Hi All

Welcome to our 2019 Autumn Newsletter collated to share with those interested in learning more about

mindfulness and deepening their practice opportunities. We also include information about Teacher

Training and Retreats to encourage all UK teachers to abide by Good Practice Guidelines for teaching

Mindfulness-based courses.

Please feel free to circulate this Newsletter to any of your friends, family and colleagues.

2019 Autumn Edition Lancashire Mindfulness CIC Newsletter

FREE MINDFULNESS

TASTER SESSIONS PRESTON - 7th September 2019 and 11th January 2020 11:00 to 13:00

Galloways Centre for the Blind, Penwortham. PR1 0LS

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT : admin@lancashiremindfulness.co.uk

No need to book just come along on the day.

FREE EVENTS for you to find out more about mindfulness-based approaches

and try some brief practices. Learn about the scientific evidence-base of

mindfulness-based approaches and hear our volunteers talk about their own

experiences of learning and using mindfulness.

Our next 8-week Mindfulness course with available places is: PRESTON Saturday 21st September, 2019

(poster attached) and Saturday 25th January 2020.

Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy course - (16 hours teaching, USB stick with all handouts and practices).

MBCT trainee placements and professional participant placements available on request.

Have you “mislaid” your daily mindfulness practice? Has it been squeezed out of your life?

Come on our next 8-week MBCT course as a “returning” practitioner.

Email Lisa for more information lisa.graham@lancashiremindfulness.co.uk

FREE ANNUAL Day of

Guided Mindfulness

Practice SUNDAY,

10am to 4pm

12th July 2020

This Day of Mindfulness practice can be accessed by those who have

completed an 8-week mindfulness course or similar established meditation

practice. FREE to those who have completed a Lancashire Mindfulness CIC 8-

week course, £25 for all other participants, to book a place contact Lisa at

lisa.graham@lancashiremindfulness.co.uk

2020 MBCT FOUNDATIONS

TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

PATHWAY

Starts Friday 24th April

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND FULL APPLICATION FORMS are now being

accepted for our 2020 Mindfulness (MBCT) Teacher Training Foundations

Course, our year-long teacher training pathway. For further information con-

tact Lisa. This MBCT Course follows the Oxford Mindfulness Centre MBCT

Training Guidelines. Lancashire Mindfulness CIC is a member organisation of

the UK Network for Mindfulness-based Teacher Training Organisations/British Association

of Mindfulness-Based Approaches (BAMBA).

STILL YOU: organised by Paddy Rafferty.

A practice day of mindfulness for therapists and healthcare professionals who

have attended an 8-week course LED BY MOKSHAJYOTI (MJ) at Friends

Meeting House, Manchester city centre this Saturday 7th September 10am to

4pm. See poster attached for more details.

Save the DATE

Sussex Mindfulness Newsletter: Wonderful interview transcipts with Steve

Hickman, the retired (by now!) Karunavira and unsung hero Ruth Sequeira

LINK do read this its lovely.

Sussex Mindfulness Conference: 25 October 2019

New Frontiers in Mindfulness-Based Approaches

A full day of practice sessions, keynote speakers and workshops at Friends

Meeting House in Brighton. £90, concessions apply to SMC teachers,

advocates and associates. For more information and to book a place, please

visit the Sussex Mindfulness Centre website LINK.

New FREE APP

Connected Breath

Just writing to let you know about a new project based around group

meditation called Connected Breath by Marc B. ACE introduction to

developing a practice. Try it at: http://www.connectedbreath.co

Reason why Marc built Connected Breath

He loves the feeling of group meditation: people intentionally slowing down

to breathe together and wanted to make that feeling accessible at any given

moment throughout the day.

Connected Breath has two unique aspects that have not seen in any other

meditation app:

1. Synchronize your breath with all users. When you start your

meditation session, your breathing cues will be synchronized with

everyone else currently meditating.

2. Daily group meditation offerings. Every day at 8:55pm, you will be

invited to participate in a large group meditation with potentially

hundreds of people in your time zone. It starts at 9pm.

