Blogs looking at some of the science in psychology, biology and neuroscience around training the mind in mindfulness, compassion and insight, partly inspired by our work with our colleagues from University of the West of Scotland on the Masters Degree in (Teaching) Mindfulness and Compassion, and from the University of Aberdeen on the Masters Degree in Studies in Mindfulness, which are both run in partnership with the Mindfulness Association.
Also, the Mindfulness Association and the Everyone Project are supporting two PhD students in the field of Mindfulness and Diversity, Equality and Inclusion. As part of their work over the next few years they will be contributing blogs to inform and engage those who are interested in this topic.
Wisdom and Modernity: Honouring the Past, Present and Future of Mindfulness. This month saw the publication of the article “Mahamudra and Mindfulness Series, Part 1: Mindfulness” in the Springer Mindfulness Journal by Mindfulness Association tutor and Buddhist monk Choden. This is the first of several articles by Choden that will be published in Mindfulness, an…
Join us to hear from two recent graduates from the MSc Studies in Mindfuless masters program with the University of Aberdeen who will each present their research in a 15-minute presentation on their thesis and followed by a Q&A . The research forum will be hosted by Dr Jane Kellock, herself a graduate of the…
Josetta (they/them) October 2024 update The initial title and remit for my PhD was “Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in Mindfulness” to look across the 9 protected characteristics listed under The Equality Act 2010 (race and ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, gender reassignment, age, marriage and civil partnership) [1].…
The next in the series of research forums hosted by the Mindfulness Association to showcase research from the Masters in Mindfulness Studies programme at the University of Aberdeen is taking place this Thursday 24 October. We hope that you will be interested in attending and invite you to join us on Zoom. Please follow the…
Our Next Research Forum will be on the 26th of September at 7pm Please go to THIS PAGE to read about our research forum, where graduates of our MSc Studies in Mindfulness with the University of Aberdeen share their research findings.
We hope you’ll join us! The next in the series of research forums hosted by the Mindfulness Association to showcase research from the Masters in Mindfulness Studies programme at the University of Aberdeen is taking place on Thursday 6 June We hope that you will be interested in attending and invite you to join us…
We hope you’ll join us! The fourth in the series of research forums hosted by the Mindfulness Association to showcase research from the Masters in Mindfulness Studies programme at the University of Aberdeen is taking place on Thursday 9 May. We hope that you will be interested in attending and invite you to join us…
Our next Research forum is this Thursday 11 April at 7pm. Join Us! We are excited to announce the launch of our new Mindfulness Research Forum. Each month two of our recent graduates from our MSc Studies in Mindfulness Courses will present their research with us live over zoom. The next presentation will take…
International Women’s Day is marked on Friday the 8th March, so it may be appropriate to share some of the issues related to gender that have been raised in my research on Equity Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), Secular Mindfulness and Social Justice.[1] A number of studies have shown that the practice of mindfulness on a…