Donation Events

The launch of Mindfulness-Based Supervision and Mentoring: Using an Embodied Dialogue to Support Learning and Reflection, by Alison Evans and Pamela Duckerin, took place on Tuesday, 22 July 2025. This book describes a unique mindfulness-based approach to supervision that is both framework and practice-driven. Alison and Pamela will share stories and reflections around the content and process of writing. The authors share a flavour of this in a recent blog post.

The mindfulness-based supervision (MBS) framework featured throughout the book is described using the metaphor of the ‘warp’ and ‘weft’ from weaving. This metaphor distinguishes between the consistent threads of the MBS framework- the warp, and the threads that can be adjusted as needed- the weft.

The warp consists of three key threads: the mindful container, the mutual relational inquiry, and the use of pauses and space. These are the vertical threads that ensure supervision is steeped in a mindfulness-based approach. The authors will discuss how this approach was reflected in their collaborative writing venture as co-authors and how it shaped the content.

The weft is the horizontal threads that are woven through the warp and can have different colours and textures depending on what is needed. The weft consists of guiding principles that support safety and integrity, and the various topics that are explored in supervision.  The flexibility and adjustability of the weft threads means that the MBS approach can be applied in a range of ways, within different contexts and settings, to supervisees with different developmental needs and using a variety of teaching approaches, as well as mindfulness-based practitioners applying this approach in other areas of their work, including supervision in areas such as psychotherapy and education. The authors will discuss the relevance of the weft threads to the mindfulness field right now. This will include their reflections on their inclusion of interviews with others in the field.

How do we meet and respond to climate and ecological breakdown, and the intersecting crises of social and racial injustice, without burning out? River Wolton’s new book ‘The Subtle Art of Caring: A Guide to Sustaining Compassion’ (Windhorse Publications, Nov 2023) offers creative, inspired approaches for a life in which compassion and justice for self and others are mutually sustaining. The book weaves together stories, conversations with practitioners, activists, and teachers, creative explorations, guided meditations, and illustrations by artist Emma Burleigh.

Join River to discuss how the capacities for mindfulness, kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity, together with the power of community, enable activism and contemplative practice to nourish and support each other.

The evening will include a short practice, readings from the book, and a Q&A.

Watch Frits Koster examine equanimity 

 Join the 'Mindfulness and Fatigue'  book launch and workshop on Tuesday, December 5 at 7 pm (UK time)

Cathy-Mae Karelse in conversation with Alison Evans on Thursday, 21 September, 2023.

 Hosted by Ken Lunn in conversation with Rebecca Crane and Alison Evans

The event was recorded on 24 July 2023

With Frits Koster, Jetty Heynekamp,  Edel Maex, and Victoria Norton

Webinar with Frits Koster