Speakers
Discover this year’s exciting speaker line-up! Click on the images below to read about their talk.
Can’t attend live, or torn between speakers? All main Saturday talks will be recorded and shared privately afterwards, so you won’t miss a thing! See the full Programme here.
Where AI Ends and the Teacher Begins: Navigating Ethical AI in Mindfulness Teaching
with Margaret Fletcher & Trish Magyari
Grounded Presence: Coming Home to Earth-Aware Mindfulness
Charity Voices & Short Talks
Previous Speakers include:
Dr Tamara Russell, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Prof Mark Williams, Prof Rebecca Crane, Dr Ken Lunn, Prof Willem Kuyken, Prof Ruth Baer, William Fley, John Newton, Chris Ruane, Dr Kelly Birtwell, Louise Thompson, Sangita Mistry, Paula Watson, Uz Afzal, Esther Ghey, Menka Sanghvi, Vin Harris, BAMBA, Kareen Griffiths, Mark Leonard, Liz Lord, MiSP, The Innovation in Mindfulness Awards 2024 - The Mindfulness Initiative, Hyacinth Taylor, Kalyana Bliss, Lucy Ranger, Imani Sorhaindo, Dr Louise Haynes, Sue Tibbles, Dr Phil Startin, Natalie Rossiter, Mind Salford, Lucy Keller, Lucy Livesy, Nikhila Sharma, Enactus Manchester, Lavinia Wilkinson, Amy Davies, Shaun Donaghy, George Bate, Christine McLean, Liezl Laidlaw, Natasha Iregbu, and Dr Alessandro Sparacio.
Sunday Retreat
A nourishing day of practice with BAMBA-registered teachers Michelle Harris, Lucy Ranger, Kalyana Bliss, Nicholas Hammond, and Christoph Spiessens.
As “rebels” in their own unique ways, they bring a fresh, inclusive approach to guiding mindfulness practice.
They have co-facilitated MMF retreats before to glowing reviews, and you can expect a welcoming, compassionate, trauma- and neuro-affirming approach to exploring traditional and newer practices.
Good to know: Our retreat meets BAMBA’s Good Practice Guidelines and contributes towards annual retreat requirements.
Event Team
Founder of the Manchester Mindfulness Festival
MA in Teaching Mindfulness.
Neuro-inclusive MBSR and MBCT-L.
Mindfulness Supervisor.
Co-Author of Neurodiversity Tips for Mindfulness Teachers
Event Support Lead
Ed Cutler
Ed is co-organiser of the festival and leads the Event Support team.
Event Support
Liz Lord
MSt Tutor University of Oxford. Oxford Mindfulness Teacher.
Mindfulness Supervisor.
Event Support
Stassie King
MA Clinical Psychology. MA Research Methods. Organisational
Psychologist promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing at Work. Qualified Mindfulness MBSR and MBCT teacher. ACT practitioner.
