Play the Tune Again
Ratnadevi
17 November 2023
A mindful lesson on intentionally creating the mind and life we wish to have
Ratnadevi is a mindfulness teacher, trainer and retreat leader based in Scotland. She is the author of <i><a href=”https://playspacepublications.com/bringing-mindfulness-to-life/”>Bringing Mindfulness to Life</a></i>. 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 practicing in the modern world.
Bringing Mindfulness to Life is published monthly.
Gathering Blackberries: End of Season Reflections on Loss and Belonging
Ratnadevi
19 October 2023
BDG columnist Ratnadevi takes us blackberry picking as she contemplates the ecological and societal changes underway around and within us
Looking Afresh – At the World, Art, and Ourselves
Ratnadevi
21 September 2023
Using art and perception to engage a deeply embodied form of mindfulness
Having a Voice During Silence on Retreat
Ratnadevi
17 August 2023
A meditation on the many ways that silence and being silenced can impact our lives
Layered Simplicity: Guiding Ideas for Creative Makers and Meditators, Part Two
Ratnadevi
20 July 2023
Mindfulness teacher and artist Ratnadevi offers gentle guidance for all who struggle with the creative or artistic process
Layered Simplicity: Guiding Ideas for Creative Makers and Meditators
Ratnadevi
17 May 2023
Ratnadevi brings us along on a solitary retreat on the west coast of Scotland
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
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