Oct 27, 2025
Outside my study window is the most beautiful tree. I'm not sure what it is but at the moment the leaves are turning to beautiful yellows and golds and reds.
They are already falling to create the most colourful carpet below, ready to be swept up or hopefully blown away by the wind. Luckily my desk faces the other way as I think I otherwise I'd spend most of my work time gazing out of the window at it!
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Oct 06, 2025
We get it – demonstrating CPD can be annoying! When faced with time constraints, it can be incredibly frustrating to remember to write down what you have done or even feel the motivation to find suitable learning activities.
It can be tempting to approach CPD as a bureaucratic exercise, rather than an opportunity for learning in which you can level up your business or be the best version of yourself.
So why is CPD hugely beneficial to you and your business?
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Sep 25, 2025
When I was nine years old, I asked my parents if I could learn to meditate and consequently met with Dr Roles at the Study Society in London. He had met the Maharishi and then been introduced to his teacher Shri Shantananda Saraswati and was initiating people into meditation in the UK. Dr Roles gave me a mantra which I still meditate with today.
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Aug 25, 2025
Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively - Sharon Salzberg...
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Jul 23, 2025
The idea of sitting in silence or in meditation can feel indulgent or even downright impossible in our busy lives but to quote Mel Robbins, ‘you can't pour from an empty cup and if you're pouring yourself into everyone else, what's left over for you?’
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Jun 22, 2025
There are lots of myths surrounding meditation and that it has to be done in a particular way: sitting still, cross-legged on a cushion, in peaceful surroundings to name but a few. And of course these ways may be good for you.
There are also alternative practices to sitting still but many of these are still offered in a rather prescribed and traditional route. And that’s where meditation in its mainstream form can sometimes feel exclusionary and even frustrating to neurodivergent people.
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Jun 10, 2025
BSoM Graduate Edward Kendall shares his experience of the meditation teacher training course.
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May 27, 2025
In May, we celebrate our wonderful register member Clare Singleton, a meditation teacher based in Kent. Clare’s business ‘Revive’ incorporates both yoga and meditation online and in person. Clare asks for donations to help her local hospice for those attending her offerings.
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May 21, 2025
Many of the students who come to train with us at the British School of Meditation started their own meditation practice as a way to support themselves with their mental health...
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Apr 25, 2025
We all experience stress. It is the body’s natural response to perceived threats or challenges; our body releases hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline which prepare us to fight, fly or freeze – imagine a woolly mammoth or sabre toothed tiger racing towards you!
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