Charlotte Joko Beck
19th November 2025
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Charlotte Joko Beck (1917-2011) was an American Zen teacher who took up Zen practice in mid-life as the parent of four children. She eventually became
Charlotte Joko Beck (1917-2011) was an American Zen teacher who took up Zen practice in mid-life as the parent of four children. She eventually became
One of my favourite metaphors is Charlotte Joko Beck’s where she likens us all to ice cubes, with long spindly limbs, bumping into each other
I started meditating at the age of 40. Like many who take up a meditation practice, I was dealing with considerable trauma, but my first
Why would you need to befriend your own mind? For many reasons most, if not all of us, don’t like some aspects of our mind.
I recently had the delight of attending the Deeper Mindfulness teacher training by Mark Williams, hosted by The Mindfulness Network. I planned to do this
Mindfulness teaching in Europe and North America appears to have stalled. Demand for teacher training has dropped, and the organisations that offer that training are
Mindfulness practice is full of apparent paradoxes. Many years ago I did an advanced driving course sponsored by my employer. It was way before I
I recently opened a book I first read 35 years ago: Games People Play by Eric Berne. As a rookie manager, I found it helpful
I recently enjoyed an article in Psyche Magazine: Equanimity is not stillness – it is a mobility of the mind. In my early experience of
Dung – the old jokes are the best. One of my favourite books is “Who ordered this truckload of dung” by Ajahn Brahm (Now published