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25/09/2025

Deep breaths.

22/09/2025

T A M I N G A N X I E T Y || suggests that when your day is derailed by fear and worry, you might want to try to center your mind and become more anchored in the present moment.

Mindfulness techniques can help you do just that. Here are a few techniques to try:

😮‍💨 Deep breathing

Breathing is something so natural that we barely think about it. In fact, you breathe about 20,000 times a day without conscious thought. But when you’re anxious, your breathing quickens. Purposefully slowing your breaths helps you gain more control over your mental state. The breath, which yogis call “prana,” has powerfully calming effects on your brain and the rest of your nervous system. There are several breathing techniques you might try.

😮‍💨 Diaphragmatic, or belly breathing

Start by sitting comfortably or lying on your back.
Place one hand on the upper part of your chest and the other hand on your belly.
Relax your belly muscles.
Breathe in slowly through your nose until you feel your belly start to rise.
Breathe out slowly through slightly pursed lips and feel your belly fall.
Repeat.

🧘🏾 Meditation

Meditation takes deep breathing one step further, by combining it with mental focus. Research finds mindfulness meditation helpful for not only relieving anxiety symptoms, but also for improving our ability to cope with the stressors that life throws our way.

Want to learn more? Stick around for an online course coming up.

Deep breaths, be well,

Nicci

07/09/2025

Slowly slowly catchy monkey 🐌🐢🐒

24/08/2025

A W A R E N E S S || Behaviour change can’t happen before we learn how to observe and accept our thoughts, emotions, and behaviours, without judgment.

From this place of mindful awareness, we can empower ourselves to then develop skills necessary for sustained changes.

I’m still learning every day. I may not ever have perfect awareness but I am confident that the more I practice resting in the witness, the greater the possibility of living my most intentional and aligned life.

From “The Story of Boxes, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The Secret to Human Liberation, Peace and Happiness”.

02/08/2025

For my peers professionally engaged with mindfulness, this looks to be outstanding. And it seems impossible - so I may well have missed something - but it’s donation-based, so hopefully many can attend and many more will donate to make it accessible to as wide an audience as possible. I’m signing up right now, with gratitude to Institute for Mindfulness South Africa 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

25/07/2025

A L O N E vs L O N E L Y || Pascal continues: “We need to sit quietly in a room alone. Busyness is indeed the enemy of spirituality. We all need the discipline of paying attention to what is happening within ourselves – to examine our soul, who we really are. This is not about navel-gazing or self-indulgent analysis. It is about gathering resources in order to live authentically.

In the silence, what do you hear? What are you reminded of? What thoughts flood in? Do you have the courage to listen to what you hear?”

Source || Gracetruth.blog

17/07/2025

S I L E N T R E T R E A T | Maybe not everybody’s cuppa but IYKYK

I’m planning two silent retreats before the end of the year.

DM or email nicci@metta365.com to put your name down if you’d like to hear more or would like your name on the waiting list for when bookings open.

17/02/2025

Coaching is my CAREER
Yoga is my SIDE HUSTLE
Both are my PASSION

I missed teaching yoga so much when I closed my studio in Stellenbosch and moved to the Deep South, almost three years ago.

Now I teach just two classes a week and make it as affordable and accessible as possible so that as many people as are interested can join.

It is a privilege and a joy to share my love of this ancient and powerful practice with my fellow villagers and simultaneously keep the magic alive for myself.

Namaste, and thank you, my new sangha

Nicci

15/02/2025

What makes a good leader? Is it bravery, compassion, innovation, inspiration?

The demands of leadership are complex, but the foundation of being a good leader is rooted in meeting the needs of those who follow them.

Gallup’s latest study, Global Leadership Report: What Followers Want, launched at the World Governments Summit. Based on surveys conducted in 52 countries, this report builds on decades of research into what people desire from their leaders.

The data reveal that followers prioritize hope, trust, compassion and stability from their leaders, and these needs are consistent across countries and demographics.

When leaders meet these needs, it can lead to less suffering and better wellbeing.

To date, no other research has examined the needs of followers across such a large or global sample of people. These findings are crucial for both current and aspiring leaders seeking to understand the expectations that influence their performance and the success of the teams they lead.

While it’s true that increasing self-awareness is a key aspect of mindful leadership, the result is more than awareness of one’s individual self.

The intention is to cultivate a wider and more inclusive perspective, aspiring to loosen concern about oneself and to expand our narrow personal experience, so we adopt a more universal and less dualistic awareness (referred to as a shift from Small Mind to Big Mind).

Mindful leadership coaching supports and empowers the next generation of mindful leaders: individuals who want to take their organizations into a space of greater purpose, social responsibility, and sustainable growth by prioritizing the well-being of employees, the environment, and the wider community, while still achieving business goals through mindful decision-making and ethical practices.

To explore 1:1 mindful leadership coaching with me:

✅ DM or comment below
✅ email nicci@metta365.com
✅ book a free 30-min consultation via the link in bio
✅ connect with me on LinkedIn (Nicci Cloete)

15/02/2025

What makes a good leader? Is it bravery, compassion, innovation, inspiration?

The demands of leadership are complex, but the foundation of being a good leader is rooted in meeting the needs of those who follow them.

Gallup’s latest study, Global Leadership Report: What Followers Want, launched at the World Governments Summit. Based on surveys conducted in 52 countries, this report builds on decades of research into what people desire from their leaders.

The data reveal that followers prioritize hope, trust, compassion and stability from their leaders, and these needs are consistent across countries and demographics.

When leaders meet these needs, it can lead to less suffering and better wellbeing.

To date, no other research has examined the needs of followers across such a large or global sample of people. These findings are crucial for both current and aspiring leaders seeking to understand the expectations that influence their performance and the success of the teams they lead.

While it’s true that increasing self-awareness is a key aspect of mindful leadership, the result is more than awareness of one’s individual self.

The intention is to cultivate a wider and more inclusive perspective, aspiring to loosen concern about oneself and to expand our narrow personal experience, so we adopt a more universal and less dualistic awareness (referred to as a shift from Small Mind to Big Mind).

Mindful leadership coaching supports and empowers the next generation of mindful leaders: individuals who want to take their organizations into a space of greater purpose, social responsibility, and sustainable growth by prioritizing the well-being of employees, the environment, and the wider community, while still achieving business goals through mindful decision-making and ethical practices.

To explore 1:1 mindful leadership coaching with me:

✅ DM or comment below
✅ email nicci@metta365.com
✅ book a free 30-min consultation via the link in bio
✅ connect with me on LinkedIn (Nicci Cloete)

11/02/2025

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