Michael Chaskalson: ‘Mindfulness is fundamental mental hygiene’

More than 200 people flocked to the UK’s first ‘Mindfulness at Work’ conference in Cambridge on 10 February. Speakers included Gladeana McMahon on mindfulness-based cognitive coaching, Margaret Chapman on emotional intelligence, Graham Lee on mindfulness and leadership, Professor Mark Williams from the Oxford Centre for Mindfulness and Michael Chaskalson on the growth of mindfulness. Chaskalson said that when he first started out, there were only 60 scientific papers on mindfulness; now there are 30-40 coming out each month. He noted that mindfulness can enhance simple levels of...

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