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Posted on 06 April 2013 16:29
Most mornings I wake up and wonder,
“Will today be the day?” I roll onto my side before sitting up, stroking the perfect bump that I’ve become so accustomed to over the last 8 ½ months. I’m pregnant, you see. And very heavily pregnant at that. I could quite literally pop at any time. While I feel rather laidback about the date of the impending birth, happy for the little one to appear whenever they wish, I do feel for my partner.
He freezes in anticipation each time I grimace, not realising its just the effects of heartburn. |
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Posted on 04 April 2013 14:43
My Mindfulness Journey…. So far!
It’s true to say that I never went looking for Mindfulness, as such. It found me.
It was back in 2008. I had settled back home in the Midlands after a crazy year of travelling as a freelance performing artist, and I was applying for a new job.
The position I was applying for was ‘Healthy Living Officer’ for deaf people. A doddle, I thought, given my knowledge and keen interest in nutrition and fitness.
Attending the interview, my employer explained that a compulsory element of the position was that I must be willing to be trained as a Mindfulness practitioner. |
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Posted on 21 February 2013 09:22
They say that when people pass away they leave behind them a legacy, regardless of how well known they were or how important their job was.Their influence is greatly felt by those they left behind and this impacts future generations in ways we cannot foretell.
Some people just inspire you to be the best person you can be.
My Grandad was one of them.
Grandad was a loving, gentle and handsome man. So proud of his fluffy white hair, that he smoothed back with Brylcreem, his appearance was always immaculate.
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Posted on 14 February 2013 13:03
I wonder what thoughts people have about Valentines? Do they meet it with a groan or a cheer? Do they harbour any secret desires or unspoken wishes about the day? I'm curious. As always, with Mindfulness, its interesting to look at our mental approach to things. Our expectations can lead us to disappointment, especially if we are spending Valentines alone or without the extravagant gifts and treats that we so dream of. And a lot of us, it seems, appear to place our happiness in the hands of others. |
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Posted on 09 February 2013 19:28
Just a little note to say for those of you waiting for my video blogs on Mindfulness, technology is preventing me from uploading them as quick as I would like! *Deep, patient breaths!* So in the meantime, thank you for patiently waiting and all being well, they shall be with you very shortly :) |
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Posted on 09 February 2013 19:25
Signsong tends to spark a love it/hate it response from the Deaf community. However as a performer and tutor of signsong I can see for myself how interest in the art form is surely growing.
But when I tell people what it is I do, I still get the occasional screwed up face and an exclamation of,
“But you’re deaf! Music isn’t for deaf people!”
Cue exasperated sigh. Because here is where they have the most common misconception.
Its. Not. About. The. Music.
If sign song was all about our ability to hear then yes, I would put my hands up and get myself another job.
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Posted on 28 January 2013 12:54
Birmingham’s drama group for deaf and hearing actors, Integreat, presented me with a very interesting notion with their performance of Mirror last year.
The production was unlike any other I’d seen, amateur or otherwise. The story, very cleverly written and performed, depicted a world where the norms had been reversed and its effects were mirrored.
In this life it was ‘normal’ to be deaf and anything other than this was disabled. The complete opposite of the world today!
Mirror followed the life of a couple who were expecting their second child.
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Posted on 28 January 2013 12:46
“It’s very easy to get complacent,” our tutor for the day told us. We all nodded in agreement, knowing it was this very laidback attitude to driving that had landed us here in the first place.
I looked around the smart conference room and noticed the variety of people present. Business men and women, young adults, parents. All of us guilty of driving too fast.
I’d received a letter a couple of weeks earlier to say I’d been caught doing 38mph in a 30mph zone and that action was being taken against me.
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Rebecca: Posted on 30 December 2012 21:13
A few years ago I trained to become a teacher of Mindfulness Meditation. This vocation came to me by surprise, the training offered by the charity I was working for at the time. I had a naive idea of what to expect, lots sitting cross legged and chanting I assumed, but boy was I wrong!
The initial 8 week training course was pretty hard core. I found out that Mindfulness simply means the act of being fully present, without drifting into the past or the future or getting bogged down with negative thoughts about situations or feelings.
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Posted on 19 October 2012 10:52
I’ve just got round to watching Brian Duffy’s short film ‘Strangers’. Using dialogues led by a young deaf guy and his parents, it showed its audience just how possible it is for a deaf person to feel like an outsider towards their own hearing family.
Isolated and frustrated, mainly because his parents were poor communicators, the young guy was only actually heard by his parents when a sign language interpreter was present.
We were shown glimpses of how oblivious the Father was to his son’s talents and knowledge of the world, and his Mother appeared completely unaware of just how much her son was excluded. |
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