Darren Yap, Author at Wimble

Enjoy 10 minutes of mindful motion to beat stress and anxiety

Apr

10

2020

In the video below, you can try some relaxing, gentle, flowing movements that bring your focus into the present moment by reconnecting with your body to reduce feelings of stress and anxiety. This video features a warm up followed by about 10 minutes of chi kung mindful motion. (The chi kung starts at 6’05”.) You ...

How to BLOOM with mindfulness

Jan

22

2020

Introducing the BLOOM Framework for integrating mindfulness into your busy life. You’ve been on a couple of courses, downloaded a dozen apps and have an impressive shelf of mindfulness and meditation books – and yet, somehow, you’re still not meditating daily and only using it when you’re megastressed! Perhaps you find mindfulness boring or just ...

DEMO: Thrive Under Pressure: Core Course: Lesson 2 – Breathe

Jul

28

2019

The following meditation is a nice basic one to help you to focus on the present moment. The main focus is on your breath. If any thoughts appear in your head, just let them go and bring your focus back to the breath. During this exercise, you may have experienced some of the following: Thoughts ...

DEMO: Thrive Under Pressure: Core Course: Lesson 1 – Introduction

Jul

28

2019

What is mindfulness? In this course, you will learn how to reduce stress through a variety of mindfulness techniques as well as establishing your own personal practice. Mindfulness is often described as being in the present moment on purpose and without judgement. What does this mean? To be fully present wherever you are and whatever ...

DEMO: Thrive Under Pressure: Pathway: Introduction

Jul

28

2019

This pathway is provided to give you a clear idea of how you can move forward with your mindfulness practice. It refers to the core course material. In this pathway, the focus is on learning to thrive under pressure at work by using mindfulness and mind training techniques. While the attention is on helping you ...

Presenteeism – the invisible productivity killer

Jul

27

2019

Presenteeism is the term used to describe employees who go to work when they are unwell and should be at home. They are physically at work but not well enough to carry out their duties due to being physically unwell, or because of a mental health issue, or both. This happens in all sectors and ...

Are you using these diet and fitness sabotaging words?

Dec

5

2018

Have you ever considered how the words you use around being fit and healthy can help or hinder?! Words have energy to them and the ‘wrong’ words can literally keep us stuck and prevent us from taking action whereas the ‘right’ words can make it so much easier to reach our goals. Here is a ...

Mindfulness Ideas Part 2

Nov

12

2018

Some more mindfulness ideas for you to try. Many of these can also be done by children. 11 Taste Water – sip water and take time to notice the taste and texture, how it feels in your mouth and as you swallow it 12 Feel Pressure of Sitting on Chair – notice the sensation of ...

How to develop acceptance and find peace in an ever changing world

Oct

21

2018

Life is not perfect. It has its ups and downs. If you’re lucky, you will have experienced some events that have been amazing but even with these great times, you will have experienced unhappy times, and some people may have experienced truly devastating times. How can we learn to ride these waves, to become more ...

Boredom is great

Oct

21

2018

Are you always on the go? Do you feel the need to be productive or to be doing something… anything? Are you trying to find the bottom of Facebook and Instagram? Do you whip out your phone when you’re on a train or bus? Do you walk around with your phone in your hand? Well, ...