Mountains of Mindfulness
Short reflections inspired by the names of mountains. Each episode explores a single mountain—its meaning, its myth, its quiet message—and offers a few minutes of stillness shaped by place, language, and breath. Rooted in mindfulness and mountaineering, this is a space for those seeking calm, curiosity, and connection to the land. There are no lessons here. No goals. Just space to soften. New episodes arrive weekly. Also available in writing and visually at mountains_of_mindfulness on TikTok, Youtube, Threads, Substack or Instagram.
Episodes
This week, we stand on Beinn Bhuidhe: the Yellow Mountain, to explore what it means to live with an honest joy. Thekind that glows golden for a moment, then drifts away, and always returns.Together, we breathe into the fleeting light, reflect on letting go of toxic positivity, and find our own gentle resilience in noticing what is bright and what is shadow, both passing in turn. Take a deep breath with me, and find the gold that li...
Join me on Beinn Dearg, the Red Mountain, or rather, many Red Mountains scattered through the Highlands. Each one holds its own quiet warmth beneath stone and snow, teaching us that we too carry an ember that waits for us through life’s longest winters. In this episode, we reflect on what it means to tend that warmth, to trust our own quiet glow, and to remember that we do not need to blaze to stay alive. Take a breath with me and ...
Join me on the Notched Ridge of Aonach Eagach, one of Scotland’s most striking knife-edge ridges, and a powerful reminder that life’s narrow paths hold lessons we cannot find in gentle places. In this episode, we explore what it means to walk life’s sharp edges with courage, to trust each careful step when fear rises like the wind, and to find steadiness when there is nowhere to go but forward. This is an invitation to stand where ...
In this episode of Mountains of Mindfulness, we journey to Beinn a’ Bhùird: the Mountain of the Table, a broad, steady giant in the eastern Cairngorms whose name reminds us that sometimes we need a place to set our thoughts down.
We’ll reflect on what it means to have a “table” inside the mind: a surface strong enough to hold all the scattered parts of ourselves, a gathering place where nothing needs fixing all at once. Through the ...
Stac Pollaidh is a mountain of contrasts; jagged, broken, dramatic. But beneath its wild ridges lie still pools that mirror its shape with perfect calm.
In this episode, we explore what it means to hold both sharpness and stillness within us. What happens when we stop climbing and start observing? Can reflection show us a gentler way to carry what feels heavy?
Through the name and landscape of this iconic Highland peak, we consider ...
Not all mountains ask us to climb.
Some offer us a place to return to,
to rest, to remember, to be held.
This week, we turn toward Lochnagar: Beinn Chìochan,
a mountain whose presence speaks of care, not conquest.
A reflection on the strength of softness,
the wisdom of rest,
and the quiet truth that we are already enough.
Ben Macdui stands just beneath the summit of Scotland’s fame; not the tallest, but no less significant.
Its mass is quiet. Its height earned. Its name old.
The second highest mountain in Britain, but one of the first in character.
A reflection on value without spotlight. On rootedness. On being vast, but not loud.
This week, we spend time with Liathach
a mountain whose name means The Grey One.
There is weight in that name.
Not heaviness, but solemnity.
A kind of presence that doesn’t ask to be admired, only respected.
Liathach doesn’t dazzle.
It watches.
It holds its shape through silence, shadow, and time.
In this reflection, we explore what it means to carry dignity without display;
to be grey not as absence, but as depth.
In this episode, we spend a few mindful moments with Suilven;
a mountain that stands apart.
Not in isolation,
but in quiet strength.
Rooted in solitude and shaped by stillness,
Suilven reminds us that presence doesn’t have to be loud
to be powerful.
Sometimes, standing alone is not a lack.
It’s a form of clarity.
A quiet reflection on attention, presence, and the unseen meaning held in ancient names.
This week’s episode explores the mindful space opened by Schiehallion, Sìdh Chailleann, the Fairy Hill of the Caledonians.
Find links to all reflections at campsite.to/mountains_of_mindfulness.
A short invitation into the space.
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