What comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘meditation’? Perhaps a monk in orange robes sitting cross legged? Or a room of women sitting around a circle of cards and crystals burning sage? Perhaps you think of religion. Certain parts of the world. Yoga. Hippies. Certain types of clothing.

In Saturday’s online meditation class, I talked particularly about one of the pillars of mindfulness: letting go. This refers to the fact that when practising mindfulness – maintaining non-judgemental awareness of the present moment – we are often attached to certain ideas or thoughts we may have about the practice, and so we need to let go of these in order to be truly present, and to enable us to see the moment for what it is.