The Hearth Studio

11/03/2026

"Happiness depends first of all on having the deep desire for happiness, and then on having a spiritual path to follow. Every day, do some little thing on that path, and you will be happy. Don’t try to do big things. Do small things to make yourself happier, to make your friends happier. When you cook a dish or clear the table, do it beautifully, for yourself and for the people around you. You can start right away."
-Thich Nhat Hanh (Fidelity)

07/03/2026

This Sunday, 8th March.

Please note time change: 10:30am - 12:30pm.

A relaxed, partly guided meditation in the mindfulness style:
Body scan, following the breath, mindful walking.
Also mindful/free movement.

By donation.

07/03/2026

Everything is thought. We're swimming in this ocean of thought but like a fish, because we are so used to it, we don't know what is the nature of water. So it's very important to begin to understand what is a thought - because we are so mastered by our thoughts, governed by our thoughts. So, what is a thought? And who is the thinker? It's not enough just to read a book about it, or hear a lecture. Each one of us has to individually examine our own mind, question our own mind, really look into our own mind. What is a thought? Where does it come from? Where does it go to? What does it feel like? What is a thought?

- Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

Photo: Lahaul, 2022.

01/03/2026

Times are difficult globally; awakening is no longer a luxury or an ideal. It’s becoming critical.

We don’t need to add more depression, more discouragement, or more anger to what’s already here. It’s becoming essential that we learn how to relate sanely with difficult times.

The earth seems to be beseeching us to connect with joy and discover our innermost essence. This is the best way that we can benefit others.

~Pema Chodron

24/02/2026

Live drawing at The Hearth Studio.
Ladies only!
7th March 1-4pm
$30

17/02/2026

This Saturday at The Hearth

15/02/2026

On average, we have:

60000 thoughts a day

90% of them repetitive

70-75% of them negative.

DO YOU:

Find it hard to switch off?
Feel Flustered and stressed?
Have difficulty relaxing?
Feel overwhelmed?
Feel a lack of centre?
Ruminate about the past?
catastrophise about the future?
Have a busy overactive mind?
Feel irritable and reactive a lot of the time?
Numb yourself with food, alcohol, social media, games etc?

Mindfulness is a healthy and natural way to manage and alleviate depression, anxiety, stress, and chronic pain.

Our mind tries to solve problems by thinking about them over and over.

Like shaking a jar of muddy water over and over, in an effort to find clarity and peace.

Mindfulness practices teach us to calm both the mind and body so that the muddy water clears by itself. Then we can see more clearly into our lives, how to be more at home in ourselves, and how to navigate the stormy seas of life when they come.

This 8 week course will give you the tools to do this.

Mary Jones has degrees in music and psychology. She studied mindfulness with Zenways (UK) and has taught workshops and classes in Australia and Europe. She teaches at The Hearth Studio in Penguin, other locations in NW Tasmania, and online.

26/01/2026

26/01/2026

Make this your year for living more mindfully.

Penguin. Starts Thursday 19th Feb, 630pm-8pm.

Free taster/intro on 12th Feb, 630pm-730pmish.

Mindfulness practice is not about retreating from the world.

It’s about being more alive to the world.

It’s about living more from our senses rather than from our concepts.

It’s being more and more in THIS moment, rather than lost in the insubstantial dream of past or future.

Mindfulness teaches us how to stop running away, and instead to come home to ourselves.

Mindfulness essentially teaches us how to relax both mind and body from the effects of NST - “non stop thinking”.

NST is like having a jar of muddy water that we keep shaking in an effort to see what’s in the jar! When we learn how to relax the grip of compulsive overthinking, the muddy water settles and clears by itself. Then we can see and act with more clarity and calm.

More info:

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. -Lao Tzu Drop in MeditationMeditation sitting, lying, walking. Mindful movement. 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month, 10am-12 noon. Location: …