​

A Free Bedtime Sanctuary for Calmer Nights and Kinder Hearts As a mindfulness teacher and creator who has developed resources for publishers such as Macmillan Education, I’ve spent years exploring how to bring mindfulness into everyday life — gently, simply, and with heart. But no place has ever felt more naturally open to presence than bedtime. Bedtime is a threshold. It’s not just the end of a day; it’s a transition from doing to being, from outward busyness to inner quiet.

Let’s face it: life can often feel like a mad dash through a never-ending obstacle course, complete with unexpected hurdles, the odd...

By Emma Reynolds Created for the Perimenopause Hub this is valid for anyone dealing with the inner critic. Fine out more about the Perimenopause online course. Click: here

By Emma Reynolds This is in reply to a question I received recently. The person was worrying about future anxiety (in this case brought...

Why do we have more anxiety in menopause, which can lead to sleeplessness, and what can be done about it?

Written originally for Macmillan Education 2020 Here Introduction “Mindfulness” seems to be everywhere these days and unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ve most likely heard of it. Every year more and more schools, universities and corporate groups are engaging in Mindfulness programmes to help people become less stressed, more focused, more accepting and perhaps just a little happier… But how does it work? What is stress anyway and why do we have it? Imagine this… Y

Imagine you’re going to a party. Just as you step through the door you are grabbed by Mary. She wants to tell you all about it, all the...

Someone during a recent session Maria (not her real name) explained how sad she was feeling about the break-up of a friendship. “Oh well, I keep telling myself- there is nothing I can do.” This seemed to be mindful in some way- not getting into the story. She reflected that another friend was also feeling sad about lack of work and wasn’t going to go to a birthday party they'd both been invited to. Instead she was going for a walk with her sadness on the beach. Maria meanwhil

I was asked to come in and talk about Mindfulness and Meditation at English Radio, Barcelona. Why do we get so anxious...? Tune in and...

So many people find it hard to get to sleep. If you're one of them, why not try this short meditation, suitable for children and adults.