by Johann van Greunen | Aug 3, 2021 | Mindfullness and Meditation
Choosing to do Hope It was an icy cold day, due to the snow falls on nearby mountains, that followed the cloudy and stormy weather of the last few weeks. I watched and read with increasing horror the reportage of the violent destruction and looting by angry mobs of...
by Johann van Greunen | May 26, 2020 | Mindfullness and Meditation
“The dark night is more than a learning experience; it’s a profound initiation into a realm that nothing in the culture, so pre-occupied with external concerns and material success, prepares you for.” – Thomas Moore The last couple of weeks was an emotional...
by Johann van Greunen | May 25, 2020 | Mindfullness and Meditation
It is now just over a week since the Coronavirus lockdown in South Africa. It is Autumn. When the alarm goes off at 6:00, it is still dark outside. As the sun rises and casts its rays through the tree leaves that are colouring into shades of brown and orange, you are...
by Johann van Greunen | Nov 16, 2019 | Mindfullness and Meditation
“Mindfulness is what arises when you pay attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally, and as if your life depended on it. And what arises is nothing other than awareness itself.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn “To meditate is to discover new...
