Find Inner Peace Together at Rupert’s Meditation Evening
Rupert will be at Dartington Hall for an evening on the 6th May. Join us for a meditation and conversation with Rupert, where we can bathe in being together and explore these matters in a simple, open way. A lovely opportunity to connect with friends and make new ones. Strangers are friends we haven’t yet met. 8 May 7–9pm “Peace and happiness are ever-present, shining in the background of all experience.” You are warmly invited to join us. Link in bio. #meditation #devon #innerpeace
Meditation Nurtures Body, Mind, and Soul
Meditation has many benefits for body, mind and soul.🙏 #Meditation #Thoughts #Mindfulness #MindBody #MentalHealth #Health #MayDay #MayDay2025 https://t.co/r5bNqcg1TI
Quick Breath Reset Beats Midweek Stress
It’s Wednesday. The "Hump Day" cortisol is peaking and so is the noise. Take 30 secs. Inhale twice (quick), exhale once (long). The world isn’t ending; your brain is just being "extra." Calm the f down. We’ve got this. #SundayScaries #ThePauseButton #Mindfulness #calmtheFdown
Deep Breathing Activates Rest‑Digest System, Reducing Stress
Taking deep breaths turns on your parasympathetic system which helps you rest and digest. It is the opposite of the stressful fight or flight response with the sympathetic system. Deep breaths can keep you calm+centered through the day. #WednesdayThoughts #Health...
Breathing Exercise Sparks Life‑Changing Energy Surge
"The moment felt pretty special. “I could live here,” I thought after I stopped to feel the energy resistance rising in my body, induced by a little interval coupled with nose-only breathing." Love that.
Long‑time Applicants Finally See Chance for Rigorous Testing
Been applying to her office and others (eg welcome trust, nimh, arpa) for years asking to test/demonstrate that this isn’t magical thinking or snake oil. Glad to see things might change.
True Relaxation Shows in Warm Hands, Soft Fascia
Most people haven't felt a true parasympathetic state in years. "I feel fine" ain't it. "I'm relaxed" isn't it either. Actual rest-digest holds specific bio markers: • Softer tissue (fascia releasing its bracing pattern) • Return of blood flow to the extremities (warm hands,...
True Presence Is the Absence of Worry and Regret
Presence is not about walking around thinking to yourself, wow, I’m so present. It’s more of the absence of something… Worry and regret. Without worry and regret, you’re in a far better position to download solutions to the situations that you may otherwise...
True Peace Lies in Present-Moment Mindfulness
“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” ~ Buddha The foundational teaching of mindfulness: true peace and clarity come from anchoring yourself here and now. https://t.co/meTk3JMM0r
Master the Charge‑Depth Ratio in 90‑Minute Workshop
Too much charge without parasympathetic depth and the system floods. Too much depth without charge and nothing happens. The ratio is the whole game. Saturday I'm running a 90-minute somatic workshop built around working this ratio live. It's the last one...
Your Meditation Attitude Shapes Mindful Awareness
Attitude is a big deal when starting meditation. It relates to HOW you're paying attention. Are you curious, kind, compassionate, and welcoming, or judgemental and frustrated about what you're doing? The lens of mindfulness is all these things. https://t.co/G98Dw8jReR
Slow Breathing Boosts HRV and Mood, Lowers CO2
Comparing the Effects of Square, 4-7-8, and 6 Breaths-per-Minute Breathing Conditions on Heart Rate Variability, CO2 Levels, and Mood
Somatic Work Rewires Nervous System via Intense Novel Emotions
Somatic work reorganizes the nervous system when two things happen at once. 1) Elevated emotional charge. A feeling strong enough that your system registers it as genuinely novel. Fear, grief, joy, awe — it doesn't matter which. It just has to...
Sustain Meditation Long-Term: One Minute Keeps Momentum
The important question is not whether you’re meditating seven days a week, but will you still be meditating seven years from now? Just get into the mindset where even if you can only take one minute to sit, do it....
Simple Yoga Poses Calm Stressful Minds
Feeling stressed? Try a yoga pose. You can start with sitting cross legged, standing and stretching to the left or right, or perhaps you can do a side plank or upward facing dog. Yoga can calm the body+mind. #mondaythoughts...
