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Meet the Team

Hello

I'm James

I am a General Practitioner working across East Sussex. My three young children keep me busy outside of work but my meditation practice keeps me sane.

 

My meditation practice has been an invaluable resource for me over the years. I am interested in meditation from a psychological and Buddhist perspective. In 2016 I published a review of digital mindfulness interventions.

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I have found innumerable benefits from my fifteen years of meditation practice but if I had to pick out three themes they would be:

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Equanimity. Being able to live within life's vicissitudes without feeling as overwhelmed as I used to.

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Compassion. An improved sensitivity and ability to respond to suffering in myself and others gives my life meaning and motivates me professionally and personally.

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​Insight. Into my thought processes and emotional patterns. I learn something helpful from mistakes more often, and am less likely to repeat them.

 

I am passionate about using mindfulness to explore individual and collective mental processes for the benefit of us all. I love moments when qualities of mind already present but not in awareness - such as kindness, compassion, joy - are revealed during sessions.
 

James trained to teach Mindfulness with the Sussex Mindfulness Centre in Brighton

James
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Hi

I'm Charlotte

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I have just finished my doctorate at the University of Sussex. I am researching what factors can help us predict engagement with digital meditation tools, such as smartphone applications. In other words, I am looking at what things can help us to make meditation more of an ongoing habit (rather than something people only try once!). My research is being funded by the popular meditation app, “Headspace”.

 

Before this, I worked in NHS mental health services for six years.

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My interest in meditation began in 2011 while completing my undergrad degree in psychology. After curiosity led me to a Buddhist meditation drop-in group.

 

Ever since childhood, I have been prone to anxiety, but after completing a meditation book with an accompanying CD, I began to feel the benefits after only a few weeks. Since this time, the volume on my anxiety has been significantly reduced to the point where it no longer overwhelms me. I have also developed greater self-awareness and compassion for myself and others. I continue to learn and grow from my practice.  I am a real advocate for mindfulness-based therapies.

 

As cliché as it sounds, I can honestly say that meditation changed my life.

Charlotte trained to teach Mindfulness with the Sussex Mindfulness Centre in Brighton

Charlotte

Hello there

I'm Gareth

It was my own suffering that brought me to meditation.

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Those early and difficult days started a transformational journey which led to entirely new ways of relating to pain, new landscapes of joy and deeper, more meaningful experiences of beauty. It has not been easy, but I have been fortunate to have excellent teachers on this path and their help has been invaluable in opening to the possibilities of mediation and mindfulness.

 

Now with more than a decade of daily practice and significant time on silent retreat, I hope to share these practices in a way that benefits you.

Gareth trained to teach Mindfulness with the Breathworks London

Gareth
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