Placing Hands in Meditation: Disrupting Familiar Patterns as a Doorway into Mindfulness
Ratnadevi
17 March 2023
Examining the hands and the body as a grounding place for our mindful orientation to the world
Ratnadevi is a mindfulness teacher, trainer, and retreat leader based in Scotland. As a qualified coach she offers a range of one-to-one services, including online mindfulness teaching, mentoring and supervising. She is a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order and wrote an arts-based PhD thesis looking at the place of ritual for Buddhists practising in the modern world.
Bringing Mindfulness to Life is published bi-monthly.
Breaking Free: Doing Nothing and Being Nobody
Ratnadevi
16 February 2023
A meditation on the freedom possible in prison and the way our minds can imprison us even when we believe that we are free
The Art of Mindful Looking
Ratnadevi
19 January 2023
How slowing down changes our relationship with the world, inviting in deeper connection to its beauty
Buddhist Voices in the Climate Crisis: RAINING – A Meditation to Harness the Energy of our Difficult Feelings
Ratnadevi
9 December 2022
Using meditation to allow ourselves to fully feel our emotions as the climate crisis threatens to overwhelm us
Meaning, Part Two
Ratnadevi
11 November 2022
A meditation on Buddhist practice as a source of meaning and relevance in a society saturated with consumerism
Meaning
Ratnadevi
12 October 2022
Reflecting on the life and death of Queen Elizabeth II and the existential and spiritual questions that arise as the world looks on
Calm
Ratnadevi
16 September 2022
Contemplating the many ways we can create inner calm and stillness in an increasingly busy world
Curiosity
Ratnadevi
18 August 2022
Seeing how curiosity can bring new vitality and joy to our art, meditation, and life
Gratitude
Ratnadevi
21 July 2022
This simple yet powerful practice helps us to let go of our egoic self and recognize our deep interconnectedness with all around us
Funereal Reflections on Nurturing
Ratnadevi
14 June 2022
An ode of appreciation to a mother and a remembrance of her life of music lived through difficult times
Growing into Our Full Potential – Imagination Lights the Way
Ratnadevi
17 May 2022
Exploring how meditation, imagination, and creative inquiry can help guide our path forward with joy, gratitude, and delight
Mourning
Ratnadevi
20 April 2022
A Buddhist practice for mindfully and compassionately entering into our individual and collective loss