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…
MSc Teaching Mindfulness & Compassion Start Date TBC This Mindfulness Degree: Studies in Mindfulness, covers our Mindfulness Levels 1 to 3 courses supplemented with an academic exploration of the mindfulness literature and evidence-base. It enables you to explore how mindfulness practice is applicable to your professional context. It covers training in research methodology as well as preparation for undertaking a research…
We are now in the second year of the University of West Scotland (UWS) MSc in teaching Mindfulness and Compassion. It is a collaboration between the Mindfulness Association (MA) and UWS Psychology Department. The MA provides the teaching in mindfulness and compassion and UWS provides academic input on psychological theory underpinning mindfulness and compassion as…
Eighteen months into this new Masters degree course I thought I would add some of my own reflections to those of our students on this course, after our second year retreat at Samye Ling. If you want a life changing course – go for this course. It’s been amazing – the sense of growth from…
Join us for a relaxed open evening online with staff from the University of West of Scotland and the Mindfulness Association. Read more about this unique part time post graduate course HERE The open evening will be delivered over Zoom, and you will have the opportunity to talk to staff and ask any questions you…
I have been asked to write my blog this week on the topic of how meditation works. To begin with it is important to bear in mind that this whole field of research is in its early stages, much of the research methodology has weaknesses, and there is much more work to do before we…
I am currently working with my friend Michaela (Ki) James, an experienced NHS dietitian, on a new Mindfulness Based Healthy Living (MBHL) course to help us to change unhealthy habit patterns. For this course we will be drawing on teachings from our Level 3: Seeing Deeply or insight meditation training on how to work with…
Join Us at 7-8pm TONIGHT to find out more about our London Based Part time Master’s course, which will train you to teach Mindfulness and Compassion 8-week courses. This is a Psychology Degree with the University of the West of Scotland based at the London Campus, starting in February 2022. Use this link to register…
In this new blog we will be looking at some of the science in psychology, biology and neuroscience around training the mind in mindfulness, compassion and insight. If you want to investigate further, links are provided at the end of the blogs to the cited literature. This blog is partly inspired by our work with…