Section I: Background
Chapter 1 What is mindfulness?
Chapter 2 Where does mindfulness come from?
Chapter 3 How does mindfulness work?
Chapter 4 Why practice mindfulness?
Section II: Practice
Chapter 5 Clarifying intention
Chapter 6 Finding your ground: The body scan practice
Chapter 7 Movement and stillness: Taking the practice into life
Chapter 8 Opening to experience: The sitting practice
Chapter 9 Weaving it in: Shorter mindfulness practices
Section III: Application
Chapter 10 Mindfulness in the mainstream
Chapter 11 Meeting the meta-crisis with mindfulness
Chapter 12 Beyond suffering and flourishing: How mindfulness meets the human condition
Biography
Sophie Sansom is Co-Director of the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice (CMRP) at Bangor University where she teaches on the master’s programme. She sits on the International Panel of Acknowledgement (IPA) for the European Association of Mindfulness-Based Approaches and is chair of the British Association of Mindfulness-Based Approaches (BAMBA).
David Shannon is a Senior Psychologist at St. Luke’s Radiation-Oncology Hospital, Dublin, with a special interest in the application of mindfulness in oncology and palliative care. He previously taught on and led the master’s programme at the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice (CMRP) at Bangor University.
Taravajra lives in Sussex and has a master's degree in mindfulness from Bangor University. He trains teachers in the English and Spanish-speaking worlds, locally with the Sussex Mindfulness Centre and internationally with the Mindfulness Network. He also guides mindfulness retreats. He is currently the UK member of the International Integrity Network (IMI).
