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
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.
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
Patience
Ratnadevi
24 March 2022
A meditation on the Buddhist virtue of patience as an active and joyful practice
Not Knowing
Ratnadevi
23 February 2022
A meditation on the Buddhist practice of not knowing or “don’t know mind” and its relevance in our busy and chaotic world
Mindful Christmas!
Ratnadevi
17 December 2021
Meditating on the ritual of Christmas as an opportunity to reflect on habit, culture, consumption, and mindfulness
Proud to Be a Human Being? Active Hope during COP26
Ratnadevi
19 November 2021
Allowing practice to nourish us as we contemplate the climate crisis
Secular or spiritual? Reflections on Roots and Values in Mindfulness, Buddhism, and Beyond
Ratnadevi
21 October 2021
Reflections on navigating mindfulness amid the many claims for authority and ownership
Being or Doing? Or Both? Or Neither?
Ratnadevi
23 July 2021
A meditation from the vegetable patch
Cleaning the Fridge: Getting Off Autopilot
Ratnadevi
21 May 2021
Bringing mindfulness into everyday life