by Vishvapani | Jun 12, 2015 | Mindfulness, Reviews
The Sleep Book: How to Sleep Well Every Night by Dr Guy Meadows My rating: 4 of 5 stars I came to this book as a mindfulness teacher who sometimes works with people suffering insomnia, not as an insomniac myself (though I sometimes have trouble getting to sleep). So I...
by Vishvapani | May 9, 2015 | Featured, Mindfulness, Secular Mindfulness, Thought for the Day
This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week focuses on mindfulness. What’s the connection between an ancient Buddhist practice and modern mental health needs? Thought for the Day 9/5/2015 In this election, for the first time, we heard calls from a mainstream...
by Vishvapani | Mar 23, 2015 | Practice, Reflections
Everything changes all the time: our bodies, other people and the world around us. In fact, change and impermanence are the fundamental realities of our lives. Change is often painful, so typically we resist it, and that can cause all sorts of problems. Mindfulness...
by Vishvapani | Dec 17, 2014 | Buddhism in the West, Featured, Mindfulness
I’d like to share news of a unique, project I’m involved in right now: The Mindfulness Initiative and the Mindfulness All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) in the UK parliament. I’m a Mindfulness Initiative Associate and part of a team editing APPG’s report called, A...
by Vishvapani | Aug 14, 2014 | Buddhism, Featured, Mindfulness, Thought for the Day
In the wake of Robin Williams’ suicide, we’re talking more about mental illness and distress. Here’s how mindfulness can help in working with difficult mental states Hearing the reflections around Robin Williams’ death, I wonder if we’re finally...
by Vishvapani | Apr 11, 2014 | Buddhism in the West, Mindfulness
The Wellbeing Economics All Party Parliamentary Group in the UK’s Westminster parliament had a meeting discussing mindfulness on 9th April 2014. Here’s my report; you can see an ‘official’ write-up here. I have just attended a meeting at the...
