Our Wednesday evening mindfulness sessions are supporting people in extending and deepening their mindfulness practice. We continue our series of podcasts based on the Mindfulness: Taking it Further course curriculum with this episode "Responding, Not Reacting". These sessions will typically feature a talk and a guided practice session. This episodes practice is approximately 20 minutes long. 

As a Member of the UK Parliament for 20 years between 1997 and 2019, working with the University of Oxford Mindfulness Centre, Chris Ruane introduced mindfulness to 280 politicians and 450 members of their staff. With the Mindfulness Initiative, he has also helped to establish parliamentary practices in 10 other parliaments around the world. He is currently a trustee at the University of Oxford Mindfulness Centre, Chair of Trustees of Ruby Wax's Frazzled Cafe Charity, Chair of the Mindfulness Initiative's international political network and a member of the newly formed Mindfulness Wales. This episode draws on the experiences of working within the field of mindfulness in a Parliamentary setting.

Ted Meissner talks about the key benefits that come from the social aspect of participating in a live online course vs watching recorded learning material. Ted created the UMass Medical School Center for Mindfulness MBSR live online program, is a Certified MBSR Teacher, offers occasional Masterclasses for Oxford Mindfulness Centre and is the Executive Director of Mindfulness Practice Center. 

The recording of our March keynote where we were delighted to be joined by David Treleaven PhD. David is currently a visiting scholar at Brown University and has worked with a number of organizations to bring Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness to their staff and programs.

Our Wednesday evening mindfulness sessions are supporting people in extending and deepening their mindfulness practice. We continue our series of podcasts based on the Mindfulness: Taking it Further course curriculum with our seventh episode "Attitudes of Mindfulness - Befriending". The next session will be "Perspective - Standing Back and Seeing Anew". These sessions will typically feature a talk and a guided practice session. This episodes practice is approximately 20 minutes long. 

In this episode of our Mindfulness in The Workplace podcast series, Michael Chaskalson talks to our CEO Sharon Hadley about the importance of gaining a real understanding of the culture of the organisation that you will be working in when teaching mindfulness in the workplace. Amongst many other fascinating insights, he also discusses the different approach required for delivering mindfulness training to ‘high achievers’ in a workplace setting. Not only is Michael is a pioneer in the application of mindfulness to leadership and other workplace contexts, but he is also founder and CEO of Mindfulness Works; a Professor of Practice adjunct at Hult Ashridge Executive Education; and an associate at the Møller Institute at Churchill College in the University of Cambridge. 

Our Wednesday evening mindfulness sessions are supporting people in extending and deepening their mindfulness practice. We continue our series of podcasts based on the Mindfulness: Taking it Further course curriculum with our sixth episode "Our Reactivity to Stress and Difficulty". The next session will be "Attitudes of Mindfulness". These sessions will typically feature a talk and a guided practice session. This episodes practice is approximately 20 minutes long. 

Our Wednesday evening mindfulness sessions are supporting people in extending and deepening their mindfulness practice. We continue our series of podcasts based on the Mindfulness: Taking it Further course curriculum with our fifth episode "The Landscape of Our Bodies and Minds". These sessions will typically feature a talk and a guided practice session. This episodes practice is approximately 20 minutes long. 

Florian Ruths, Consultant Psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital in London talks about the mindfulness programme that he has developed for those that work in healthcare settings. Florian has published in the areas of MBCT, anxiety and depression. He and his colleague, Stirling Moorey, have been delivering MBCT courses for patients with chronic depression and anxiety for 15 years. He has also developed a programme based on MBCT for healthcare professionals designed to improve compassion, wellbeing and resilience. The full episode on Mindfulness in a Healthcare Setting will be released on Friday 19th February 2021.

Our Wednesday evening mindfulness sessions are supporting people in extending and deepening their mindfulness practice. We continue our series of podcasts based on the Mindfulness: Taking it Further course curriculum with our fourth episode "Appreciating the Life You Have". The next session will be "The Landscape of Our Bodies and Minds". These sessions will typically feature a talk and a guided practice session. This episodes practice is approximately 20 minutes long.