Mindfulness and Mental Health

Mindfulness and Mental Health

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...
Launch of Mindful Nation UK : Interim Report of the Mindfulness All Party Parliamentary Group (MAPPG)

Launch of Mindful Nation UK : Interim Report of the Mindfulness All Party Parliamentary Group (MAPPG)

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...
When We Suffer We Need Calm, Perspective and Kind Words

When We Suffer We Need Calm, Perspective and Kind Words

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...
All Things Considered: Mindfulness (BBC Radio Wales)

All Things Considered: Mindfulness (BBC Radio Wales)

by Vishvapani | Jun 23, 2014 | Audio & Video, Interviews & Discussion Programmes

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...
Eye on Wales: on Mindfulness

Eye on Wales: on Mindfulness

by Vishvapani | Jun 17, 2014 | Featured, Interviews & Discussion Programmes

This 30 minute current affairs programme explores mindfulness, featuring Vishvapani and two of his former students Listen now:    
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