meditate.

This month, I am launching the Mindful Life podcast on Spotify. 

As host, I will be sharing practices, hints and tips on how to bring mindfulness into your daily life. As many of you already know, coming to mindfulness out of sheer need, my approach is no-nonsense and refreshingly simple. So tune in, sit back...and breathe.

This week, you can find short meditations and a trailer audio as to how I got involved in the practice. 

Check it out here and let me know what subjects you would like me to cover. 

Enjoy and breathe!

Love Gill x

This week, The Daisy Garland launched its latest charity film "A Journey of Hope" featuring some of the families they support whose children have drug-resistant epilepsy. The film showcases the impact of the ketogenic diet, their Growing Shoots project, mindfulness and their night-time breathing monitor programme. This campaign aims to provide 46 babies and children with night-time monitors. Please watch and share. 

https://www.thedaisygarland.org.uk/Appeal/give-the-gift-of-safe-sleep-at-christmas

The Body Scan Meditation is a central practice of mindfulness and helps us to connect with our bodies. It is particularly useful when our minds feel scattered. We can use our bodies and sensations that arise as an anchor to our present moment experience which in turn can help to calm the mind.

Try this short body scan meditation recorded by Gillian Higgins and notice how you feel. Click here to begin.

Grow without rushing 

Accept help from others 

Embrace the ups and downs 

Letting go is a long term project 

Take your time with big decisions 

Throw away the idea of perfection 

Gratitude supports a balanced mind 

Double down on what you are good at 

Stay connected to those who lift you up 

Embracing flexibility helps you reach goals 

Say no often, this is how you stay focused. 

Next month, Everyday Mindfulness will be launching a brand new candle collection to tie in with this season's mellow fruitfulness. 

The first Everyday Mindfulness candle - PRESENCE - combines earthy patchouli with cedarwood and evergreen pine needle to create a relaxing blend and promote a sense of serenity and fresh woodland strolls.

The range is made in England with 100% soy wax and fragrances that invite presence, calm and serenity.