Today’s session of creative mindfulness “It’s in Your Hands” focused on women as a celebration of International Women’s Day. Our practice invited a mindful reflection on the hands of our female ancestors and how we have been touched by the hands of women in our lives. A mother, a grandmother, […]
The British Psychological Society commissioned a guide to mindfulness-based approaches for psychologists (clinical and applied). After many years of hard work, this document is now available. It was edited by Dr. Tamara Russell (Mindfulness Centre of Excellence Founder and Director) and Dr. Stuart Whomsley with contributions with many of the […]
Ten years ago this month, Mindfulness Centre Founder and Director Dr. Tamara Russell met with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the States of Consciousness – Traditional Knowledge meets Neuroscience Symposium in Brazil. The topic of this presentation was the importance of care for the carers, and the challenges faced […]
Honouring the traditions of both traditional and secular mindfulness training, one thing in this sector caught my eye …….just how little attention was given to difference. In the Body in Mind Training, we are committed to honouring difference. Different views, cognitive diversity, different approaches across multiple traditions and all the […]
Review your last 12 months with the Dragon Way to Mental Wealth methodology to get an overview of your emotional life and motivations in 2019. We work with the Green, Red and Blue dragons to help understand how life has left it’s mark on our mind/body/heart. Were you kind to […]
A fantastic line-up of speakers at the Scientific and Medical Network’s annual conference “Beyond the Brain 2020“. This group of pioneering scientists and consciousness explorers hold values very much in line with the Mindfulness Centre of Excellence. We are curious and open about the nature of matter and mind and […]
We are delighted to be partnering again with the wonderful Dragon Cafe for their new initiative offering on-line support to their patrons. Tamara Russell from the Mindfulness Centre of Excellence will be sharing over 8 sessions a creative exploration of our “dragons” – the movements of breath, body, blood, heart […]
We are passionate about mindful movement here at the Mindfulness Centre of Excellence. Both Co-Directors, Tamara Russell and Tony Langford are movement practitioners (martial arts and 5 Rhythms respectively). Several of our Brazilian Collaborative (Katya Stubing, Clarissa Alminhana, Sylvia Maria Affonso, Matheus Rhomero, Vitor Pordeus) also practice (and preach) the […]
The Heartfulness project took part in a recent series of events offering mental health support to the City of London. In a long-standing collaboration with The Dragon Cafe, Tamara Russell (with support from Dr. Maya Campbell) offered an exploration of a brain-based, holistic ways to help regulate emotions and take […]
Mindfulness starts with the body, both ancient and modern traditions agree. But which body in mind are we talking about? In our work at the Mindfulness Centre of Excellence we ground our exploration of mindfulness of the body in secular ways using neuroscience research as a guide. We respect the […]