A discussion programme on mindfulness and its relation to religion on BBC Radio Wales. The contributors are:
Vishvapani
Rebecca Crane: Director of the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at Bangor University
Father Roger Dawson: a Jesuit priest and Director of St Beuno’s Jesuit Retreat House for Ignatian spirituality, and also a Clinical Psychologist.
Baroness Ilora Finlay: an expert in palliative medicine who attends the parliamentary mindfulness sessions.
(27 Minutes)
I’m a writer and teacher of Buddhism, mindfulness and meditation based in Cardiff, UK and a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order. My biography of the Buddha was published in 2011
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