Mindful Monday Newsletter. 9th September 2024.

from Mindfulness Matters. Today . A hand-picked selection of stories from the past week.

?I’d be keen to talk about anything to do with mindfulness and wellbeing. Areas of delivery include – introductory sessions, stress management, resilience through mindfulness, mindfulness and creativity, and mindful leadership.

Hope you enjoy reading.

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Blue Earth looks like an interesting conference, range of subjects and a great line-up of speakers. Including friend of MMT, Jarvis Smith FRSA ,speaking. Blue Earth Summit is a transformative 3-day impact event bringing together 7,000 passionate innovators, startups, investors, corporations, politicians, adventurers, academics, media, and campaigners. Our mission is to find and fund solutions that regenerate our natural world.

What is mindfulness and why is your child learning about it at school? Thanks to Willem Kuyken for sharing.

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Bit of a plug for artist and good friend Steve Chapman , who recently successfully crowdfunded support for a studio space in The Koppel Project , in Kingston. Here is his short moving-in video.

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On Thursday, I met up with my oldest friend (the one I have known the longest, rather than in terms of advanced years…) who I’ve known since I was seven. In conversation, he remarked that the song Ventura Highway defined the 70’s for him. This piqued my interest, as although I’d heard of the band ‘America’, and was familiar with A Horse With No Name, I’m pretty sure I’ve never heard the song. It is rather wonderful though and interesting to read that this was where Prince borrowed the line ‘purple rain’. Thanks for sharing Brian Cunningham (ps. Ventura Highway are still actively touring, 50 years on…).

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Strengthening Relationships Through Mindfulness. In today’s fast-paced world, maintaining a healthy relationship requires more than just love; it requires mindfulness and intentionality. HT Ted Meissner .

Nice post from Jade Binsted on Taylor Swift, and (beyond music) her wider, positive impact on the world. Full disclosure, I am not a Taylor Swift fan. I have listened to her music but haven't managed to make a connection. Of course, as a 58-year-old man, I'm probably not in her primary target market???, but I know a lot of people (and several people I know and respect) like her. She has undoubtedly used her popularity to do a lot of good and I am hoping she will further this, by endorsing a certain candidate and political party in the upcoming US Election, as she has done in the past... ?

How creatively nutritious is your internet feed? Pivoting away from “algosorted” recommendations online, the Tiny Awards is the anti-Webbys, celebrating the internet’s independent creators.

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Did you know that 19 countries have?“right to disconnect” laws? That means that once the workday is done, it’s?illegal?to contact workers. They’re truly off the clock.??

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Interesting idea. They say - 'Travel the world with your community. You’ve worked hard to build your community online. Now, imagine travelling the world with them. TrovaTrip makes that possible. A group travel company built to help creators take their community places and have 25,000+ travellers booked on 1,500 trips and counting.'?

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Citizens and spinning wheels. For Indians to be truly free, Gandhi argued they must take up traditional crafts. Was it a quixotic hope or inspired solution?

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Rest of World website and newsletter are greats read and provide valuable balance in a world dominated by occidental content Anjali Ramachandran ?

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Understanding the Choice, Control and Dignity in Death. Palliative Care Queensland has put together a stop-motion animation short that leans away from the sticking one's head in the sand idea and moves towards the realisation that there is in fact a sense of choice, control and dignity in dying.?(2-minute video)

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From The Atlantic . The Friendship Paradox. We all want more time with our friends, but we’re spending more time alone.

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‘Better than medication’: prescribing nature works, this project shows. From The Guardian .

‘Every Frame a Painting’ (five-minute) video essay was shown at the recent (and final) XOXO Festival. The video looks at the sustained two-shot in film-making.?“A type of shot that was used a lot in the olden days but still has its uses today — and gives actors room to actually act.” Includes clips of great old and new films.?

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Funny. Imagine waiting 15 years for Oasis to reform only to lose out on tickets to Chloe, 21 from Stockport who just wants to hear Wonderwall live. (a 2-minute read)

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Finishing with this poem by Rusty Morrison. To measure internal activity while it turns all I know to rubble.

#mindfulness #meditation #relationships #nature #oasis #taylorswift #travel #creativity #art

(No newsletter next week as I will be travelling)??

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