Download the mobile app for free here:

Android:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phonegap.conne

ctedbreath

iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/connected-breath/id1166443182

My patients who experience severe and enduring mental health problems

really like this practice, very grounding (Lisa)

Thought Provokeing paper

by Jamie Bristow

A GREAT READ please share

As you may be aware, over recent months there have been some high-profile

articles criticising mindfulness training, mainly as a result of the publication of

McMindfulness by Ron Purser. This has inspired Jamie to write the piece

below, which has just been published by Open Democracy. If you have a

chance to read it, I hope you'll agree that it is bringing something new to the

debate.

Time for new thinking about mindfulness and social change - Jamie Bristow

Why paint inner development as a barrier to better systems? Amid so much

crisis and complexity, surely we need both.

As the original critique was so widely read, if you like my response then

sharing it would be very helpful. Here is my tweet:

@Jamiebristow Inner work alone won't bring collective evolution, but we can't

build better systems without developing hearts and minds.

Westminster Hour: The UK parliamentary mindfulness teaching programme

was featured on Sunday's BBC Radio 4 Westminster Hour. Over the last six

years, 240 parliamentarians and 450 staff have benefitted from the weekly

mindfulness classes, led by Chris Cullen from the Oxford Mindfulness Centre.

The class brings together politicians from across political divides, with MPs

from five different political parties practising collectively. Mindfulness

discussed at 43.05 minutes

Oxford Mindfulness Centre

Congratulations to Willem Kuyken now 'Sir John Ritblat Family

Foundation Professor Of Mindfulness and Psychological Science' LINK

Through the Oxford Mindfulness Centre (OMC) – established in 2008 within

the Department of Psychiatry – researchers combine ancient wisdom with

rigorous contemporary science to better understand the practice's potential

for improving health and wellbeing.

Willem Kuyken hosts forum with Headspace Co-Founder: Willem Kuyken,

OMC Director, hosted a discussion with Headspace Co-Founder Rich Pierson

at the Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Forum (OSEF) in a panel discussion that

covered a range of topics from Headspace’s extraordinary reach, to how it was

developed and the emerging science. It is a compelling interview and practice

on live TV, you can see it here.

For all those interested in mindfulness in schools:- Publication from the

MYRIAD Trial LINK

Oxford MBCT App is has been updated and is back in the Apple Store:

The OMC App for IOS devices has now been fully updated with the latest IOS

updates and is available in the Apple store.

Research on Mindfulness for students: The OMC continues to offer

Mindfulness classes to Staff and Students in many of the University of Oxford’s

colleges with uptake increasing each term. There is growing interest in

teaching mindfulness in the University sector. Read this topic of a recent

commentary by Anthony Seldon. The Finding Peace in a Frantic World

curriculum developed here in Oxford and taught to University students here

was evaluated by a team in Cambridge led Julieta Galante and paper

published in 2018 in Lancet Public Health. Read it more here.

Interested in partnering with us to introduce mindfulness to your Higher

Education establishments? Click here to tell us more.

Recent Publications from our OMC Research Colleagues:

Doing no harm in mindfulness-based programs: Conceptual issues and

empirical findings

Their work was covered in a news piece on mindfulness and depression

https://www.prohealth.com/library/depression-mindfulness-ancient-practice-

improves-mental-health-90756

“Soothing Your Heart And Feeling Connected: A New Experimental Paradigm

To Study The Benefits Of Self-Compassion.” A paper published with colleagues

at the University of Exeter received widespread media interest. You can read a

summary of the paper here, and download the paper here.

NEW MBI-TAC website, our colleagues at Bangor University have brought

together all the current resources on the MBI: TAC into one more accessible

location. Here you will find the research on the tool and advice on how to use

the tool in training, in supervision and for assessment.

NEW Good practice Guidelines and adaptations for using mindfulness-based

approaches with people who experience learning disabilities LINK

These guidelines were the result of collaborative effort with the CMRP, Mental

Health Foundation, Mindfulness teachers, Learning Disability researchers and

clinicians, and people with Learning Disabilities Click here.