Breath‑Focused Mindfulness Boosts Concentration and Calm
Why is a key #mindfulness practice focused on the breath? The purpose of this meditation is to improve concentration and one-pointedness of attention. What we discover is this training brings greater tranquillity and calm to our lives. We are...
Master Emotion Regulation with Labeling, Co‑Regulation, and Vulnerability
The new Huberman Lab episode is out: How to Better Regulate Your Emotions | Dr. Marc Brackett (@drmarcbrackett) 0:00 Marc Brackett 2:55 Emotion Regulation 5:53 Emotion Mindset, Anxiety; Good or Bad Emotions? 11:25 Sponsors: Joovv & Lingo 13:54 Permission for Happiness; Gender, Emotion Suppression 22:13 Young...
Box Breathing Boosts Focus and Calms Stress
Paced breathing involves consciously inhaling and exhaling to a set rhythm. Research shows paced breathing exercises can both focus attention and regulate the nervous system. Try box breathing used by Navy Seals to manage stress. Perform several rounds till relaxation...
Mindfulness: Examine Thoughts, Keep Only What Helps
Mindfulness is the art of being present in whatever you are doing, whatever you are thinking. It involves holding up each thought, examining its value and utility and discarding it if it is debilitating or wasteful. ~Avis Viswanathan https://t.co/OWB7LZ4VQ3
Live Zoom Sessions: Uncover and End Suffering
Hello, dears, Please join me live on Zoom, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 9–10 a.m. Pacific Time. Together, let’s look deeply into the cause of all suffering and how to end it. Let’s do The Work. xo bk Register: athomewithbyronkatie.com theworkofbyronkatie #byronkatie #selfinquiry #mindfulness...
Mindfulness Returns You to the Present, Amplifying Happiness
"Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes." Thich Nhat Hanh #ThinkBigSundayWithMarsha #sundayvibes #SundayThoughts #Mindfulness #MindBody #InnerPeace https://t.co/tzZTnBnH1y
Grounded Moments Reveal How Small Worries Fade
Been in my head a lot in the last week. Then as I sat down here barefoot, my body felt it just melted into the hug of the earth. Why do we sweat over small things?
Consistency Beats Quantity: Any Meditation Is Better Than None
The goal of #meditation is not to do more but to be consistent. The only bad meditation is the one you don’t do. https://t.co/Sua67LXSYe
Relaxed, Present Mind Reveals Innate Well‑being
There is a sublime well being that is built into your system, if you are relaxed and your mind is settled and present. #mindfulness https://t.co/nop09Nfz8r
Tiny Shifts Reclaim Energy From Everyday Tension
We drain ourselves in small ways all day long. Holding tension. Forcing tasks. Staying busy without rest. In this video, I share how small shifts can begin restoring your energy. ▶️ https://t.co/GZyiCt7cPP
Quiet Moments Pack More Than Busy Days
One day, silence your phone. Leave it in the other room. Sit with your coffee or tea in the calm stillness of silence and watch the light in the room move across the floor. Nothing will happen. Yet you'll feel that...
Claude Design Triggers Flood of Meditation Apps
unfortunately, Claude Design is about to lead to a flood of meditation apps in App Store https://t.co/ZLeDQ8whgj
Future Goals Boost Resilience After Childhood Trauma
Why do kids need a future to aim for? Join me this week with neuroscientist David Sussillo (@SussilloDavid) as we discuss the interaction of childhood trauma and resilience. https://t.co/CQWGwHcJHg https://t.co/cALwHGwGcZ
Take Charge of Your Mind for Joy and Peace
The most precious gift we have as human beings is how profoundly we experience our lives. Learning how to take charge of the mind is most important for a human being to be joyful and peaceful. This is the possibility...
Emotional Fitness: Gaining Distance to Choose Your Reaction
Emotional fitness is not the absence of emotion. It is seeing it coming from far enough away that you have a choice. I once saw myself about to get pissed off and just chuckled. Not because it was funny. Because I finally...
Movement‑Informed Breathwork May Boost HRV More Than Traditional Techniques
Could it be that movement-informed breathwork (MiB) can have more profound effects on HRV than coherent/resonance breathing?
Question Your Interpretation to Defuse Criticism’s Sting
Criticism often feels like proof that something is wrong with us. But ancient wisdom suggests that the sting comes from our interpretation. When we question that interpretation, space opens between the words and our reaction. Read on my blog ➜ https://t.co/TX886SXvwC...
