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He is best known as the internationally bestselling author of 10 books including Mindfulness For Dummies and The Mindful Way through Stress. He frequently pops up in newspapers, magazines and on radio shows.

Based in London, he runs online trainings and speaks at conferences all over the world. He’s been teaching mindfulness full-time since 2010.

Mindfulness Trainings He’s Attended

Shamash has attended retreat in-person with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in France and the UK. He has had the honour of training with the father of ‘Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction’, Jon Kabat-Zinn PhD  through the Center for Mindfulness in Massachusetts, United States. He has studied for 3 years at the Centre of Mindfulness at Bangor University in Wales. And he's attended many retreats with his favourite monk, Ajahn Brahm in Australia, Thailand and the US.

Mindfulness

He is a keen educator and has trained almost 500 mindfulness teachers in the last 12 years. Prior to that, he spent 10 years teaching mindfulness/meditation as well as science, in schools.

Mindfulness Teacher Training

Back in 2013, he pioneered online Mindfulness Teacher Training, launching his program Teach Mindfulness Online. With 10 years of experience in running online courses, he creates new courses based on his latest findings every year.

ACT

Shamash has been training practitioners in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy/Training. This cutting-edge approach skilfully combines acceptance, flexible mindfulness, values and committed action to help people live a rich and meaningful life. An approach recommended by the World Health Organization, the UK’s National Health Service and the American Psychological Association.

Happiness and Wellbeing

Shamash co-founded the world's first Museum of Happiness in London which is now run full-time by his friend and co-founder Vicky Johnson. He often collaborates with UK Charity Action for Happiness, providing and sharing content to support their community.

Habits and Behaviour Change.

He is passionate about helping people to change their habits. He has training with the world’s leading researcher and educator in behaviour change, Professor BJ Fogg and trained as a Tiny Habits Certified Coach. He’s also met and briefly interviewed James Clear, author of Atomic Habits, in person.

Community Building

Shamash has two active, online communities with live group coaching. The Daily Mindfulness Club for the general public seeking to deepen their mindfulness practice and the Teach Mindfulness Academy for Mindfulness Teachers seeking to learn and apply new mindful skills and wanting accountability and training to implement authentic marketing to reach more clients.

Breath

Shamash is fascinated by the breath and breathing exercises for health and wellbeing. He’s trained in person with James Nestor, author of NY Times bestseller ‘Breath’. He’s also done breath trainings with Anders Olsson, Patrick McKeown, Professor Richard Brown and Professor Patricia Gerbarg.

Qualifications

  • MEng Masters in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College, London

  • MA Masters in Education from Open University, UK

  • PGCE in Science Education from the Institute of Education, London

  • PGCE in Teaching Mindfulness-based Approaches at Bangor University, Wales

Certifications

  • Certificate in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills

  • Tiny Habits Certified Coach with Stanford University’s Professor BJ Fogg

  • Certificate in Life Coaching from Newcastle College, UK

  • Certificate as Laughter Yoga Teacher from Laughter Yoga University

  • Certificate in 100 Designs from University of Arts, London

  • Certificate in Lateral Thinking from Paul Sloane

  • Certificate in Digital Marketing from Google Garage

  • Certificate in Swimming One Full Width from my Primary School :-)

Awards

Want to find out more?

Read his story here or his manifesto here.