We interviewed seven people with learning disabilities (and their supporters

and therapists) about what they thought about a mindfulness-informed

intervention they received for anger and aggressive behaviour. Four out of

seven participants said their anger had reduced, and they were better able to

live their lives after the intervention, for three people, the mindfulness

intervention had little impact. The article is published in Mindfulness, and is

open access. Download the article here for free

ACCESS MBCT

Zindel Segal looks back on the first year of ACCESS MBCT, considers how the

membership has grown, and looks ahead to plans for the website's future.

LINK

Oxford Mindfulness Centre

Mindfulness Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Psychology by Christina Feldman

and Willem Kuyken

In their recently published book, OMC Director, Willem Kuyken and leading

meditation teacher Christina Feldman explore how mindfulness promotes

psychological well-being. Using in-depth case examples and considering

mindfulness from its roots in Buddhism to its role in contemporary

psychology, the authors illustrate how and why mindfulness training can help

people move from distress and suffering to resilience and flourishing.

Order the book here using discount code GUIL3 (SAVE £4.40 on paperback

Question and Answer interview with Christina & Willem LINK

Mindful Magazine

A Mindful Pity Party: Meditating While Sick. Lovely insight on being sick and

practicing mindfulness LINK

How busy working parents can make time for mindfulness LINK

Greater Good: Berkley

PODCAST: A lesson in thanks and vulnerability LINK

Building emotional resilience: BRAIN FACTS - The brain I wish everyone knew

LINK

Quest Neuroscientists can read brain activity to predict decisions 11 seconds before

people act LINK, interesting link to memories in the development of PTSD.

World Happiness Report finds that people are feeling worse LINK

The Independent: Human’s aren’t meant to be happy LINK

Gratitude Expressing gratitude increases physical and mental health LINK

Three tips to incorporate gratitude into your life LINK

Action for Happiness THRIVE GLOBAL - Planting seeds to heal: The hidden benefits of gardening (I

call my own garden “my therapy room”) LINK

BeMindfulOnline.com

Waiting for an 8-week course or uncertain whether a mindfulness-based ap-

proach will be helpful. Why not try the Mental Health Foundation Online

Mindfulness course? Includes 10 interactive sessions delivered by Ed Halliwell

and Tessa Watt, includes five mindfulness audio meditation downloads and

costs only £30. Mobile and tablet ready.

Psychology Today The trouble with mindfulness LINK

1. Mindfulness is oversold

2. It’s researchers, clinicians and teachers are also fans so not

scientists

3. It can be used for narcissistic means

Food for thought!

Get Self-Help LINKS to Mindfulness handouts

PSYCHOLOGY TOOLS LINKS to Mindfulness handouts

Mindfulness APPS worthy

of your attention

In June 2019 Mindful staff offered a review of the best free apps at mind-

ful.org, see LINK: https://www.mindful.org/free-mindfulness-apps-worthy-of-

your-attention/ Willem Kuyken adds to this list Headspace and Plum Village.

They are not all fully free, some offer a free trial period, or quite limited access

to some free resources. Some, like Insight Timer, are really inclusive which

means anyone can upload content. This means you need to make your own

discernments about which teachers to select

New Action for Happiness

App

The app is like having a little personal action coach in your pocket who:

• Gives you friendly 'nudges' with a new action idea each day

• Sends you inspiring messages and images to give you a boost

• Helps you connect & share ideas with like-minded people

People are finding it really helpful and inspiring; for example, Jane said:

"I love it. The fact I get daily messages prompting me with the day's happiness

challenge and reminding me of good things is perfect"

Download the app for iOS & Android

Mindfulness in Politics and

Public Policy

Jamie Bristow explores the growing role of mindfulness in public life, including

national politicians taking part in mindfulness training (such as the 8-week

courses provided by the OMC in the UK Parliament). He examines the

increasing recognition among politicians and policy makers that mindfulness is

more than a targeted intervention for specific issues and that it could

contribute to the flourishing of society more broadly. LINK

Prime Ministers Questions

On February 13th, Theresa May responded to Mindfulness APPG Co-Chair

Chris Ruane at the weekly Prime Minister's Questions session in the UK

Parliament. Chris requested a cross-party meeting to discuss the implications

of the Mindful Nation UK report, following the conclusion of Brexit. While Mrs

May didn’t explicitly agree to a meeting, she welcomed the report and

congratulated the APPG, demonstrating awareness of Mindfulness-Based

Cognitive Therapy and recounting a discussion with a constituent on the

subject of mindfulness.