Meditation, Exercise, Sleep: Trader’s Secret to Mental Edge
The longer I trade, the more I realize that some meditation, a bit of exercise, and a good night's sleep will do more for your psychology than anything else.
Vent, Observe, Understand: Your Inner Voice Needs Attention
Don’t stockpile your complaints internally 😪 let yourself complain and then notice what you complain about, notice how often you complain —your inner self wants your attention and your feedback.
Relaxation Alone Isn’t Enough; Oscillation Between Tension and Release Heals
"Just relax." The worst advice in somatic therapy. Your nervous system learns from oscillation. It rebuilds in this space between tension, and release. Activation, and rest. Try it right now: clench your jaw for 5 seconds. Now exhale and slowwwly let go. Feel that...
Suffering Exists Only in Memory, Not Present Moment
"You cannot suffer the past or future because they do not exist. What you are suffering is your memory and your imagination." ~Sadhguru I like reading quotes like this because they remind us to bring our mind back...
Embrace Unpredictable Moments Through Daily Mindfulness
Life isn't predictable. Enjoy each special moment as it happens. Mindfulness is a pattern of living that brings joy day to day and moment to moment. 🙏🌸💐 🌰🚲 🌻 #thursdayvibes #thursdaymoring #Mindfulness https://t.co/k6dIjcwqI6
Happiness Is the Way, Not a Destination
"There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way." ~ Thich Knat Hahn This statement reminds us happiness isn't a distant destination waiting for the right conditions. It is cultivated in how we live each moment—through mindfulness, presence, and...
Treat Therapy and Exercise as Job Search Essentials
Therapy, physical activity, and meditation during a job search aren't luxuries. They're part of the strategy. Protect your mental state like it's a job requirement.
Release Resistance: Breathe, Relax, and Embrace Experience
" Let go of the battle. Breathe deeply and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. open to whtever you experience without fighting." ~ Jack Kornfield https://t.co/4UqZmgP2vZ
Success Isn’t Enough—Therapy Keeps Me Grounded
Decided I'm gonna go back to therapy. I'm actually the happiest I've been in a long time. I've finally built great friendships and a found family in New York, I just tackled the last remnants of some old financial trauma I...
Reconnecting Body Awareness Boosts Sleep and Healing
72% of people in trauma therapy can describe their emotions in detail. Only 28% can locate where those emotions live in their body. That gap has a name, "interoceptive dissociation." Here's how to rebuild it, and why your sleep, your emotions, and...
Stop Overthinking, Start Enjoying the Present Moment
When we are caught up in thoughts about life we tend to enjoy it less. We get caught up listening to the commentary. https://t.co/oO66gxPptN
Heal with the Three Ns: Notice, Name, Normalize
The "three Ns" of healing: 1. Notice. 2. Name (or Name to Tame). 3. Normalize.
10 Neuroscience-Backed Tips for a Stronger Brain
This month marks 10 years of TPH so we are celebrating with an episode about the top 10 neuroscience-backed tips for a stronger brain https://t.co/JfCASsdyaN
Catastrophic Thoughts Follow a Script—Learn to Interrupt
I'm neurodivergent and have a PhD in healthcare research. Your brain doesn't catastrophize randomly. It follows a script. Here's what the script looks like (and how to interrupt it):
Neuroscience-Backed Tips to Reduce Anxiety & Depression
What's the smallest possible thing you could do today to feel less anxious and depressed? To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 10% Happier podcast, I invited Dr. Wendy Suzuki and Dr. Amishi Jha to share their top 10 neuroscience-backed tips...
Take 30 Seconds: Choose Forest or Lake Calm
30 seconds to breathe and whichever one feels the most calming right now: the forest or the lake? Or both? No wrong answer 🌳🐟🏞️
One‑minute Mindfulness
One minute #mindfulness practice to reduce stress. Get out of your head and into your body-relax your jaw and drop your shoulders, Loosen your arms and hands. Soft belly. Now take 3 long breaths. Inhale through the nose to a 5...
Fight-or-Flight Narrows Perception to Threat‑only Filter
Your nervous system is your filter for reality. When in fight or flight, your energy is narrow, rigid, and hyperfocused. You can only "see" what's delegated by your threat response. Your awareness cuts off everything that isn't "useful."