Snow Storm, Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth- JMW Turner 1842 In my other job as an architect I am always including contingencies. If I...

The contemplation of things as they are, without substitution or imposture, without error or confusion is, in itself, a nobler thing than...

‘Near enemies’ are the opponents of our desired states of mind that are often sneakier and harder to spot than the more obvious ‘far...

Illustration & stick men by Jon Lander, originally for our blog Yoga with your Slippers on The Beginning Things are the most important -...

Illustration by Jeremy Lander - the Five Horsemen of the [Buddhist] Apocalypse It’s painful to admit, but let’s face it: the human...

Sometimes we can take life too personally. We might feel we are taking too much on, or, conversely, that we are losing out on something,...

Original illustration by Jon Lander from Yoga with your Slippers On. Bol'ster noun, verb: Middle English, from Old English.  First known...

The Ancient Greeks had six definitions for love: Eros, or sexual passion, which they saw as being quite dangerous since it could cause...

An illustration from René Descartes’ ‘Treatise on Man’ pub.1662 Since we worked through a Body Scan in a recent mindfulness class a...

I'm not alone in thinking it’s the most important part of all the practices, but especially in meditation, when you are alone with...

'There are more things in heaven and earth, than are dreamt of in your philosophy' Hamlet There’s a new comet in the sky. Interestingly,...

Illustration by Jon Lander https://www.instagram.com/lander_jon/?hl=en Years ago I was rabbiting away about how chatty my mind gets when...

In Metta Bhavana (the cultivation of loving kindness) we usually meditate on three selected people - a friend, a neutral person and a...

Illustration by Jon Lander https://www.instagram.com/lander_jon/?hl=en When I teach Sofa Yoga someone says 'Oh, that's how I used to read...