This exchange shows just how far mindfulness training has come in

Westminster – with audible support from politicians across both sides of the

house. Comments from the Speaker, John Bercow, represent the first time that

mindfulness practice has been linked publicly to a change in behaviour

amongst politicians.

New appointment of Education Policy Leads: Two appointees will share the

part-time role of Education Policy Lead for the Mindfulness Initiative. Eminent

academic and expert in mental, emotional and social health, Professor

Katherine Weare, and primary school teacher Adrian Bethune will collaborate

on a process of consultation and research to craft a strategy for mindfulness

policy development and advocacy.

Both Katherine and Adrian have recently published books on mindfulness and

education:

Happy teachers change the world: a guide for cultivating mindfulness in

education (Weare, 2017)

Wellbeing in the primary classroom: a practical guide to teaching

happiness (Bethune, 2018).

You can contact Katherine and Adrian directly:

katherine@mindfulnessinitiative.org.uk and

adrian@mindfulnessinitiative.org.uk.

Mindfulness and Yoga in Society All Party Parliamentary Groups:

Neurobiology of social connectedness. How mindfulness and yoga practice

may have implications for our underlying neurophysiology (Porges important

work) LINK

Discussion paper: Mindfulness and a more human-centred economy LINK

Mindfulness Retreats

Mindfulness Network CIC

Read the review of a recent

retreat by Jane (thanks xx)

MAIN WEBSITE: www.mindfulness-network.org SUPERVISION WEBSITE: www.mindfulness-supervision.org.uk TEACHER TRAINING WEBSITE: www.teach-mindfulness.org RETREATS WEBSITE: www.mindfulness-secular-retreats.org.uk COMPASSION WEBSITE: mindfulness-compassion.org.uk

RETREAT REVIEW by Jane Anderson (Lancashire Mindfulness trainee 2018, UK

Network registered teacher): I’m just back from a retreat that was held at

Ackworth School in Pontefract. The theme was the Four Foundations of

Mindfulness, looking at the Buddhist underpinnings to the 8 week course. It

was run by Alison Evans and Jake Dartington.

It was very good indeed, referencing where the principles link to the 8 week

course with specific references to MBCT and helped to deepen understanding

around the focus for each of the 8 sessions. I don’t know if it’s an annual

retreat but wanted to share the detail with you because it is aimed at relatively

new teachers and I think would be a great first retreat for your students.

Reasonably priced too. I’m guessing it will also align well too with Willem

Kuyken and Christina Feldmans book. My copy has arrived so looking forward

to reading it.

Vajraloka Retreats https://www.vajraloka.org Highly recommended by 2018 graduate trainee

Linda.

Holy Isle Retreats http://www.holyisle.org/courses/ , Highly recommended by 2017

graduate trainee Sara.

Yoga & Meditation Centre,

Dent, Cumbria

http://www.meditationcentre.co.uk/calendar/

Mindful Movement

Retreats with our lovely

colleague Sarah Silverton

I’m planning to attend Sarah’s retreat next April 2020. Sarah is a very

experienced mindfulness teacher and trainer based in North Wales, to

see more details go to her website:

www.sarahsilvertonmindfulness.co.uk, www.thepresentcourses.org

Manjushri Kadampa

Meditation Centre

http://manjushri.org/ Conishead Priory, Ulverston, Cumbria LA12 9QQ.

Highly recommended by two of our 2018 trainees Mandy and Jane.

