
Does Mindfulness really help us to feel calmer?
I have a friend who lives near Newcastle airport. We teach Mindfulness together, and when we can we like to sit together in her back garden planning our teaching sessions. Frequently we are interrupted by the sound of aeroplanes overhead drowning out our conversation. Since, momentarily we cannot talk, we see this as an opportunity to pause, tune in to ourselves and enjoy a moment of just being with our own experience. Another friend who used to live nearby sold her house aft