A little update to my menu above...

Hey everyone - just a note that I added a new page to my menu, above, called "What is Mindfulness?"

It struck me that I had this nifty title for my blog but had never really defined what I feel mindfulness is for myself or for the purposes of this blog.

So... I did. :)

Hope you enjoy, and let me know your thoughts in the comments.

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