Gaia House LINK

10 Reasons a Meditation Retreat is like Rock Music LINK

Mindfulness Research

You know how much I enjoy emotion-focussed research, this meta-analysis

further supports Lisa Feldman-Barrett’s work that variation in physical

responses to emotions are the norm LINK

How well does MBCT translate into real world healthcare - What happens

when mindfulness-based cognitive therapy moves into real-world national

health services? A new paper pooling data from 5 UK NHS services suggests

MBCT is acceptable and effective and that services are able to adapt it to meet

their needs LINK

A new study conducted at the Universities of Exeter and Oxford suggests that

mindfulness self-compassion practices improve mood and feelings of

connection. They also uniquely reduced arousal and increased parasympathetic

activation compared to the control conditions. This suggests that self-

compassion may play an important and very particular role in emotion

regulation. Further details of the study can be found on the University of

Exeter website.

LINK

The benefits of mindfulness-based programs are well documented, but the

potential for harm has not been comprehensively studied. Professor Ruth Baer

et al. discuss what we know about the safety of mindfulness and what further

research is needed LINK

Mindfulness training strengthens the connections between brain networks for

attention and mind wandering LINK, paper

UK Network of

Mindfulness-based Teacher

Training Organisations

The yearly meeting of UK Network Teacher Training Organisations provided a

wonderful opportunity to develop a range of work streams. The most

important news is the UK Network will become a legal organisation

British Association of Mindfulness-based Approaches (BAMBA).

Other work streams include an equality and diversity working group, a visibility

and marketing working group, the evidence-base for new programmes

working group, external partnerships working group and the setting up of

BAMBA working group.

I hope to report back to you on the work of these working groups over the

next few years.

The new convenor for BAMBA is Tim Sweeney, lead of MBCT services and

training in Nottinghamshire.

A great article aimed at

clarifying lots of questions

regarding mindfulness and

Buddhism

A Mindful Balance: LINK

What did the Buddha really mean by “mindfulness?” B. Alan Wallace describes

how misunderstanding the term can have implications for your practice.

Thich Nhat Hanh, the Buddhist monk who introduced mindfulness to the West,

prepares to die March 18, 2019 10.46am GMT: LINK

Monthly News Summaries: Mindfulness in the News - May 2019 (hover over article to locate link)

Health

What Are You Willing To Do For Perfect Sleep? - Yahoo News

Five Ways Self-Awareness Can Save Your Life - Psychology Today

A Neuroscientist Explains How Mindfulness Can Help Prevent Overeating - PopSugar

Mindfulness as the Next Public Health Revolution - Psychology Today

Pain, Addiction, Depression, Anxiety

How Mindfulness Can Ease Anxiety - Psychology Today

Mindfulness and Stress: A Tale of Mutual Consequences - Psychology Today

Mindfulness Exercises Lessen Stress, Anxiety Symptoms Among Caregivers of Veterans, Study Shows -

Parkinson's News Today

Pop Culture & Lifestyle

The faux revolution of mindfulness - Open Democracy

Yakult Honsha gets UK consumers to breathe in mindfulness AR campaign - Just Drinks

Unlocking your Emotions to Achieve the SDGs: Mindfulness & Meditation in Government - UN Academic

Impact

Finding a Jewish path to mindfulness - The Jewish Chronicle

Best mindfulness and meditation books - ShortList

Edinburgh church invites people to take a pew for five minutes of mindfulness - Scotsman

Is This Dynamic Ruining Your Romantic Relationship? - Psychology Today

Mindfulness Is Much More Than Meditation - Psychology Today

Kids, Education

Welcome to the mindfulness retreat for burned-out teachers - TES

Schools of thought: can mindfulness lessons boost child mental health? - The Guardian

The Tes Podcast: Sats, academies and mindfulness - TES

Stressed-out students are given the chance to chill - Border Telegraph

Conservative legal group challenges 'mindfulness' in schools - UPI

Neuroscience, Mindfulness and Holistic Wellness Reflections on Interconnectivity in Teaching and Learning -

Springer Link

Two thirds of parents say their primary children experience anxiety over school life - The Sunday Post

