From the Wider World
Mindful Museums: breaking down barriers
"What really interested me about mindfulness was that it was a practical, useful skill that could empower and increase confidence in engaging with art." (Louise Thompson) Louise created Mindful Museums in 2024 to provide accessible ways of supporting people's mental...
Mindfulness positively influencing physical and mental health in Poland: EduMind foundation delivering mindfulness training where it is needed most
“We initiate the development of the practice of mindfulness in environments endangered by stress and burnout.” The EduMind Foundation has been promoting and teaching mindfulness in Poland since 2017. A driving principle of the foundation is bringing mindfulness into...
Voices from Primary Care: Cultivating Mindfulness and Compassion in Primary Health Care in Gloucestershire
Teaching GPs about mindfulness and then their colleagues has facilitated a shared language and understanding re mindfulness in many surgeries across Gloucestershire, UK. This work has been hosted and supported by The Wellbeing Line for NHS Gloucestershire ICS...
Acting Mindfully: Ken Lunn explores the possibilities for us all
I am firmly of the opinion that mindfulness is not something you acquire during an 8-week course. Rather, it is a skill we all have, and formal courses help us develop that skill. Like many skills, you can acquire it in many ways, and to maintain it you need to...
Mindful Voices in Westminster: Reflections from UK Politicians
(taken from press release in The Guardian 13/9/23) More than 300 British politicians have been trained in mindfulness in the last decade, new estimates have suggested, sparking fresh calls for a meditation room to be installed in parliament. Some of them describe how...