{"id":1402,"date":"2015-03-04T10:30:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T10:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2015-04-28T07:28:29","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T07:28:29","slug":"banter-on-mindfulness-104-mar-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banter.test\/banter-on-mindfulness-104-mar-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Banter on mindfulness (104, Mar 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are some\u00a0Banter<\/a>\u00a0topics which are on the to-do list for a long time and mindfulness is definitely one of them. Over the last few years, we\u2019ve noticed how the practice of mindfulness has began to appear on agendas more and more. It has always been a daily habit for many, but the massive buzz around a wave of apps, courses, workshops and retreats means mindfulness has become an everyday experience for many more to enhance how they live and work.<\/p>\n

This Banter discussion panel gathers together some people who use mindfulness practices in their daily life and work to help us examine the benefits of mindfulness when it comes to our attention spans, concentration levels, creativity and emotional well-being. How do you begin? Where do you begin? What do you need to do? Does the fact that practices and habits which have been around for many years and decades are now branded as mindfulness change everything or nothing at all?<\/p>\n

The panel:<\/p>\n

Ivor Browne<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 retired psychiatrist, former Chief Psychiatrist of the Eastern Health Board, professor emeritus of psychiatry at University College Dublin and author of\u00a0Music & Madness<\/a>\u00a0(Cork University Press)<\/p>\n

Karen Hand<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 a doctoral researcher who co-curated the\u00a0National Happiness Experiment<\/a>\u00a0and is co-author of\u00a0Happy Nation? Prospects for Psychological Prosperity in Ireland<\/a>\u00a0(Liffey Press)<\/p>\n

Colm Mac Con Iomaire<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 musician and member of The Frames, who will be releasing his new solo album\u00a0\u201cAnd Now the Weather\/Agus Anois An Aimsir\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0on April 17<\/p>\n

Ruair\u00ed McKiernan<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 social innovator, campaigner, Presidential appointee to\u00a0Ireland\u2019s Council of State<\/a>, founder of\u00a0SpunOut<\/a>, co-founder of\u00a0Uplift<\/a>\u00a0and a board member of the\u00a0Soar Foundation<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Gaisce<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The details:<\/strong>\u00a0Banter on mindfulness takes place at the Twisted Pepper (Middle Abbey St., Dublin 1) on Tuesday March 31. Doors open at 6pm and the discussion gets underway at 6.30pm sharp. Tickets are now available\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0(please note the event\u00a0is now\u00a0sold out<\/strong>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are some\u00a0Banter\u00a0topics which are on the to-do list for a long time and mindfulness is definitely one of them. Over the last few years, we\u2019ve noticed how the practice of mindfulness has began to appear on agendas more and more. It has always been a daily habit for many, but the massive buzz around … <\/p>\n

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