One of the most predictable outcomes of any meditation program is that several months afterwards, most people who attended will not be meditating. This may seem a bleak assessment. And although it’s based on personal experience, it is by no means my experience alone. According to Joshua Smythe, a biobehavioral scientist at Pennsylvania State University,...
For the past few years it has been my very great privilege and joy to lead groups of people on Mindful Safaris to Africa. On these trips we combine daily meditation sessions in nature, along with game viewing. None of us has any idea what will happen from one day to the next, but the...
For most of us, the opportunity to spend time in the natural world is rare and fleeting. If we are fortunate, we may enjoy regular walks in the park or by the sea. We may get out of town on the occasional weekend. The very lucky get to go on Mindful Safari to Africa! But...
Dear Blog Readers, I hope you are enjoying this festive season! The quiet time between Christmas and New Year is a good time for reflection on the year past, as well as making plans for the year ahead. One of the highlights of 2016 for me was most definitely our Mindful Safari trip to Africa. Word...
It’s not often that I discover that something I’m doing is considered to be ‘on trend.’ So was thrilled when the World Travel Market (WTM) Global Trends Report 2016 stated that ‘wellness in the wilderness in Africa’ is considered to be an up and coming thing. According to the WTM team: The idea of “wellness in the...
We have recently returned from Mindful Safari 2016 – and what a truly amazing time we all had! Where to start with the highlights of our six day retreat? Arriving at Hoedspruit airport in a De Havilland twin prop aircraft, after a flight over the Drakensberg Mountains, we were soon whisked to nearby Lufafa Ranch...
Why is the experience of practising mindfulness in nature so effortless, so wonderful and so powerful in helping us develop insights? I’d like to thank Dr Shelley Plumb of www.plumbtalkproductions.com for this short video which captures some of the main points in my article below. Shelley interviewed me when joined me for Mindful Safari back in...
When was the last time you got shiny eyes? When you felt so excited by what just happened that you couldn’t wait to share it with others? When you felt gloriously lucky to be alive? It seems to me that as we get older, the less we experience moments of genuine wonderment. But one place...
Most of us can remember a few words that were spoken to us at a pivotal moment in our life which had a powerful impact. The person saying the words may – or may not – have been important to us. But whatever they communicated struck us with such compelling clarity that it made us...
When we visit Africa, we feel like we’ve come home. The feeling may strike us in a myriad different ways. And not everyone experiences it as strongly. But over the years I’ve watched even the most sophisticated urbanites melt after a few days absorbing the unique energy of Africa. Africa is a whole continent,...