Three-quarters of primary teachers say pupils anxious about school - TES

The debate over yoga and mindfulness in schools - Philly Voice

Are yoga and mindfulness in schools religious? - The Durango Herald

Can mindfulness training make young kids better students? - Fast Company

Manchester Arena bomb survivor made mindfulness ambassador - BBC News

3 fun mindfulness exercises for kids - Aetna

Well-Being Of School Staff 'Dramatically Improving' Through Plant-Based Eating And Mindfulness Program -

Plant Based News

Workplace

Why neuroscientist Tara Swart recommends 12 minutes of mindfulness a day - Yahoo News

Driving Inclusion Through Mindfulness - Bloomburg

Mindfulness and Mastery at Work - TD Magazine

Dentons pilots behavioural health program - The Global Legal Post

3 mindfulness exercises to try when you feel overwhelmed - The Enterprisers Project

Mindfulness for trainers: silencing the inner critic - Training Zone

Sport

Listen now Mindfulness: Andy Puddicombe Don’t Tell Me The Score How to use mindfulness to thrive in sport

and life - BBC Radio4

Digital & Tech

Borderlands 3 Amara skill tree: Get your first look at the next Siren's abilities - Games Radar

Illuminating “Moment Pebble” Smashes Kickstarter Goal - eTeknix

Ripon mum helps create unique wellbeing app - StrayFM

How Mindfulness Can Free Us from Our Social Media Tribes - Tricycle

Science & Research

Effects of a Stress Management Training Program With Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction - Healio

Quitting starts in the brain: a randomized controlled trial of app-based mindfulness shows decreases in neural

responses to smoking cues that predict reductions in smoking - PubMed

5 Ways Mindfulness Practice Positively Changes Your Brain - Psychology Today

Mindfulness and Self-Compassion in Clinical Psychiatric Rehabilitation: a Clinical Trial - Springer Link

4-H Mindfulness - eScholarship

Mindfulness and Religiosity/Spirituality as Protecting Factors for Internalizing Symptoms Associated with

Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Moderated Moderation Model - East Tennessee University

Monthly News Summaries: Mindfulness in the News - April 2019

Health

Mindfulness Yoga May Reduce Anxiety, Depression in Parkinson’s Patients - Parkinson's News Today

How Mindfulness Can Enhance Intimate Relationships - Psychology Today

Pain, Addiction, Depression, Anxiety

How mindfulness helped one woman battle opioids - WHYY

How Mindfulness Can Reshape Negative Thought Patterns - Psychology Today

U.S. Leads in the Worldwide Anxiety Epidemic - Psychology Today

Pop Culture & Lifestyle

The Trouble with Mindfulness - Psychology Today

Mindfulness meditation in America has a capitalism problem - VOX

Overlooked No More: S.N. Goenka, Who Brought Mindfulness to the West - The New York Times

Stop forcing your mindfulness on me - Fast Company

Trend for mindfulness magazines continues - Better Retailing

Download Festival to debut mindfulness programme - BT

Download Festival launches mindfulness programme for 2019 - Event Industry News

Download Festival announces mindfulness initiative Mind The Dog for 2019 edition - NME

Kids, Education

The Deception of Buddhist-Based Mindfulness in Our Schools and the Dangers It Poses - African Centre for

Law and Justice

Can mindfulness help stressed teachers stay in the classroom? - PBS

Future of Mindfulness research at Oxford secured with new professorship - Oxford Mindfulness Centre

Schools asked to take a 'mindful moment' to raise money for mental health - TES

Jewish mental health activist to spearhead ‘world’s largest mindfulness lesson’ - Jewish News

Workplace

The healing power of mindfulness meditation - The Jakarta Post

Why Mindfulness Is a Must-Have Mental Skill - Entrepreneur

Dubai Business Women Council hosts Women's Health and Wellbeing Conference April 25 - ZAWYA

Sport

Rory McIlroy driven by meditation and mindfulness in pursuit of Masters 2019 glory - The Telegraph

Digital & Tech

How capitalism captured the mindfulness industry - The Guardian

Science & Research

Mindfulness-based stress reduction for women with breast cancer - Cochrane Review

Scoping Review of Mindfulness Research: a Topic Modelling Approach - Springer Link

For Busy Medical Students, Studying Meditation for Two Hours May Be Just as Beneficial as Longer Course -

