Ratnadevi is a mindfulness teacher, trainer and retreat leader based in Scotland. She is the author of <i><a href=”https://playspacepublications.com/bringing-mindfulness-to-life/”>Bringing Mindfulness to Life</a></i>. As a qualified coach she offers a range of one-to-one services, including online mindfulness teaching, mentoring and supervising. She is a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order and wrote an arts-based PhD thesis looking at the place of ritual for Buddhists practicing in the modern world.
Bringing Mindfulness to Life is published monthly.
In a potentially polarized world, Ratnadevi offers mindful listening as a bridge between ourselves and others. By tuning into emotions and values, we create space for healing, connection, and constructive action.
Ratnadevi reflects on Buddhist retreats’ unique ways of teaching us that commitment can lead to freedom
Mindfulness teacher and artist Ratnadevi guides us through her latest art project, blending a Tibetan gong, sticks, Buddhist wisdom, and an openness to viewer-participation
Ratnadevi guides us in our efforts to bring mindfulness and wisdom to those times when someone else needs help pausing in conversation
Ratnadevi offers a clear and concise guide to the crucial steps of Nonviolent Communication, a practice that can deepen relationships with loved ones, friends, community members, and more.
Reflections on the fact and process of loss, and finding beauty in a world so torn by suffering
Ratnadevi continues her exploration of what she learned from a recent extended retreat, offering us guidance on applying our meditative experience to everyday life
Having just returned from a two-month retreat in Wales, Ratnadevi offers us a glimpse of the path and process of engaging with the non-dual nature of the mind
Using that time just before a long retreat to reflect on the mind, seeing the distractions and worries and meeting them with kindness
Exploring the ways that mindfulness, attention, and gratitude can shift our mindset onto a path of happiness
A mindful lesson on intentionally creating the mind and life we wish to have
BDG columnist Ratnadevi takes us blackberry picking as she contemplates the ecological and societal changes underway around and within us
