Meditation Inspiration

Dr Sophie Sansom is a senior lecturer and lead at Centre for Mindfulness Practice and Research (CMRP) in Bangor, Wales. She also plays key roles in many other mindfulness teacher training organisations in the UK included The Mindfulness Network and The Oxford Mindfulness Foundation. Sophie shares stories, wisdom and reflections on topics such as: Her first meditation experiences as a teenager in a...

In episode 11, I am joined by meditation teacher, Nottingham Trent law lecturer and solicitor Paulo Karat. Paulo generously shares his journey from mindfulness sceptic to mindfulness teacher following a mental health crisis in his early 40s alongside many more topics such as... How mindfulness practice supported Paulo’s journey from depression to wellness.  Mindful movement as a gateway to stiller...

In this episode, I have the huge pleasure of talking to my teacher and supervisor, Vici Williams. She shares her wisdom from her 25 years of committed practice and her 16 years of teaching. Vici takes us on an adventure from her childhood in Cornwall, to practicing yoga in her twenties, to her first contact with Buddhism travelling in India and Nepal in the early 1990s, to her her meetings with th...

In episode 9, I talk to the wonderful Shell Wherry from Cornwall. Shell was a participant on an online MBSR course I ran back in May/June 2023 and has also completed an MBSR course with Exeter University. Shell generously shares her wisdom on the power of pausing mindfully in the face of difficult conversations and in the midst of breathing struggles resulting from Long Covid. In this episode we c...

In this episode, mindfulness teacher and writer Ed Halliwell, shares with us how learning to meditate was transformative in supporting his recovery from a long period of anxiety and depression.  Ed has now been practicing mindfulness for over 20 year, has been teaching Mindfulness-Based Courses for 13 years and is the author of three books. He brings his insights from this wealth of experience to...

In episode 7, I speak to my dear friend, colleague and peer Jennifer Hannibal of Mental Hygiene with Jen. Jen teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in the local community in Cornwall in the UK and will be going into her fifth and final year of the Masters of Mindfulness Teaching program at Bangor University in September. In this episode we cover themes such as: How Jen first learnt about medi...

Today's episode is a little different. The show host Katie Austin will be talking about a topic close to her heart. This is an episode for anyone who has ever thought that their mind is just too busy to meditate. In this episode you will learn: - You don't have to clear your mind of all thoughts to be "good" at meditation. - What Jon Kabat-Zinn's operational definition of min...

Introducing our fourth guest, mindfulness teacher, certified coach and founder of The Manchester Mindfulness Festival, Christoph Spiessens. It was a true joy to chat to Christoph about how he first made contact with mindfulness and how mindfulness meditation supports his wellbeing. We cover many topics such as: How mindfulness has been the bedrock of Christoph learning how to to befriend and manag...

Martine Bachelor is one of the most impactful teachers that I have had the privilege of being taught by. In her twenties, Martine ordained as a Buddhist Nun in a monastery in Korea, where she stayed for ten years, before moving to the UK in her thirties with her husband Steven Bachelor. Her teachings are accessible, practical and full of lightness and humour and in this episodes she shares on many...

In episode 3, I have a beautiful conversation with mindfulness mediation teacher and teacher trainer Trish Bartley, where she shares practical advice and wisdom around how to bring mindfulness into our lives to support our mood and relationships with others and the world we live in.  Trish specialises in teaching mindfulness-based courses to people with cancer. When she was training to teach mindf...

In this episode, I have the absolute pleasure of introducing my very first guest Professor Rebecca Crane, who is the Director of The Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice (CMRP) at Bangor University in Wales in the UK. Rebecca played a leading role in the development of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and has many years of experience training mindfulness teachers on the Mindfulne...

Welcome to Meditation Inspiration! This podcast is here to inspire you with stories from meditators from around the world, to either start a meditation practice or to keep one going. I will be asking people what inspired them to begin meditating and what inspires them to keep going. And we are generally going to have a good old chinwag about all things meditation, mindfulness and how these practic...