Willem Kyuken 'Mindfulness for Life' with Mark Williams

Mindfulness for Life

Mindfulness is exceptionally easy to get started with, and people often experience benefits almost immediately. Why, then, do many initial enthusiasts end up dropping the practice after a short while?

According to Oxford professor and leading mindfulness expert Willem Kuyken, it's because traditional mindfulness training is too far removed from how we actually live. This next-generation resource brings mindfulness home by teaching core skills in easy-to-integrate ways that touch directly on life's daily challenges. Dr. Kuyken provides stepping stones for building a personal practice that is sustainable, purposeful, and richly rewarding, now and for years to come. Interweaving ancient wisdom and modern scientific psychology, the book presents stories, quotations, reflection questions, tips for overcoming hurdles, and compelling guided practices, including audio tracks at the companion website.

Willem Kuyken, PhD

Willem Kuyken is a British/Dutch scientist, teacher and author. He is the Ritblat Professor of Mindfulness and Psychological Science at the University of Oxford and Director of the University of Oxford Mindfulness Centre.

He has practised mindfulness meditation since his early twenties, studying with teachers such as Christina Feldman and Jon Kabat-Zin. He has spoken openly about his own experiences of recurrent depression and the ways in which mindfulness and antidepressants have been key to his mental health.

Mark Williams

Mark Williams studied at the University of Oxford, where he is currently a professor of clinical psychology. He taught at the University of Wales, Bangor from 1991–2002, and he established the Center for Mindfulness Research and Practice there. Williams also worked as a research scientist in Cambridge at the Medical Research Council’s Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit from 1983–1991. Williams’s research has focused on the treatment and prevention of depression and suicide, in particular the study of suicidal behavior in people with depression.

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