So HR are trying to get us to book ourselves onto the five week Mindfulness course.
Apparently it's all about stopping and noticing the world around us. Or as the promotional material puts it, "waking up to the sights, smells and tastes of the present moment. That might be something as simple as the feel of a banister as we walk upstairs.."
Guess how much it costs to learn how to notice your banisters: £95.
Make of that what you will, but if you want to do it, might I suggest you just go for a walk (free), listen to the trees (also free) and be thankful that you're alive (extremely free). If you're feeling really plush, you could even get one of those adult-colouring books, taking great care where you put the hyphen when you order it of course.
Where did this Mindfulness idea come from? Is it mainstream Buddhism for the middle classes? Did someone notice that most of the world is moving so quickly these days that everyone is stressed out and angry and we all just need to stop and smell the coffee? We're not all stress-heads, you know.
I don't think it's for me the old Mindfulness course, thank you very much. I could try it but I'd continually be wondering why I was paying 95 earth pounds to someone, to show me how to think more deeply about my surroundings. I am quite capable of that.
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