You don’t have to stop thinking or know how to sit still. Mindfulness begins with what is here—and how you meet it.
An attitude to explore, a practice to try, an image to spend time with. You can begin anywhere. Choose what speaks to you today.
Mindfulness with Pierre Geslin in the Adelaide Hills, through the Mindfulness Matrix, short Oasis practices and mindful nature walks. KOKORO brings together bilingual haiku and photography.
Perhaps you are rushing, your mind feels crowded, or you want a little room before your next conversation. Oasis offers short mindfulness practices that fit into an ordinary day. Begin with the time you have: thirty seconds, one minute or two.
Choose a practice with the breath, the body or the senses. You can begin where you are, without waiting for quiet or trying to empty your mind. Afterwards, notice what is here. Then return to your day when you are ready.
When something unsettles us, our first reaction can feel like the only one available. The Mindfulness Matrix invites us to explore the attitude we bring to that moment. What changes when we meet uncertainty with curiosity, or impatience with a little kindness?
Explore ten core attitudes, including acceptance, non-judging and compassion. Start with the one that speaks to a situation in your life, and take a reflection into your day. The online pages offer an introduction to each attitude. The Mindfulness Matrix book offers a deeper exploration.
KOKORO is a place to linger with a few words and an image. These bilingual collections of haiku and haiga grow from encounters with ordinary life, often in the Adelaide Hills. A change in the weather or a small detail can be enough to invite a closer look.
Open a collection and move through it at your own pace. Read in English or French, and let the photograph and poem each have their space. Stay with one image, or return later and notice what catches your attention.
A series of guided walks in real places, where practice steps away from the screen and takes the time of a landscape.
Hills Pause connects mindful walking with creative expression in the Adelaide Hills. Explore the places and routes, including Woorabinda Lake near Stirling. An unhurried walk leaves time to notice the light, listen or stop for a moment. A photograph or a few words can carry that encounter home. Begin with your curiosity.
“I think too much. I can’t sit still. I don’t have the patience.” Through my mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programmes and the free online meditations I offered during COVID, I heard these words often.
They brought me back to an essential question: what attitude do we bring to practice? We don’t need to become calm or patient before beginning. We can learn to meet our restlessness and impatience, too.
These three spaces grow from that inquiry: exploring our attitudes, embodying mindfulness in everyday activities, and looking closely at the world.
If a question stays with you, the Resources page brings together teachings and guided meditations to continue your exploration of mindfulness. You will find teachings from Jon Kabat-Zinn, whose work underpins the MBSR programme. Choose something that meets your curiosity today, and give yourself time to explore it.
Explore in English or French, and return whenever you need a pause.
