~Written by Bridgette O’Neill ~ Retreat Lead for The Mindfulness Network When I received an email from Colette Power asking if the Mindfulness Network would consider offering a retreat that directly addresses the current environmental crisis, an immediate heartfelt ‘yes’ Read more…

~ Written by River Wolton ~ ‘Freedom is not just about transcending identity but embracing it until what is beyond the experience of identity reveals itself.’ Larry Yang    On 16th November 2019, I will co-lead, alongside my colleague Bernat Font, a one day retreat for all Read more…

~ written by Alison Evans, Pamela Duckerin & Robert Marx Between April 2018 and April 2019, 48 trainees, from Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services, were trained in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy. The training was a multi-centre collaboration. This blog post describes our experience of Read more…

Celebrating the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice’s (CMRP) new structure  – written by Alison and Becca, Sophie and Gemma  It has been a full year now since we formalised our collaboration between Bangor University’s Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice (CMRP) and The Mindfulness Network Read more…

– by Helen Marsh I have just finished the Teacher Training Pathway and have been awarded competency for teaching MBSR! This didn’t really mean much to friends and work colleagues and was met with “oh good, no more going away Read more…

– written by Dorothy Dimer This blog is a little bit different to others you may have read on this website. Sometimes, though, difference is a good thing. I am just about to finish my Foundation year for my Master’s Read more…

– by Gerry Rickard “I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.” (John O’Donohue)  I named this blog in reference to a poem by John O’Donohue since my first multi-day silent Read more…

– written by Fr Martin Bennett OFM Capuchin I’ve been practising mindfulness since I did my ten-week course with a local Buddhist centre in 2004. I came to mindfulness because I felt a desire in myself to experience life in Read more…

– written by Sarah Millband  Understanding Safeguarding in the Context of Mindfulness-Based Teaching, Training and Supervision: Our New Policy and March 2020 CPPD Training Workshop Safeguarding is all about protecting children and adults from harm, abuse or neglect and educating Read more…

– by Rebecca Crane I recently arrived home from a teaching trip to Lithuania and Germany. The connections were rich. The newly emerging mindfulness-based teaching community in Lithuania are eager to learn, warm in their welcome and a delight to Read more…

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