ABSTRACT
I am grateful to the following people who have commented on thoughts and ideas and certain parts of this handbook: Joan Evans from the Institute of Psychosynthesis, Mark Williams from the Oxford Mindfulness Centre, David Frawley from the Institute of Vedic Studies and Phil Mollon, author of Psychoanalytic Energy Psychotherapy. Special thanks are due to Nick Duffell from the Centre for Gender Psychology, to Kirsten Heynisch for helping and supporting me through difficult parts and to Bettina Wurm for letting me stay in her beautiful country retreat in Northern Germany to start off the project. I am also indebted to all the people who have attended my meditation courses over the years, especially those who have shared Mindfulness and Mindbalancing weeks with me at Cortijo Romero in Spain. Thanks also to my colleagues in Psychological Services in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, who have always been a source of inspiration, and to my fellow Mindfulness teachers at the Oxford Mindfulness Centre who have helped me appreciate the beauty of the MBCT programme.
