Mindfulness pathways

You might like to think of this as a guidebook for mindfulness expeditions. There is no one-size-fits-all, prescriptive programme you must follow. Instead, there are resources to help you design your own itinerary. It is entirely up to you how you engage with the contents of this site. Use and adapt what is helpful for you. Ignore what is unhelpful.

Maybe you have followed a more prescriptive mindfulness programme in the past and found that it didn't quite work for you after a while. Maybe it was moving too fast, or too slowly, or not at all. Maybe it was taking you to places you didn't want to go, or not taking you anywhere. 

This site describes the places you might visit during mindfulness practice (locations) and the kinds of things you might experience there. It also presents various possible journeys you might take between these locations (pathways) and things to look out for on the way.  

This site has no particular religious associations. I have attempted to keep the language as open as possible so that you can add a spiritual dimension to your practice if you want to — but everything can have an entirely secular interpretation.

This site assumes that you are familiar with the basics of mindfulness and that you are ready and willing to take charge of your own journey planning. If you're new to mindfulness or you would like more of a guided tour than a plan-your-own-adventure experience, check out the page on other resources.

What's on this site:

• Map and wayfinding — an overview of the framework used as the basis for this site

• Contemplating locations and pathways — a quick guide to the different ways in which you might use the framework in your mindfulness journeys

• Choosing locations and pathways — a little guidance about how to make decisions when using this framework 

• Locations — slightly more detailed guides to the various places you might visit (although part of the fun is discovering things for yourself)

• Pathways — some suggestions for trips you might take travelling between the locations