What Can an Autumn Garden Teach Us About Interbeing?

Interbeing in Nature Autumn is probably the busiest season of the year in my garden. It begins as something of a nuisance. Plants that looked beautiful only weeks ago have collapsed into a soggy mess. Perennial shrubs have become untidy and need cutting back. Trees need pruning. Leaves are falling everywhere. There is an enormous Read More

When Did Autumn Arrive?

Autumn and Impermanence Thick morning mist drifts across the fields from the River Thames. After a week of rain, the countryside has changed almost overnight. Grass that seemed tired and dry is green again, with new growth appearing in only a few days. My feet are wet. I make a mental note that my walking Read More

Are You Mindful in Your Garden?

Your garden reflects impermanence, attachment and the restless mind, take a little time to be mindful and it can be as beneficial as a session of meditation.

How Mindful Walking Led Me to Haiku

Mindful Walking and Haiku I began writing short poems in the Japanese tradition of haiku during the Covid years, when I was recovering from prostate cancer. It was a difficult period of my life, but also a strangely reflective one. Perhaps age had something to do with it. Perhaps illness did too. I found myself Read More

Does Water Calm the Mind?

Reflection on Water Calming the Mind My morning walk takes me through fields of wheat and barley before entering a wooded nature reserve dotted with small lakes. I often stop beside the water to rest and have begun to notice something. My mind becomes quieter here. As mindfulness finds its way more naturally into my Read More