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Would you have a few minutes to give some feedback? Thank you so much!

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Feedback form - True Refuge retreat with Kristine, 16-19 April 2026

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Please let us know your experience of the retreat. Thank you for taking the time to offer feedback!

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Finding Peace & Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart

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Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of R.A.I.N.

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Beneath the turbulence of our thoughts and emotions exists a profound stillness, a silent awareness capable of limitless love - our true refuge.

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And for more info as well as practices led by the man himself: https://drdansiegel.com/wheel-of-awareness/

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I also highly recommend Rick Hanson's books 'Hardwiring happiness' or 'Buddha's Brain' from his neuro-psychological perspective, underpinned by the Dharma.

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Rick Hanson, PhD - Inner Strengths for Challenging Times

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Rick Hanson, Shauna Shapiro, Emma Hutton-Thamm, Michael R. Hagerty & Kevin P. Sullivan

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Taking in the good is a brain-science savvy and psychologically skillful way to improve how you feel, get things done, and treat others.

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I Highly recommend Pema Chödrön's resources on this practice - she's written a book about it and also includes it in a number of other books, there are guided practices on YouTube and other platforms about it... a wealth of support around it.

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Pema Chödrön teaches us Tonglen, “sending and taking,” an ancient Buddhist practice to awaken compassion.

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Every workday 9.30am and 6pm Icelandic time - it would be lovely to see you there!

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FREE Daily Online Guided Mindfulness Meditation - Mindfulness Association

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FREE Daily Online Guided Mindfulness Meditation led by one of our tutors from 10:30-10.50 am Monday to Friday and every day at 7-7.30pm

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Walk, Don’t Run - Rob Bell - Mindfulness Association

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Walk, Don’t Run - Rob Bell - That’s it. Walk, don’t run. Slow down, breathe deeply, and open your eyes because…

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The Breeze at Dawn - Rumi - Words of Wonder - Mindfulness Association

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Peace is This Moment without Judgment - Dorothy Hunt - Words of Wonder - Mindfulness Association

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Peace is This Moment without Judgment - Dorothy Hunt - Words of Wonder - Do you think peace requires an end to war? Or tigers eating only…

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Alliance - Maya Stein - Words of Wonder - Mindfulness Association

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Alliance - Maya Stein - “You have to make an alliance with your anguish,” he said, “not wage war against it.” And I thought of…

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Daniel Ladinsky's rendition of Hafiz

A little gem of a poem, simple and true. It reminds me how important that "encouragement of light" against my being is, when I notice the habitual voice of self criticism with its newsreel of my failures. How can I speak to myself more kindly? How can I meet myself with warmth? And where might I take in the good of others who support or appreciate me?

May we all blossom, and flourish in our lives...

PS If you'd like to develop meeting yourself and then others with more kindness and love, check out our in-depth Mindfulness courses: https://www.mindfulnessassociation.net/mindfulness-courses/mindfulness-level-one/

Photo by Colin Davis on Unsplash

Author: Kristine Mackenzie-Janson

Kristine has been practising Tibetan Buddhism since 2000, and spent four years working and practising meditation on Holy Isle, Scotland. She has trained extensively with Rob Nairn and has been teaching mindfulness and compassion as a lead tutor for the Mindfulness Association since its early days. She offers eight week courses and drop-in sessions near her home in Edinburgh and mindfulness supervision both in person and by phone. Kristine is also a qualified art therapist, having earned her BA (Hons) degree in 2004 at the Hogeschool Leiden in Holland.

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It felt love - Daniel Ladinsky rendition of Hafiz - Mindfulness Association

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It felt love - Daniel Ladinsky rendition of Hafiz - How did the rose Ever open its heart And give to this world All its beauty?

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The Healing Time - Pesha Gertler - Words of Wonder - Mindfulness Association

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The Healing Time - Pesha Gertler - Words of Wonder - Finally on my way to yes I bump into all the places where I said no to my life

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Dhammadinna - Matty Weingast - Words of Wonder - Mindfulness Association

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Dhammadinna - Matty Weingast - Words of Wonder - For so long I thought only of the river’s end. Then one morning, I set my paddle down…

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There is a place in the heart where everything meets.
Go there if you want to find me.
Mind, senses, soul, eternity, all are there.
Are you there?
Enter the bowl of vastness that is the heart.
Give yourself to it with total abandon . . .
Once you know the way
the nature of attention will call you
to return, again and again,
and be saturated with knowing,
'I belong here, I am at home here'.

― from The Radiance Sutras, Lorin Roche

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If you'd like to be kept informed about my online (drop in) meditations sessions and other events, you can sign up to my monthly newsletter here.

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Earthy Mindfulness is about reconnecting with both our inner world and the world around us: the awareness of being an inextricable part of this one wild and precious earth.

This ability to re-connect, to come home and touch in with our present moment experience which includes connection with the earth, is an innate capacity we all have. It is the quality of awareness that arises when we know what's happening, while it's happening, no matter what it is. It is paying attention to what is occurring in the aliveness of our present moment experience, with an attitude of openness and non-judgmental, or even radical, acceptance. As a life skill, this ability called mindfulness can deepen our sense of well-being and fulfilment.

From this place of being grounded and connected with ourselves and this moment, we may feel inspired in taking compassionate action for the world around us, whether on a social level, or environmental, or simply in connecting more with your neighbouring beings... letting the inner practice inform our outer actions. And who knows where that might lead!

If you are looking to explore the practice of mindfulness and coming home more fully to yourself and to the world, I would love to be part of your journey. The section on MINDFULNESS offers many ways of exploring mindfulness in a way that's relevant to you. If you feel inspired by the concept of 'engaged mindfulness' or compassion in action, take a look at ACTIVE HOPE.
HAPPENINGS contains the practical details of events to come, while EARTH NOTES seeks to gather inspiration in words, images and possible practices to bring earthy mindfulness to life. Do contact me with your thoughts, questions and inspirations...

"Mindfulness is the awareness that emerges through paying attention in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally, to the unfolding of experience moment by moment. It is a turning towards life.... to live life as if each moment is important, as if each moment counted and could be worked with, even if it is a moment of pain, sadness, despair or fear."
Jon Kabat Zinn

"If the world is going to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear."
Joanna Macy

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Hello, my name is Kristine Mackenzie-Janson. Mindfulness has been at the heart of my life ever since my first taste of it, and I continue to feel inspired to share its practice and learn together. More about me here... Earthy Mindfulness is about reconnecting with both our inner world and the world around us: the awareness...