by Vishvapani | Jan 30, 2015 | Featured, Secular Mindfulness, Thought for the Day
Our Criminal Justice System is under pressure and failing to stop reoffending. As Vishvapani is learning through working in this field, mindfulness and Buddhist principles offer the basis of an alternative approach This week the Scottish government announced that it’s...
by Vishvapani | Jan 28, 2015 | Featured, Secular Mindfulness
Mindfulness teaching is becoming a profession. As interest grows exponentially, much is being asked of a grass-roots movement. How can mindfulness teaching retain its integrity, avoid the pitfalls of professionalisation? In the late-1950s my father trained at The...
by Vishvapani | Jan 15, 2015 | Featured, Secular Mindfulness
The Mindfulness All Party Parliamentary Group (MAPPG) launched its interim report on Wednesday 14th January in the UK’s Westminster parliament, with proposals for how public policy can help make Britain a more ‘Mindful Nation’. Lord Richard Layard, the leading...
by Vishvapani | Nov 21, 2013 | Buddhism, Featured, Mindfulness, Practice
The criticisms that can be legitimately levelled at Mindfulness Based Approaches boil down to a single issue: the entire mindfulness movement is based around eight-week courses. Teachers of secular mindfulness, along with others such as Buddhists, need to face this...
