We are a global community exploring the potential for secular mindfulness training and practice to contribute to more sustainable, caring and socially just societies. We believe the human capacity for mindful awareness is vital for effective responses to social, economic and environmental challenges; and that mindfulness practice, courses and communities need to be responsive to the social and political context of individual stress, wellbeing and change.
The network is open to anyone who is a mindfulness practitioner and interested or engaged in work to address social, economic and/or environmental challenges. When you join you gain access to our online community hub where you can take part in online discussions, search for like-minded people, download and upload resources, get invites to network webinars, events and training courses, and be part of a growing international community.
Mindfulness can help us to discern, interrupt and transform power differentials and biases. By Beth Berila. First published in openDemocracy’s Transformation section. According to Ronald Purser, mindfulness can be transformative when it helps people “connect the dots between their personal…
Mindfulness is a powerful resource for radical transformation and dismantling oppressive structures. By Gee and Paula Haddock. First published in openDemocracy’s Transformation section. A lot has been written recently about how mindfulness can serve the social reproduction of capitalism. CEO’s…
Read More Don’t wait for the future of mindfulness – it’s already here
We need a new praxis of spiritual and political liberation that isn’t muted by the weak balm of self-improvement. By Ronald Purser. First published in openDemocracy’s Transformation section. “True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the…
Mindfulness has huge potential in transforming education, but not if it’s only used as stress relief for students. By David Forbes. First published in openDemocracy’s Transformation section. “Our children need mindfulness in schools,” Brooklyn’s Borough President and mindfulness enthusiast, Eric…
Read More The need for critical social mindfulness in schools
Why paint inner development as a barrier to better systems? Amid crisis and complexity we need both. By Jamie Bristow. First published in openDemocracy’s Transformation section. I was working for the climate change campaign 10:10 around the time that NGOs…
Read More Time for new thinking about mindfulness and social change
Improving democratic governance is a challenge that goes way beyond cultivating calm and compassion. By Rachel Lilley and Mark Whitehead. First published in openDemocracy’s Transformation section. The widespread use of mindfulness to deal with anxiety, depression and a lack…
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