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Taming the wild horses (and opening the heart)
Paul Johanson writes about secular and contemplative practices that can release us from our habitual drive towards suffering.
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Trauma-informed and effective mindfulness teaching
This workshop draws on clinical research and lived experience to work with trauma in mindfulness-based work. What is covered? This training will enable you to identify signs of trauma in your participants and provide practical ways of helping participants manage it. It will help you understand what challenges and adaptations you may need to make to your standard teaching to help support people with trauma histories. We approach the training from different perspectives: clinicians working in the field of trauma, researchers discussing the evidence base for what we know is effective, and service users sharing their experience of what worked…
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Pause for Peace at 9pm! Join us for 15 minutes from 10 November
Pause for Peace at 9pm any evening from 10 November until 21 December 2025. The event will include an experiential shared meditation using guided peace intentions.
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It’s all about love! The inspiration behind our compassion retreat
Robert Marx reflects on his vision for the silent retreat, Opening the Heart, he is co-leading with Paul Johanson in February 2026.
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Compassionate Leadership Training programme shows great promise in delivering meaningful changes
We looked at the effectiveness of Compassionate Leadership Training (CLT) on improving the wellbeing and compassion of NHS leaders
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Leading with compassion: Transforming workplace culture
Robert Marx, co-lead for the Sussex Mindfulness Centre gives a talk on “Leading with Compassion: Transforming Workplace Culture” for BAMBA’s next Mindful Workplace Community event. Mindfulness and compassion-based interventions can be transformative for individuals, but lasting change requires a systemic approach. Shifting an organisation’s culture often begins with its leaders. In this event, you will:✔️ Understand some key principles underlying compassionate leadership.✔️ Have a sense of the core components and structure of the SMC Compassionate Leadership Training.✔️ Experience some compassionate leadership practices that you can use in your work.✔️ Feel inspired to develop these ideas in your organisations and workplaces.…