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Time for new thinking about mindfulness and social change

Inspired by recent critiques of instrumentalised mindfulness training, Mindfulness Initiative director Jamie Bristow has written a piece for openDemocracy asking why critics paint inner development as a barrier to better systems when, amidst crisis and complexity, we need both.

Time for new thinking about mindfulness and social change – openDemocracy, September 3rd 2019.

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Published: 20th November, 2019

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