We believe it’s more important than ever for leaders to cultivate the skill of mindful awareness and so we’re delighted to be offering this 5-day, in-person, programme in collaboration with Kyoto University.

This programme will provide the essential psycho-education and practical training for cognitive control or attention mastery, self-awareness, and emotion-regulation. It will follow the course Finding Peace in a Frantic World, which was originally developed by the University of Oxford’s Mindfulness Centre, and will be delivered by experienced Oxford Mindfulness teachers.

The programme will be conducted while being fully immersed in Kyoto’s mindful culture, arts, architecture, and garden design, in the most inspiring place of Arashiyama. Such integration of mindfulness training and cultural experience will be articulated according to the pedagogy developed by the Mindful Living Research Group at Kyoto University, a world-class academic institution located in the cultural heart of Japan.

In this way, mindfulness will be presented as a core life skill, or vital compass in order to lead one’s life, work, and organisation, in skillful response to various challenges, with greater resilience, clarity, and creativity. By blending ancient wisdom with modern science, Eastern and Western resources, this programme will thus enable participants to strengthen their leadership skills by better aligning with their own deeper values.