The Oxford Mindfulness Podcast

Join us as we host Mark Williams to offer a taste of his new course which has been developed for those who have already completed a mindfulness course and want to explore mindfulness more deeply. Week by week, we will focus on attention and reactivity, with special emphasis on ‘feeling tone’. Feeling tone is the moment-by-moment evaluation of whether any contact with mind or body feels pleasant, u...

Andy Phee and Ee Lin Ong offer a recap of sessions 1, 2 & 3 in this series of taster sessions from Frame by Frame, a new mindfulness course developed by Mark Williams, which will deepen and support an existing mindfulness practice. 

We were delighted to welcome Trudy Goodman and Jack Kornfield for our June keynote. Keeping with the theme of Mark Williams' series, Trudy and Jack speak about 'The freedom of knowing how you feel'. Trudy Goodman, PhD, is the founding teacher of InsightLA and cofounder of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. She has taught at universities and retreat centres worldwide for 25 years. Jack...

Join us as we host Mark Williams to offer a taste of his new course which has been developed for those who have already completed a mindfulness course and want to explore mindfulness more deeply. Week by week, we will focus on attention and reactivity, with special emphasis on ‘feeling tone’. Feeling tone is the moment-by-moment evaluation of whether any contact with mind or body feels pleasant, u...

Join us as we host Mark Williams to offer a taste of his new course which has been developed for those who have already completed a mindfulness course and want to explore mindfulness more deeply. Week by week, we will focus on attention and reactivity, with special emphasis on ‘feeling tone’. Feeling tone is the moment-by-moment evaluation of whether any contact with mind or body feels pleasant, u...

In this episode we are joined by Philippe Goldin, associate professor at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis, where he teaches, conducts research and mentors students in the areas of health promotion, clinical psychology and cognitive-affective neuroscience. He has worked as a consultant for Google in Mountain View, Calif., and is a founder of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership...

For our April keynote session, we were joined by Professor Megan Reitz. This keynote explored the choices we all make around speaking up or staying silent. These choices are mediated through our perceptions of power. We ‘label’ ourselves and others (for example, job title, department, age, gender, ethnicity, academic background) and each of these labels conveys status (or not) depending on the con...

Throughout this Frame by Frame taster series we hosted Mark Williams to offer a taste of his new course, developed for those who have already completed a mindfulness course and want to explore mindfulness more deeply. Week by week, we focused on attention and reactivity, with special emphasis on ‘feeling tone’. Feeling tone is the moment-by-moment evaluation of whether any contact with mind or bod...

Ancient wisdom and contemporary psychological science identify habitual reactivity as the source of much of the suffering, stress and distress in which it’s so easy to become entangled midst life’s ups and downs. Although our immediate reactions may arise from self-protective instincts, they often obscure our clear seeing of situations, amplifying and prolonging difficulty through over-thinking, r...

This episode of the Mindfulness in the Workplace podcast series features Megan Reitz. Megan is a facilitator, teacher, speaker, executive coach, researcher and author dedicated to exploring and finding ways to improve the way we interact with one another in the workplace. Working at the intersection of leadership, change, dialogue and mindfulness, she has presented her research to audiences throug...

Dr Lee’s talk discusses compassion and trauma, and includes some mindfulness practices that explore compassion. If you are going through a challenging time or have a history of trauma, please consider carefully if this is the right time to listen to this podcast.

This episode of the Mindfulness in the Workplace podcast series features Michelle Maldonado. Michelle is a former corporate lawyer and business leader who understands diverse industry sectors, mission, and service. She is passionate about learning, helping elevate human consciousness and alleviating suffering in the world. Her work focuses on personal and professional leadership development at the...

Our Wednesday evening mindfulness sessions are supporting people in extending and deepening their mindfulness practice. We continue our series of podcasts based on the Mindfulness: Taking it Further course curriculum with this episode "Mindfulness for Life, For Life". These sessions will typically feature a talk and a guided practice session. This episodes practice is approximately 20 minutes long...

Our Wednesday evening mindfulness sessions are supporting people in extending and deepening their mindfulness practice. We continue our series of podcasts based on the Mindfulness: Taking it Further course curriculum with this episode "Cool Head, Warm Heart". These sessions will typically feature a talk and a guided practice session. This episodes practice is approximately 20 minutes long. 

Our Wednesday evening mindfulness sessions are supporting people in extending and deepening their mindfulness practice. We continue our series of podcasts based on the Mindfulness: Taking it Further course curriculum with this episode "Responding, Not Reacting". These sessions will typically feature a talk and a guided practice session. This episodes practice is approximately 20 minutes long. 

As a Member of the UK Parliament for 20 years between 1997 and 2019, working with the University of Oxford Mindfulness Centre, Chris Ruane introduced mindfulness to 280 politicians and 450 members of their staff. With the Mindfulness Initiative, he has also helped to establish parliamentary practices in 10 other parliaments around the world. He is currently a trustee at the University of Oxford Mi...

Ted Meissner talks about the key benefits that come from the social aspect of participating in a live online course vs watching recorded learning material. Ted created the UMass Medical School Center for Mindfulness MBSR live online program, is a Certified MBSR Teacher, offers occasional Masterclasses for Oxford Mindfulness Centre and is the Executive Director of Mindfulness Practice Center. 

The recording of our March keynote where we were delighted to be joined by David Treleaven PhD. David is currently a visiting scholar at Brown University and has worked with a number of organizations to bring Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness to their staff and programs.

Our Wednesday evening mindfulness sessions are supporting people in extending and deepening their mindfulness practice. We continue our series of podcasts based on the Mindfulness: Taking it Further course curriculum with our seventh episode "Attitudes of Mindfulness - Befriending". The next session will be "Perspective - Standing Back and Seeing Anew". These sessions will typically feature a talk...

In this episode of our Mindfulness in The Workplace podcast series, Michael Chaskalson talks to our CEO Sharon Hadley about the importance of gaining a real understanding of the culture of the organisation that you will be working in when teaching mindfulness in the workplace. Amongst many other fascinating insights, he also discusses the different approach required for delivering mindfulness trai...

Our Wednesday evening mindfulness sessions are supporting people in extending and deepening their mindfulness practice. We continue our series of podcasts based on the Mindfulness: Taking it Further course curriculum with our sixth episode "Our Reactivity to Stress and Difficulty". The next session will be "Attitudes of Mindfulness". These sessions will typically feature a talk and a guided practi...

Our Wednesday evening mindfulness sessions are supporting people in extending and deepening their mindfulness practice. We continue our series of podcasts based on the Mindfulness: Taking it Further course curriculum with our fifth episode "The Landscape of Our Bodies and Minds". These sessions will typically feature a talk and a guided practice session. This episodes practice is approximately 20...

Florian Ruths, Consultant Psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital in London talks about the mindfulness programme that he has developed for those that work in healthcare settings. Florian has published in the areas of MBCT, anxiety and depression. He and his colleague, Stirling Moorey, have been delivering MBCT courses for patients with chronic depression and anxiety for 15 years. He has also develo...

Our Wednesday evening mindfulness sessions are supporting people in extending and deepening their mindfulness practice. We continue our series of podcasts based on the Mindfulness: Taking it Further course curriculum with our fourth episode "Appreciating the Life You Have". The next session will be "The Landscape of Our Bodies and Minds". These sessions will typically feature a talk and a guided p...

The recording of our February keynote where we were delighted to be joined by Dr Ron Siegel, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School.