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Mindful Madness

Locality: Loganholme, Queensland, Australia

Address: Suite 3, 2-4 Osborne Court Loganholme, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.jbacupuncture.com.au/workshops

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25.01.2022 Yup, there's a word to describe the emotional release gained from swearing. Enjoy adding it to your vocabulary

24.01.2022 I love seeing more & more practitioners being creative in how they adapt their approach to teaching meditation. Anyone can meditate. You just sometimes need someone to help figure out what's the right style for you & teach you how to get started

24.01.2022 Next time anyone queries my slightly mad methods for teaching meditation, mindfulness & stretching... well, ummm, at least I don't take things to this level of madness!!!

23.01.2022 Turn on your stereo. Crank it. Lie down (preferably on the floor near a sub). Deep breath in... sigh it out... letting all everything other than the music go with it... & again...... Now take yourself on a little journey - noticing how the vibration of the music relaxes & moves shit in each & every part of your body. Start at the top of your head, & work your way down... What feels heavy? Light? Agitated & itching to move? Are you still remembering to breathe all the way down into your belly - to massage your internal organs & improve their circulation? Or are you just using those little muscles at the side of your neck to haul the top ribs up & down? Keep breathing. Say thanks to your feet for carrying you around all day And your legs for moving you along Your butt for being comfy to sit on And your back for holding you upright To your belly for digesting food into ingredients for all the things your amazing body does Your heart for pumping blood Lungs for drawing air in & out Your arms for all the holding they do Don't forget the fingers for making it possible to handle things Your neck for holding your head up And your beautiful face for representing you to the world Every little little bit of your body is so perfectly formed for helping you do something... Now take a little more time to enjoy what it feels like to simply Be You, without any external distractions... And when you're ready to come back to the world again, do so slowly, starting by wriggling your fingers & toes before you roll over to sit up. Enjoy ...& don't forget to thank the person who read this out to you to help you chill coz I haven't made a recording of it yet

22.01.2022 Good guy Bill -Walt -

22.01.2022 When did you last stop for a few minutes to just focus on your breath? Meditation & breathwork coaching are things I can offer online sessions in. Shoot me a message to work out a booking time as it's not something available via the clinic's online booking portal

21.01.2022 You can be into heavy metal & one of these awesome people too

20.01.2022 Many of my clients knit to relax. It's their moving meditation of choice; helping them to zone out from everything other than the way their fingers are moving

20.01.2022 Nice work Australia - over $631,000 raised so far by this year's Hottest 100 to help Lifeline fund their crisis support & suicide prevention hotline. Cheers to the power of music to make things better It's good to know that when shit gets too much, someone who'll listen & help you get through is there if you call 13 11 14 at any hour of the day or night.

20.01.2022 Even the most hardcore metalhead needs a bit of The Beatles sometimes

19.01.2022 Some essential Friday wise words for you folks... ... oh & remember, my "classy" video classes are on this page & YouTube for any time you need them (which is probably more than ever thanks to Covid-stress) because self-care rocks

19.01.2022 Music gets a message across in a way mere words cannot

19.01.2022 Happy Today folks! Remember to breathe. And rock on

17.01.2022 Meditation increases dopamine levels. And dopamine plays a direct role in humans' experience of pleasure from music... So, how much more would you enjoy the music if you meditated before heading out to a gig?

17.01.2022 Need to justify why you go out to live music, other than to support artists' careers?

16.01.2022 These little demo videos don't have the kind of soundtrack you know & love from my classes, but they do run through a few "new" qigong exercises for you... Once you get the hang of em, turn me off & your own soundtrack of choice ON & UP!!! Note: CD copy of the new Devin Townsend album arrived in my letterbox a few minutes ago so once I've listened to it, I'll have to get cracking on making some videos for you all using it

16.01.2022 Coming soon: classes via FB Live &/or Zoom (hopefully both). Stay tuned.

15.01.2022 Have you taken time out to be a bit silly & have good laugh yet today? If not, why not? Stress management doesn't have to be all serious stuff like eating better & exercising more

14.01.2022 Thanks for understanding that having time to run regular classes isn't something I've had since opening my very own acupuncture clinic late last year. YouTube videos are being planned, so you can access my meditation style at home... & I'm always happy to put on "private" classes for people/groups who've got a venue & date in mind- just send an enquiry form through via my website www.JBacupuncture.com.au