Rutgers Today

Monthly News Summaries: Mindfulness in the News - March 2019

Health

Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence: Mindfulness practices can significantly upgrade your internal

operating system - Psychology Today

Mindfulness-based stress reduction for women with breast cancer - Cochrane

Here's How Mindfulness Can Help Stress & The Way You Deal With It, According To Science - Elite

Women’s Wellness: Mindfulness may ease menopausal symptoms - Mayo Clinic

How to Boost Brain Power in the Blink of an Eye - Psychology Today

Pain, Addiction, Depression

'I was scared of my own thoughts' - Irish MMA fighter on suicide attempts after he was 'tormented' by his

mental health - Irish News

Mindfulness could be a key to recovering from substance abuse, experts say - MedicalXpress

Depression And Mindfulness: The Ancient Practice That Improves Mental Health - Pro Health

The Couch and the Cushion: Why Mindfulness is No Substitute for Therapy - Tricycle

Pop Culture & Lifestyle

Brexit Uncertainty Helping Fuel The Rise Of Mindfulness, Says Headspace Co-Founder Andy Puddicombe -

HuffPost

Mindfulness Can Have A Positive Impact On Body Image, A New Study Reveals - Bustle

Five Simple Ways to Start Communicating More Mindfully - Psychology Today

This is why mindfulness isn't working for you - MashableUK

Study finds mindful people are happier with their sex life - PsyPost

Mindfulness is not a fad. Try it. - The Boston Globe

Smartphone mindfulness app may help curb loneliness - Reuters

Mindfulness at Knifepoint - Tricycle

Kids, Education

Discounter supermarkets, Pension battles, Mindfulness, Typewriters - BBC Radio 4 You and Yours

Global Trend: Mindfulness in Schools Is the U.S. falling behind? - Psychology Today

Movement And Breathing Breaks Help Students Stay Focused On Learning - KQED News

Meditation should be taught in school - WexfordPeople.ie

Woman slams schools for creating ‘self-soothing sissies’ through mindfulness - Startsat60

Teach happiness to help pupils avoid a behaviour meltdown - TES

First for Belfast school as pupils complete six-week mindfulness programme - The Irish News

Will the Pupil Equity Fund close the attainment gap? - The Herald

B.C. university to offer first graduate program on mindfulness in Canada - The Columbia Valley Pioneer

Teaching Children Mindfulness - PsychCentral

Workplace

MPs urged to take up yoga to improve decision-making skills - Express & Star

Mobile Mental Health Apps: Employers Need to be Mindful of Legal Traps When Offering Telemental Health

Benefits - Lexology

5 Tips for Incorporating Mindfulness into Your Legal Practice - The Recorder

Why every nurse should practice mindfulness (and how) - Atlanta News

Fatchurofi finds mindfulness influences his illustrations - It's Nice That

Can Mindfulness Improve Workplace Well-Being? A comprehensive literature review shows the benefits of

mindfulness at work - Psychology Today

Using Mindfulness To Infinitely Increase Your Capacity At Work - 15Five

Why More Companies Are Cultivating a Culture of Mindfulness - Forbes

The Real Reason Leaders Need Mindfulness - Forbes

Gilson Gray mindful of staff wellbeing - Scottish Legal News

Sport

Nick Foles agrees to new deal ... with Lululemon (and talks about mindfulness) - Yahoo Sport

Armed Forces and Emergency Services

VETERANS Helped By Erskine Partnership With Complementary Therapy Students - Inverclyde Now

Mindfulness training improves well-being, resiliency in medical students - Healio Psychiatric Annals

Research

Are We Being Mindless About Mindfulness? Mindfulness hype has out-paced mindfulness science -

Psychology Today

Different Types Of Meditation Change Different Areas Of The Brain, Study Finds - Forbes

Doing no harm in mindfulness-based programs: Conceptual issues and empirical findings - Science Direct

Dispositional mindfulness attenuates the emotional attentional blink - Science Direct

Running too far ahead? Towards a broader understanding of mindfulness in organisations - Science Direct

