
The Nature of Awareness
In a recent workshop on the Introduction to Mindfulness, I was asked to explain the difference between awareness and mindfulness. Safe to say we went somewhat off on a tangent, as there are subtle differences between the two, but it has value as it highlights the different ways which mind-body practises can be used. In order to explain this we needed to take a deeper look as to what awareness is, how to cultivate it, and why we might want to cultivate it. Awareness is the abi