13.01.2022 25 years ago Kurt Cobain took his own life. Overwhelm & feelings of inability to cope can affect anyone. He blew young minds open to that fact, opening so many conversations we teenage grunge fans may never have otherwise had... Some people's mental health is more vulnerable than others.... Some people've been exposed to more trauma than others. Some people haven't been blessed with an upbringing that taught them healthy coping mechanisms. These are all really common scenarios to underlie drug addiction & other escapist behaviours. Coz when life sux, finding ways to feel better or at least get away from feeling so shit for even a little while can become all-consuming... & you only know what you know. Judging & criminalising people who choose to use doesn't actually help them - it just further ostracises them, feeding the demons that drive the addiction... So, what's this got to do with Mindful Madness? Not much, other than being a timely reminder that there're places & people in our community that teach better ways of coping with existing... & that not all of them do it in a preachy pretentious way I'm always happy to liaise with mental health organisations, community groups etc about running workshops that teach mindfulness & meditation to the more disenfranchised members of our community. Shoot me an enquiry via my website www.JBacupuncture.com.au for that sort of thing. In the meantime, seriously, if the shit in your head's scary, overwhelming or you just need to feel heard without being judged? The crisis lines & online/text-based chat services run by the likes of Lifeline, Suicide Call Back Service, Beyond Blue & Black Dog Institute are brilliant. There's also the government-funded Mental Health Access Line service in Queensland 1300 MH CALL (1300 642255). I'm not afraid to admit crisis lines helped me get through "the next 10 minutes" many a time. And put me in touch with people who taught me skills to keep my demons at bay. Yeah, it's bloody scary sometimes picking up that phone & saying the words out loud... as is walking into a face to face appointment. No regrets that I chose to but. Check your head & rock on

12.01.2022 Finally - took nearly 24 hours to upload thanks to super-slow internet... but here's your second installation of Mindful Madness class from my lounge room. Enjoy. Or not. You're Welcome #ausmusictshirtday

12.01.2022 I'll have another online class up for you in the next few days - just giving 2 new kittens enough time to settle in at my house before I introduce them to loud music In the meantime, here's some frickin great self-care advice from someone else. Enjoy.

11.01.2022 Need a new track to meditate or practise your qi gong to? (for those who love it, check out the band they're covering too, especially the albums "Into the Labyrinth" & "Spiritchaser")

10.01.2022 Whilst you're waiting for the special Ausmusic T-shirt Day edition of Mindful Madness class (featuring foster kittens) to finish uploading to YouTube, head on over to Support Act & swing em a few bucks. Music keeps us sane; so we owe it to all those legends to help keep them alive thus creating

10.01.2022 Science says: "The dominant emotional response to this music is joy and empowerment," said Prof Thompson. "And I think that to listen to this music and to transform it into an empowering, beautiful experience - that's an amazing thing."

09.01.2022 Kittens may be homicidal little balls of fluff, but they're also great examples of Taoism. Cats live totally in the present -going with the flow & making the best they can of each & every moment

09.01.2022 I guess you didn't know how badly your Friday night needed some Bolivian heavy metal with pan pipes...

08.01.2022 Are any of my fans heading out to Blacken Open Air? I'm looking to put in an application to run classes there next year, so keen to find out more from punters about their experience there...

07.01.2022 Meditation's a brilliant way to get to know yourself. Some pretty intense shit can start running around in your head when you ignore the distractions! When you choose not to humour thoughts extraneous to what you've chosen to meditate on - just acknowledge them, then move them along like a puppy you don't have time to play with - you often find stuff you never knew was there...

06.01.2022 I know - others don't teach meditation quite the same way as I do. So creating a few for my YouTube channel to help you get by til I've got time to run more regular classes is on the To Do List. Stay tuned... In the meantime, private classes or workshops for community groups etc can be organised by sending an enquiry through via my website www.JBacupuncture.com.au

06.01.2022 Looking for pretty (or creepy) ways to celebrate your weirdness or that of loved ones? My brilliantly creative friend assembles amazing art, jewellery & more... It's her "I do this coz it makes me happy" activity Check it out at Macabre Bazaar

05.01.2022 I DID IT!!!! (yup, totally intended to yell at you) Enjoy this absolutely mind-blowing demonstration of my tech equipment & skills. And the guest appearances from my metal-loving kitty Astronomy Domine. Above all, have fun

05.01.2022 Just gonna leave this here...

05.01.2022 Would you be interested in a scholarship to study yoga? If so, get in touch with these folk - they're located in Springfield, on the south-west side of Brisbane.

04.01.2022 Sunday is self-care day for me. Yup, that means sleeping in, meditating, cooking tasty fresh food, qigong, yoga & great tunes Whats on your stereo?

03.01.2022 Researchers are very interested in heavy metal music & all it has to offer...

02.01.2022 Hey guys - remember there's a couple of classes I recorded at home on this page you can do for free any time. Even though I don't offer regular classes any more, you can still book me to run small group ones for you, your mates, your workplace etc

01.01.2022 Great to see someone's managed to get backing from a major private health fund for this

01.01.2022 F*#% YEAH Lamb of God!!! There are all sorts of ways to keep your cool when your first instinct's that you really just wanna punch someone!!! Enjoy this fabulous example Note: yes, I am now tempted to run a kazoo-playing meditation!

01.01.2022 How often do you stop to appreciate how amazing it is to have all these different body bits like fingers, toes, knees & tummies? The wonderful things that enable us to all sorts of amazing stuff... When did you last thank your body for all it does, rather than hating on it for having bits that may not look or feel the way you wish they did?