Mindfulness and sustainability: correlation or causation? - Science Direct

Study will gauge impact of smartphone on memory and focus - Pharmaphorum

New study suggests meditating on emptiness might be better than mindfulness - Lion's Roar

Digital & Tech

Samsung Health is getting a wellness section to track your stress levels - Trusted Reviews

Do we need an ‘app’ for mindfulness? - Computer Weekly

Brain training: Could gaming become the new mindfulness? - Yahoo Finance

Science & Research

How Neuroscience Can Help Your Kid Make Good Choices Learning self-regulation will set up your child for

success in life - Mindful

Monthly News Summaries: Mindfulness in the News - December 2018 & January 2019

Health

WGS 2019: Mental Health Issues Can be Prevented from Becoming the Next Global Health Epidemic - Global

heavyweights outline key steps to protect wellbeing, mindfulness, psychotherapy at WGS - Thomson Reuters,

ZAWYA

Mindfulness-based stress reduction may help ease chronic pain - mindfulness as effective as CBT in relieving

chronic pain - Reuters

Mindfulness Could Be a Powerful Painkiller - New research shows the potential of mindfulness for

relieving chronic pain, article by Danny Penman - Psychology Today

Mindfulness a ‘promising option’ for easing chronic pain says new study - Can mindfulness help with

pain control in chronic illnesses? - Yahoo! News

Study says ‘Older people need better access to psychological therapies’ - Older people are far more

likely to be prescribed drugs than psychological therapies - PharmaTimes online

Pop Culture & Lifestyle

VitalityHealth launches 'comprehensive' mental health package - Logging mindfulness sessions can

reduce your health insurance premiums - Professional Advisor

Vitality targets mental health with latest launch - Financial Times Advisor

Sales of wellness magazines increase four-fold as they close the book on celebrity-led, fad-diet cul-

ture - Is this a signif icant shift in focus in this areas of our popular culture? - Response Source

The Culture of Toddlerhood Why is growing up so hard to do? - what is the culture of toddlerhood,

and can mindfulness help us grow up? - Psychology Today

We don’t yet fully understand what mindfulness is, but this is what it’s not - The Conversation

Kids, Education

Mindfulness in schools 'isn't just kids sitting cross-legged' - TES, Mindfulness is often misunder-

stood, suggests Adrian Bethune – but its benef its should not be underestimated

Thousands of school children to practice mindfulness and meditation in a bid to improve mental

health - new study led by the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, in partnership

with University College London - Yahoo! News

Mindfulness lessons will teach pupils to be happy - Metro

81% students satisf ied in life: Dubai wellbeing census results announced by KHDA - Thomson Reu-

ters ZAWYA

5 Ways You And Your Child Can Be Mindful Together - Practice mindfulness together - Rights Info,

Human Rights News, Views & Info

What is mindfulness? - short video from BBC Newsround - Newsround, CBBC

Mrs. T's top tips on mindfulness - Newsround, CBBC

Therapy turtle, relaxation station helping kids with mindfulness - with more children seemingly expe-

riencing anxiety at younger ages, this mindfulness program is helping scholl children tackle anxiety

and stress - CBC Radio Canada

Criminal Justice

Gwen Adshead on treating the minds of violent offenders - Forensic Psychotherapist Professor Gwen

Adshead works with violent offenders who are detained in prisons and in secure NHS hospitals, like

Broadmoor. (Discusses MBCT from 24:35 onwards) - The Life Scientif ic, BBC Sounds

Science & Research

How mindfulness meditation works — and changes the brain's architecture - the neuroscience of

mindfulness - ABC News

The effects of mindfulness training on su icide ideation among left‐behind children in China: A ran‐

domized controlled trial - Wiley Online Library

Digital & Tech

Mindfulness training app cuts loneliness and isolation - Can apps really help us connect with people

offline? - Futurity

Learn How to Practice Mindfulness at Work for Less Than $40 - Entrepreneur Europe

Best meditation apps 2019: Free mindfulness apps, guided meditations and calming music to reduce

stress and anxiety - overview of mindfulness apps - Evening Standard

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