UK Associate

Based in Cambridge, Michael has a masters degree with distinction in the clinical applications of mindfulness and a thirty year personal practice of mindfulness and related disciplines. He is an honorary research fellow at Bangor University, where he teaches a masters module in the Department of Psychology. A member of the core team at the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice in Bangor, Michael's teaching is both theoretical and practical. Drawing on the latest scientific research, including studies from the field of brain science, his approach fuses that with the ancient art of meditative practice.

His experience of the world of business began in 1980, when he founded Windhorse Trading, a ‘fair-trade’ trading company that today has a turnover in the region of £9 million. The company donates its profits to charity.

After leaving the company, Michael devoted himself to teaching Buddhism and meditation at centres throughout the UK, Ireland and the rest of the world. Under the name Kulananda, he has published six books on Buddhism and meditation, most recently “Mindfulness and Money”, published by Broadway and co-authored with Dominic Houlder.

Michael has lectured on the London Business School's Senior Executive Programme and currently hosts Discovery events for the School with clients such as Deutsche Bank.

He runs mindfulness programmes for a number of clients in healthcare and corporate contexts, including several large professional services firms.

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