Nov 18, 2019
Dr Danny Penman is a meditation teacher and award-winning writer and journalist. He currently writes features for the UK Daily Mail, having previously worked for the BBC, New Scientist and the Independent newspaper. He is co-author of the international bestseller Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World. I talk to Danny about
- The paragliding accident that caused him to turn to meditation
- Why people come to mindfulness from a place of desperation
- Can meditation be abused for competitive advantage?
- Is McMindfulness harmful to mindfulness?
- How meditation has been around for thousands of years in different cultures
- If there are any other ways to receive the benefits of meditation
- How meditation gives us a “direct route” to our inner selves
- The way that he defines the difference in meditation and mindfulness
- How his latest book, The Art of Breathing, came from his own frustration about global adoption of mindfulness and how he made the book digestible for anyone who wants a thorough, quick introduction to mindfulness
- How he uses his PhD in Biochemistry to approach mindfulness
- 3 things you can do to change your life
- How seemingly random things in our lives are actually meaningful